Improving the lives of ordinary Guyanese citizens, especially the poor, is a “priority” for newly-appointed Minister of Communities Ronald Bulkan.
Speaking to Stabroek News shortly after he was sworn in as minister on Wednesday, Bulkan also reiterated the new administration’s promise to convene early local government elections, while saying that in the interim the “oppressive hand” of central government would be lifted from local democracy organs.
The Communities Ministry encompasses local government, regional development, housing and water, which were the remit of two separate ministries under the previous administration.
According to Bulkan, the thinking behind
