Charles Ramson Jr., was sworn in as Guyana’s new Minister of Sports
on Wednesday and President Irfaan Ali and the PPP/C believes he is the perfect man for the job.
“As far as being able to provide young, strong leadership in this country, both the President and the party felt as though this was the best role for me. No one else could be able to do it,” said Ramson shortly after taking his oath of office.
Ramson Jr., 36, brings youthfulness and a sports background along with his other skillsets to the table. All of which he will have to heavily bank on as he is tasked with the uphill battle of turning sports around in the 592.
With much to be done, Ramson Jr., is up and ready for the challenge.
“I am elated that the President and the party believes in the leadership that I provide already. The party believes that I can help to transform such a critical area as sport for our country and to help with reaching over the divide.”
Ramson Jr., added: “The President also recognizes that in excess of 60% of the population of Guyana is below the age of 35 and for the last five years this country has had a lack of strong youth leadership and an absence of sports leadership and development.”
Ramson Jr., who plays basketball and cricket among other sports, believes his skillsets makes him the perfect man for the herculean job.
“Most of you know that I have a very strong sports background, even though I was involved in Oil and Gas and speaking regularly on oil and gas subjects, I have always been doing sports related issues and sports related programmes also in culture and also dealing with a lot of young people,” he said.
Ramson Jr., pledged to depart from the ad hoc manner in which sport is treated in Guyana and plans to implement strategies to run sports as a business in the 592.
“We cannot have sport operating in an ad hoc manner. In order to create a sports development programme and also a sports economy as well, we need to treat sports as a business, because sports is a business too.”
The new Sports Minister concluded by stating that “Sports is more than just hobbies and staying fit. It is one of the largest sectors in the world and could be very much transformational for the country by drawing our human capital and the talents of our young people.”
Ramson Jr., takes over in the portfolio as Sports Minister from Dr. George Norton.
