The Regional Executive Officer (REO) of Region Six, Kim Williams-Stephen, has told Stabroek News that farmers should be advised to plant now since according to her, the Regional Administration is fuelling two Black Bush Polder pumps with the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) pledging $10 million in assistance.
Regional Chairman, David Armogan, who sits on the NDIA board, had pleaded the fuel case last week during a board meeting which led to NDIA pledging $10 million to assist the situation.
Initially, Armogan had said he had asked Williams-Stephen to see whether the region could have put up $10 million also to assist the farmers with the fuel issue. However, Armogan has since relayed that Williams-Stephen had told him the region has no money to put up.
