Growth of natural resources sector to benefit all, says Persaud

Natural Resources Minister Robert Persaud speaking in Parliament yesterday

Minister of Natural Resource and the Environment Robert Persaud yesterday said that the government’s proposed budget brings “a pot of goodies” for the Guyanese people, while arguing that it would see the development of the natural resources sector to bring prosperity to all.

Persaud, the first government minister to speak on the second day of the budget debate, defended the government’s plans, saying that the budget, like the discovery of the country, represents the “El Dorado dream.”

“What this government has been doing and the measures contained in the 2013 budget will certainly reinforce the