Minister in the Ministry of Housing and Water, Susan Rodrigues has called on the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) management to help facilitate increased access nationwide to potable water as well as enabling 24-hour service.
A GWI release stated that these were part of the minister’s remarks at the Board’s 200th meeting, which was held in the utility’s boardroom yesterday. At the meeting, Rodrigues and Minister of Housing and Water, Collin Croal were informed of the plans and policies implemented by the Board of GWI to date. Chief Executive Officer, Shaik Baksh, brought the ministers up to speed on the works executed so far and presented a SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities & Threats) analysis, covering areas such as progress on the improvement of overall water service to customers, plans to boost same, as well as to boost internal communications, work ethics and staff morale. He noted that management is “aggressively” looking at ways to convert its current weaknesses into strengths, which will in turn aid in restoring customer confidence in GWI, thus increasing revenue.
