I AM appealing to the businessmen in Guyana, big and small, to assist the Government of Guyana in re-opening the Guyana National Service so that youths, upon leaving school, will be able to join the National Service and learn to read and write, and learn a trade, which will enable them to seek and obtain a job because they will be skilled when graduating from the Service. Many youths today are getting mixed up in crime because they cannot find or get a job. Many parents cannot afford to upkeep or maintain them because they also are out of work because of some illness or other. Oil is coming, gas is coming also, the Guyana Hydro will get into operation but these companies will be needing skilled workers.

Without skills these youths cannot get a decent job or none at all. We need crime off the streets so that tourists and people will be able to walk the streets of Georgetown and elsewhere without being afraid to leave their homes or go to the shops to buy the things necessary to survive,

Businessmen and others, we are depending on you to come forward and help the people of Guyana. We need you now more than ever. May God bless you all for helping.
Thanking you in anticipation.
‘Young’ Gray