Gov’t injects $1M into Rupununi Rodeo

The Vaqueros procession which marks the start of the Rupununi Ranchers Easter Rodeo (Ministry of the Presidency photo)

Minister of State, Joseph Harmon and Minister of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs, Sydney Allicock, on Saturday, handed over $1M to the Rupununi Rodeo Committee, a statement from the Ministry of the Presidency said yesterday.

Harmon who delivered an address at the opening of the Annual Rupununi Ranchers Easter Rodeo at Lethem, said that the event is one of great significance, not only to the residents of that region, but to the country as a whole.

To this end, he announc-ed that the Government will be working with the Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission and the Rodeo