Forestry Commission to construct new HQ next year
Minister within the Ministry of Natural Resources Ms Simona Broomes, during her meeting with the GFC staff on Friday. With her at left is GFC Commissioner Mr James Singh
Minister within the Ministry of Natural Resources Ms Simona Broomes, during her meeting with the GFC staff on Friday. With her at left is GFC Commissioner Mr James Singh

PLANS are in train to begin construction of a new head office sometime next year for the Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC).
This was disclosed to Minister within the Ministry of Natural Resources, Ms Simona Broomes on Friday, by Commissioner James Singh.
“We recognise that workers are our greatest assets, and we always tell the workers that,” the commissioner said.

“And we try to improve working conditions as best as we can,” he told Minister Broomes during a follow-up visit to the commission’s current headquarters in Kingston.
In response, Minister Broomes said she is rather impressed with the improvements she’s seen since her last visit in the GFC’s work environment.
“I’m very pleased, from the first time I visited… I’ve seen vast improvements in the conditions,” she later told the Department of Public Information (DPI).

Minister Broomes said she was also impressed with the GFC’s occupational health and safety committee, and the steps it has been taking to train staff to help improve its customer relations interaction.
Noting that the proposed steps are all part of changing the work environment culture, Minister Broomes said: “I strongly believe that once we start to change that culture, the whole ambience; the environment in which people work will definitely change…

“When that happens, workers of themselves will understand how to treat with the general public.”
The minister also conducted a similar inspection tour at the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission.

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