Calls were made for more action and less talk when a ministerial delegation met with the Region Six Chairman David Armogan and President of the Humanitarian Mission of the New Jersey Arya Samaj Suresh Sugrim on combating social ills in the region.
Minister of Public Health Dr. George Norton, Minister of Social Protection Volda Lawrence and Junior Social Protection Minister Keith Scott visited the region on Thursday after an invite from Sugrim to engage regional officials and members of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and formulate solutions for the ills plaguing the region.
Among the issues discussed was suicide, which Sugrim said is everybody’s business. During his presentation to those gathered for the meeting in the boardroom of the Regional Democratic Council building, he called for an end to all of the “talk shops” and emphasised that it is time for “action.”
Sugrim stressed that child labour in the region also needs to be addressed.
