‘Don’t allow Govt and GuySuCo to drive you into a state of hopelessness

…Armogan tells mourners at Rose Hall estate field supervisor’s funeral

Region Six Chairman David Armogan is calling on residents of East Canje and its environs to brace themselves for difficult times ahead.
Speaking at a funeral service for the late Joseph Mohabir on Sunday, Armogan urged the community to unite and support each other. He said suicide is not the answer.
Mohabir, 38, was found hanging from a rope by the neck at his Lot 51 Reliance, East Canje, Berbice Region Six (East Berbice/Corentyne) home on Old Year’s Night.
It is believed that the GuySuCo field supervisor took his life after the estate’s closure made him feel unable to cope with the fact that he would no longer be able to provide for his family.

Workers attached to the estate were given termination letters which stated that their last day of work was Friday, December 29.
On Old Year’s Day, two days after his service was terminated, Mohabir was found hanging. At his funeral service, Armogan said a difficult two and a half years lie ahead. He added that committing suicide, turning to drugs, alcohol or violence is not the solution to the problem facing the community. “We have to brace each other and support each other, and we have to remain strong; because, in two and a half years’ time, most of you will still be alive. Therefore you have to continue to go on with your lives. This period is going to pass.”
He told the mourning family and supporting friends and colleagues of the dead estate worker and their families that at the end of the next two and a half years, the good times will return.
He urged them to take note of what has been happening, saying that they should not allow the Government and GuySuCo to drive them into a state of hopelessness.
Several hundred villagers attended the funeral of Mohabir. Since his death the community had come together in support of the affected families.
Addressing the displaced workers, Armogan noted that in communities with high levels of unemployment, as is the case of East Canje now, there will be more crime and illiteracy. “Because children cannot go to school, you will have more prostitution, alcohol abuse, domestic violence, and all sorts of problems in the home.”
Armogan is advocating that Government provide some form of social Assistance, so that the affected families could receive needed counselling. “Because a lot of them have taken it to heart and they can’t deal with it,” he added.