In the face of the opposition-led budget cuts, the Office of the President today said that the short-term component of the One Laptop Per Family project – distribution of laptops – will be concentrated on.
In a statement, OP said:
“The administration has contemplated the impact of the opposition budget cuts, specifically on its ICT 4G National Strategy. The vision that propelled the One Laptop per Family initiative has been affected by those cuts.
“The Administration, refusing to be daunted by the most recent anti-development actions of the opposition has opted to pursue the more short-term component of the initiative, and that is, the verification and the distribution, using support and assistance from stakeholders.
“The Office of the President has declared, we will receive and, we will continue to distribute the laptops. The Office of the President further states, we are urging residents in areas of distribution to come out to assist and to support the effort to distribute the laptops, subsequent to verification.
“The Office of the President insists, we will not allow the unconscionable actions of the political opposition in Parliament to frustrate our ambitions and our plans for the future of Guyana and for Guyanese. The ICT 4G National Strategy will continue to be enforced.”
