Jagdeo urges private sector to be open to capital, expertise from abroad

President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday urged the private sector to be open to “capital” and “expertise” from abroad emphasising that these are integral to Guyana fulfilling its potential.

Jagdeo, while addressing the Opening Ceremony of the National Competitiveness Summit, noted that the private sector is often opposed to overseas capital and urged that it changes its attitude to this.   “I ask you to see this country with its infinite resources and possibilities as ours and that we need to benefit from it…but we cannot unlock all of these possibilities, resources, potential with