APNU MPs fan out to Regions One, Eight

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Opposition Leader Brigadier David Granger was part of a team of A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) Members of Parliament (MPs) on a “fan out” exercise in Regions One and Eight. According to a release from the coalition, Granger’s team visited Mabaruma and the surrounding areas.
During the visit, APNU MPs met with residents and held several community meetings to inform them of the partnership’s activities in the National Assembly and stance on several key issues, especially those of interest to the people of Barima-Waini.
At several community meetings, APNU criticised the state of health-care, education, unemployment (especially, youth unemployment), the high cost of living, poor condition of the roads in the region, the lack of 24 hour electricity in Mabaruma and the surrounding areas.
The APNU called on the government of Guyana to set up technical and vocational schools in the Barima-Waini region and to improve the delivery of education by having more trained teachers assigned to schools there.
The APNU reiterated its call for an enquiry into the annual gastroenteritis epidemics in the region that cause great pain and suffering to residents, especially in the Kaituma area.
The coalition also implored the government to address poor regional infrastructure, especially the main road that links Mabaruma and the surrounding communities and the Kamaka stelling, which is still to be completed. The partnership called for a new and reliable ferry service to replace the aging and problematic Lady North cote, giving residents much needed relief when travelling to and from Georgetown and farmers a reliable source of transportation for their produce.
The APNU team that visited Mabaruma, included Dr Rupert Roopnaraine, Amna Ally, James Bond, Renitta Williams, Jennifer Wade and Sydney Allicock.
Another team of APNU MPs headed by Volda Lawrence visited Port Kaituma, Matthews Ridge sub-region while yet another team headed by Ronald Bulkan travelled to Region Eight.

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