The Alliance For Change (AFC) is calling on the government to include provisions in Budget 2023 that would benefit and enrich all Guyanese and ensure that the nation’s oil & gas endowments uplift all sectors.
In a statement yesterday, the AFC noted that for the first time in the nation’s history, earnings and deposits into the Natural Resource Fund provide an opportunity to transform Guyana and ensure that all citizens benefit directly. The party took credit as part of the Coalition, for the strategic planning and management of the economy while in government, which it says resulted in the swift emergence of the oil and gas industry and first oil by December 2019.
The AFC therefore insists that Budget 2023, which will be read on January 16, must be seen as people-centred, as it will be the largest ever, given the increased earnings from the oil and gas sector. Therefore, it argues, the benefits from the monies must be equally shared by all sectors of the citizenry.
