Prominent physician Dr Rohan Somar and Chartered Professional Accountant Tameshwar Lilmohan were among four persons appointed Ministerial Advisers on Diaspora Affairs in Canada.
The announcement was made by Vice President Khemraj Ramjattan at an event held at the Woodbine Banquet Halle in Brampton, OntarioThe other two who were also presented with their Certificates of Instruments by Ramjattan, on behalf of President David Granger, were Earth Marshall and Ron Alert.
The appointment of the four, followed an undertaking by President Granger during his visits to both Canada and New York prior to and after the May 11, 2015 general and regional elections which saw the APNU/AFC Coalition government emerging victorious at the polls.
The Guyanese leader had also promised to convene a conference of the diaspora prior to Guyana’s 50th Independence anniversary celebrations in May next year.