Municipalities must become commercial hubs

President David Granger in discussion with Mayor of Linden Carwyn Holland (at left) at the Inaugural Municipal Conference 2017 yesterday. At the president’s right are Minister of Communities Ronald Bulkan and Georgetown Mayor Patricia Chase-Green. (Ministry of the Presidency photo)

Municipalities have to become commercial hubs and elected officials have to go out and ensure that development is taking place, President David Granger yesterday urged municipal leaders.

He threw out the challenge at the Inaugural Municipal Conference 2017, which was held at the Marriott Hotel, under the theme “Positioning Municipalities as critical partners in national development.”

The Head of State told the two-day gathering of Mayors, Deputy Mayors, councillors