Former member of the PPP cabinet in the 1960s, Cedric Vernon Nunes who passed away in Birmingham, UK on Wednesday made a “very valuable contribution to the PPP and to all Guyana,” the party said in a press statement
The PPP said that it had learnt with great sadness the passing of one of its early leaders who came to prominence and was recognized as a national leader during the period 1961 to 1964 when he held the position of Minister of Education in the then PPP administration.
Under his guidance, the PPP said, educational opportunities expanded to many more Guyanese, particularly children of the working people and those in the interior areas.
It was during his time at the head of the education ministry that the University of Guyana was established. And during the struggle for independence Nunes along with many other leaders and activists of the PPP was detained and spent years at Sibley Hall in the Mazaruni River.
The PPP said further that it was the years spent in detention that took a toll on his health and eventually forced him to emigrate.
He served the party at various levels from the grassroots up to the leadership and was chairman of the PPP for a short period. The party also extended its deepest sympathy to his family and friends.
