G$102M new market commissioned at Port Mourant

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President Bharrat Jagdeo has recently commissioned the new Port Mourant market, which was constructed at a cost of G$102 million through a joint initiative of the government, the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) and the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB).

President Bharrat Jagdeo issued a plea for stallholders, consumers and other stakeholders to take pride in caring the facility. “You see how beautiful it (the market) looks? … I hope that this continues. There should be pride in your surroundings. Make it look like something that is worthy not of where we were, but of where we want to be,” the Government Information Agency quoted the president as saying.

Overcrowding and vending along the public road at Port Mourant are now challenges of the past, as the new market is spacious enough to accommodate 766 stallholders.

Region Six Chairman Zulfikar Mustapha described the commissioning as a ‘red letter day’ for the region.

Mustapha said that the day would not have been possible without the “astute leadership” of President Jagdeo, who visited the market three years ago and made a commitment to expand it. The market will be administered via a system comprising the Regional Democratic Council (RDC) and the Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC).

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