Workers told Region 2 is prospering

REGION 2 Chairman, Parmannad Persaud yesterday told workers at the May Day rally at Anna Regina on the Essequibo Coast that the region is prospering in terms of development.
And this because of massive investments by the Government in education, health, agriculture, housing, water and infrastructural development.
Speaking on behalf of the Regional Administration, Persaud said the region is doing well, and pointed to education as one of the areas in which the Government is investing billions of dollars every year, so as to ensure that

every child has access to free education. Mr Persaud said students and teachers have responded by producing excellent results at examinations that have propelled the region to the top of the education ladder nationally. The Chairman said because of the Government commitment to ensuring quality education for every child, the region has recently topped the country nationally and internationally at the CXC examinations, and also produced the student who wrote more than 20 subjects at CXC, with excellent grades and distinctions. According to the Chairman, the region also produced top students nationally at the Grade Six assessment examination, and recently copped the top position as the best region at the Science, Mathematics and Technology fair.
Persaud reminded workers that every year the Government invests hundreds of millions of dollars in the agriculture sector to give rice farmers and other crop farmers better services in the drainage and irrigation sector, and access to their fields and farms. The chairman said today workers have better working conditions, with paved streets to their homes, reliable potable water and electricity supply. He said because of the Government’s prudent management of the economy, the private sector has invested heavily in supermarkets, new gas stations, malls and a wide range of new businesses which point to development and better social services for workers and their families.
The chairman said May Day is designated for workers across the world to celebrate hard work and labour. He called on all workers to pay tribute to those who fought and struggled for better working conditions and wages. The chairman also called for resolutions that are made at rallies to be carefully looked at, and he pointed to duty free concessions for vehicles as one area of concern. He said no country can be built without taxes.
A representative of GAWU, Mohamed Amhad, said the union has a proud and principled record. He told workers that the sugar industry is very close to the union, in which thousands of workers are represented. In his presentation, Amhad called on workers not to allow the present unity in the country to be undermined. He called for working people to stand united.
Workers were given greetings from GAWU, the Guyana Teachers Union, the Guyana Postal and Telecommunications Workers Union and from an NGO, the Guyana Agricultural Producers Association.
The representative of the GTU said teachers of Region 2 are working very hard and called for an increase in salaries. The Rally started off with a march from La Belle Alliance, near the Damon Cross and proceeded along the public road to the Anna Regina community centre ground.
Present at the rally were former MP, Mr Isahack Basir, RDC Councillors, Basil Brian Persaud, Omesh Oditt, Shanta Springer, and Juliet Coonjah.
The rally was held under the theme-“Uniting around issues for Labour and National development”.

(By Rajendra Prabhulall)