A PARTNERSHIP for National Unity (APNU) Councillor of the Region Two (Pomeroon/Supenaam) Regional Democratic Council (RDC), Mr. Prince Shepherd said he is happy that the nine Amerindian communities across the region have received solar panel units from the government, despite the cuts to the National Budget by the opposition parties including his own.

Shepherd was heckled, by the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) Councillors, while speaking at the statutory meeting on Tuesday. They reminded him that it is the prudent management of the economy by the government that has caused the solar electrification programme to become a realty in Amerindian communities.
However, Shepherd, who is his party’s representative on Amerindian and Hinterland Affairs Committee, shot back, saying, in spite of the opposition parties’ cuts to the National Budget, he is happy that the government has, somehow, found the money to supply the solar power panels and other equipment to the nine villages.
The councillor also thanked the government for distributing laptop computers to the Amerindian communities in the region.