Over the past seven days , a high-level ministerial team visited Region Nine where they met and interacted with residents from about 45 villages, GINA said. The team was led by Minister of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs, Sydney Allicock and including Minister within the Ministry, Valerie Garrido-Lowe and Minister within the Ministry of Communities, Dawn Hastings-Williams.
GINA said that meetings were held at Aishalton, Sand Creek, Shulinab, St Ignatius, Nappy, Yupukari, Toka, Aranaputa, Karasabai and Annai. Among the issues raised by residents of the respective villages were, access to quality health and education services, the need for support in the areas of agriculture, communication, security, water and land rights.
