YCT urges pro-Guyanese budget

A reduction of the value added tax (VAT), an increase in wages for nurses, teachers and police officers and a significant allocation of resources towards the Guyana Police Force are among the features that the Youth Coalition for Transformation (YCT) hopes to find in the upcoming national budget.

At a news conference on Friday, members of the YCT said that there was concern that this year’s budget will be a pro-PPP budget rather than a pro-Guyanese one.

In a press release, it was noted that YCT is expecting that the chief concerns of Guyanese, including seeing