Comfort for elderly remains far from reality

APNU MP Joan Baveghems on Thursday declared that “a Guyana where every elderly person can retire in comfort” is far off as she lamented the poor quality of public services offered to them and called for the proposed old pension to be doubled.

Baveghems, on the third day of the debate on the budget in the National Assembly, used her speech to challenge Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh’s claim,