Five ATVs valued at $9.5M were handed over to Region Eight (Potaro/Siparuni) to ease transportation through the area’s difficult terrain.
According to a Government Information Agency (GINA) press release Minister of Amerindian Affairs Pauline Sukhai handed over the All Terrain Vehicles (ATVs) to Regional Chairman, Senor Bell in a brief ceremony hosted in the ministry’s compound. Sukhai said the vehicles were the realisation of a commitment by government to lessen the region’s transportation problems. President Bharrat Jagdeo had promised to address this issue during a 2006 Cabinet outreach exercise.
