Although resource rich hinterland communities are contributing to the economic growth in Guyana, the government proposed $208.8B national budget has ignored them, AFC MP Valerie Garrido-Lowe told the National Assembly last Thursday.
“Communities do not enjoy basic necessities like electricity, potable water, a health post with qualified health personnel and adequate stocked drugs and telephone facilities,” Garrido-Lowe said in her contribution to the budget debate, while noting that this description was not uncommon in regions One, Seven, Eight and Nine.
