—Dr Singh tells Region Six residents

SENIOR Minister with responsibility for Finance and Public Service, Dr. Ashni Singh, traversed the Corentyne Coast, visiting Mandirs in celebration of Phagwah where he told those gathered that the opportunities available to the current generation have not been experienced by any other generation in the country’s history.

Bringing Phagwah greetings to the residents of Region Six at the Bushlot Mandir, on Friday, Dr. Singh said that while the celebration of Holi is ongoing it is important to reflect on how fortunate “we are to live in such a beautifully diverse country.”

Pointing out that Muslims were observing Ramadan and Christians in Lent, Dr Singh added, “You have all places of worship happily co-existing in this beautiful diverse Guyana and we smoothly and seamlessly respect each other’s cultures, respect each other’s traditions, celebrate each other’s practices, share each other’s food, live with each other and learn with each other and work with each other.”

He noted that such diversity must be cherished always and those who try to cause division must be “rejected.”

At the Bushlot Mandir filled with young adults, Dr. Singh told them, “We live in a Guyana where there are more opportunities that have been enjoyed by any generation before us.

“Opportunities for education, opportunities for training, opportunities for employment, opportunities for entrepreneur activities… If you look at the young people today there is no reason why every single young child of school-going age should not be able to complete a high school education, and I want to say to you and to appeal to you, the leadership of this Mandir, the parents in our community, I want to say to you that we have an obligation to ensure that our young people take advantage of the opportunities that are available to them and that they equip themselves to live better lives than the generation that came before them.”