Vice President, Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo announced that Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) are not excluded from Government’s ongoing part-time jobs initiative.
Dr. Jagdeo made the announcement Thursday, as he rolled out the hiring programme at the University of Guyana, Tain Campus, Region Six.
The Vice President was at the time responding to a question posed by a member of the large gathering, who attended the event to ink the employment agreement.
VP Jagdeo disclosed that the employment process has officially commenced in the region and will see some 3,000 persons benefitting.
The former President explained that from the onset his administration has been providing support to every Guyanese.
Dr. Jagdeo referenced First Lady, Mrs. Arya Ali’s plan to establish a business centre for PWDs, through a recently held fundraiser that raked in more than $13M.
It was revealed that the brainchild of Mrs. Ali will provide a number of resource opportunities, knowledge and skills needed to increase the capacity of PWDs, to determine their own future and fully participate in community life.
Vice President Jagdeo declared that the part-time jobs initiative, that is being made available to Guyanese is a “stop gap measure,” to ease the burden on citizens, which came about due to thousands of jobs lost under the previous administration.
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