–President Ali says; points to ambitious 2030 and beyond agenda for sustainable development

GUYANESE could look forward to the nonstop implementation of policies and programmes to enhance their livelihoods and push economic development, President Dr. Irfaan Ali has said.

The Guyanese Head of State, during an interview with Trinidad and Tobago’s CNC 3 morning show on Monday, said that the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) government has already outlined an ambitious 2030 and beyond agenda for sustainable economic growth.

“You will see a continuation of polices that would lead to sustainable development; polices that are aimed and directed towards building the prosperity of every family. You will see Guyana taking a lead role, if not the lead on the issue of climate security, energy security and food security,” Dr. Ali said when asked about his government’s Manifesto plans ahead of the upcoming 2025 General and Regional Elections.

With special emphasis on improving the lives of every citizen, heavy investments will continue in the areas of agriculture, health, and education.
“We don’t want wealth to be in economic parameters alone; we want wealth to be enjoyed by citizens of the country through a good standard of living,” he said, adding: “You will see a lot of policies and programmes that will continue along this trajectory.”

The government, he said, will make tremendous investments in information and communications technology (ICT), placing technology at the forefront of driving the country’s economy.
For example, the country will see its governance system moving to greater efficiency through digitisation.

“We are migrating all the manual processes into digital processes, so that you have less human bias in the system itself, and the system must work in an efficient and reliable way,” he said.
Aside from this, there will be additional investments to enhance the country’s human-resource assets.

“We have been investing heavily in research and development, enhancing our human-resource capacity; we want to have one of highest skilled human resources-based assets in the world,” Dr. Ali emphasised.
The government is also working towards implementing an economic initiative to improve and expand disposable income at the household level.

On the security front, President Ali said: “We’re going to invest heavily in security, ensuring that everything we are building is built in a secure environment; an environment in which the citizens of the country enjoy the highest level of security.”

REGIONAL INTEGRATION
Aside from this, the government has been pursing regional prosperity by strengthening partnerships with its neighbours.
“You will see great interconnectivity with the transport system; you will see an energy corridor developed. You will see a world-class education system, a world-class health system. You will see energy system that has all the components of a modern system, with wind, solar, one with natural gas,” Dr. Ali said.

The government, he added, will also support the local private sector in creating an enabling environment for further investments.
“You will see a lot of policies and programmes that will continue along this trajectory, building the private sector, expanding opportunities for the private sector, making them more competitive; moving the private sector into research and development so that we can be in sync,” the President said.