President David Granger said that sport can be an important tool for social development as it bridges gaps and brings together, people of all backgrounds.
It is for this reason he said, that his Administration is working on the formulation of a National Sports Policy, which aims at employing sport to harness the personal, social and economic development of the country’s peoples and to “become a guidebook for cooperation among regions and improving relations with external states”.
A release from the Ministry of the Presidency said that the Head of State made these remarks yesterday in his address to residents of the Cuyuni-Mazaruni (Region Seven), where he declared opened the 20th Annual Upper Mazaruni District Games. The games are being held at the Kamarang Sports Ground.
