Let us work together to build a better Guyana

Dear Editor,
I WOULD like to extend my congratulations to the Government of Guyana for delivering on its promise to make the Guyana Forestry Commission profitable once again, as I read recently in the media which highlighted that the Commission has increased its revenue generation.

This was surely not an overnight achievement; therefore, I would like to most appropriately congratulate the Minister of Natural Resources, Mr. Vickram Bharrat for his leadership and insights to make the forest sector thriving once again. Also the Commissioner of the GFC and its hard working staff, along with all forest sector stakeholders for increasing production despite the many challenges to strengthen this sector and placing it on a firm footing towards profitability.

Editor, I had once considered myself a medium scale logger/sawmiller managing our family business for over 30 years which became almost bankrupt under the previous government. This resulted in the down-sizing of our business to the status of a small logger just to maintain our families.

However, with the budget incentives last year which were piloted by the Minister of Natural Resources we have seen significant improvements within the forest sector. As such, our family business is on the verge of returning to its profitable status pre 2015. This was a direct result of the government’s expanded housing drive coupled with massive infrastructure development and investors’ confidence in Guyana.

In moving forward, I envision more support from the government to stimulate production and development of the forest sector to further strengthen this once thriving sector as it were prior 2015. As we approach another budget cycle, it is anticipated that the forest sector under this government will again benefit from incentives to build on the successes thus far.

Therefore, in the true Guyanese sense of “One People, One Nation, One Destiny”, lets us all band together, not only loggers and forest sector operators, but all Guyanese to turn the wheels of transformation and development for all of Guyana.

Yours sincerely,
Mark Fraser (Jnr)

 

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