Dear Editor,

I READ with interest yet another piece by Tacuma Ogunseye, in which he wails about the lag of Afro-Guyanese in the business sector. While that claim itself is flimsy, whatever truth it does have must be partly attributed to the likes of Ogunseye, David Hinds, Lincoln Lewis, and Dr. Henry Jeffrey.

These men, all of whom enjoy lots of political and economic privileges, have spent much of their careers attacking businesses as immoral. At one point, their attacks on businesses were in sync with their anti-Indian agenda.

The real problem, though, was that they all preached cooperative socialism, an ideology that makes individuals wards of the State. What they wanted young Guyanese of African descent to do was join the PNC and aim for high office with big titles; business was a dirty word.

Thankfully, scores of Guyanese of African descent ignored them and opened their path to entrepreneurship. Guyana is on the move. It is refreshing to see Ogunseye say the right thing for once.

In a recent letter in the Kaieteur News, he stated that “we need to redirect African energies towards sectors of the economy that enable the building of generational wealth, as well as explore new sectors that offer similar opportunities” (KN, 7/10/2024).

Bravo Ogunseye!

Sincerely,
Alvin Hamilton