The indigenous village of St Cuthbert’s Mission will be transformed into a model community, President Irfaan Ali has promised, during a campaign stop in the community.

Anticipating a win in Monday’s Elections, the President told residents there they could expect improvements in all sectors.

“We want your community to be a representation of holistic development. A community that would have ecotourism, agro-tourism, food sustainability, proper infrastructure, education, healthcare, recreational facility – a community that will be self-sustainable, a community that would be vibrant, strong and one in which all your children can aspire and know that the government will invest to meet their aspiration,” Ali told residents.

Already, the President said he is in discussion with the Toshao of St Cuthbert’s Mission and the Village Council to carve out a development plan for the village.

He said the residents could rely on his Administration, knowing that it will deliver on commitments made. He said once re-elected to office, his Administration would activate a number of his plans, which include finance for home improvement.

“We are going to invest in every single home, every single household, we will transfer money to you to improve your house, to rehabilitate your house, or do something, and if you haven’t built as yet, to help you to build those homes. Because, we want families to live in dignity, we want to live in honor,” President Ali said.

In the water sector, President Ali said his Administration will build on the foundation laid, and will further expand the water network to meet the demands of the growing population.

Meanwhile, in the Agriculture Sector, he said 100 single parent led households would be identified, and the government will work with them to convert their homes into farmstead to produce high quality crops.

“We are going to have what we call a buying mechanism, we will have a coordinated buying mechanism where the Guyana Marketing Corporation will come here when you are harvesting and buy your product right in the village, so you don’t have that transportation cost and take your products to the market,” the President explained.

He said to support tourism in the village, his Administration would improve access by transforming the trail that leads into the village into a “hard-surface” road in the first phase at the cost of $1.1Billion.

Other plans include building an internal road network comprising 7.3 km of road at an additional cost of $1B, connecting the village to the national grid, the construction of a $145M primary school, the extension and fencing of the nursery school, and the construction of five apartments for the accommodation of teachers in the village.

 According to the president, those development plans are at stake in Monday’s elections as he rallied them for support.

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