From left: Acting Consul General Satie Sawh; High Commissioner Harry Narine Nawbatt; Labour Minister Manzoor Nadir; MP for Scarborough-Agincourt Jim Karygiannis. Former Honorary Consul General Danny Doobay, and MP for Scarborough-Agincourt Bas Balkissoon
Labour Minister Manzoor Nadir and Guyana’s High Commissioner to Canada, Harry Narine Nawbatt, jointly cut the ceremonial ribbon to declare open Guyana’s 45th Independence Anniversary celebration in Canada over the weekend.
Just prior to the ribbon cutting, Minister Nadir delivered the keynote address. The minister, in his address to the gathering, acknowledged the contribution of the Sawh family to Guyana, and the ultimate sacrifice of the late Agriculture Minister Satyadeow Sawh, who is to be posthumously awarded Guyana’s Cacique’s Crown of Honour.
The minister spoke of the close ties between Guyana and Canada.
He expressed the appreciation of the Guyana government to the diaspora, whose remittances are estimated at Gy$400 million annually, a considerable sum in proportion to Guyana’s GDP. The minister also used the opportunity to highlight to the Guyanese diaspora what is happening in the country.
