Role models needed in abundance

Dr Yesu Persaud (standing) in a humorous exchange with Prime Minister Sam Hinds (sitting at right) and Dr Ian McDonald.

At the launching on Tuesday of the first of two autobiographical volumes, business icon Dr Yesu Persaud stated that role models need to be in abundance throughout Guyana. He was critical of the political mindset that has been pervasive in Guyana since he was a child.

With Prime Minister Sam Hinds in the audience, Persaud, 85, stated that “we are poverty stricken because we are [being] led by our nose by politicians”. Persaud, who retired last year as Executive Chairman of DDL after 48 years with the company, commented that his long friendship with Hinds was one where he could be critical.

Persaud recalled his struggles, highlighting that the lessons he learned along the way encouraged him to recount his life’s story in