President fulfills commitment to build shed at Charity Secondary

The fulfilment of a commitment by President, Dr. Irfaan Ali, will see students of Charity
Secondary benefitting from a shed in the compound of their school.
The commitment was made by Dr. Ali, during his recent cabinet outreach to the Pomeroon-
Supenaam (Region Two). Finance Minister, Dr. Ashni Singh on Sunday, visited the school to
check on the progress of the ongoing works. Dr. Singh said it was the school’s headteacher who
requested the shed to facilitate assemblies and recreational activities.

He said that the President immediately instructed that the design be done and a contractor
procured for the new shed. The project which is currently under construction costs some $9.9M.
“We have been working on ensuring that the commitment is delivered, and so here you see that
the work is already underway to build this canopy that was requested by the headteacher of the
school,” Dr. Singh said. He continued, “The work is on course to be completed by December 20
and I am assured by the Regional Chairman, Vice Chairman and Prime Minister’s representative,
that the work is progressing on schedule and will be completed by December 20.”
Minister Singh noted that government is working to ensure that the quality of education students
receive on the Essequibo Coast is comparable to any other part of the country as he noted the
ongoing works on the new $585M Abram Zuil Secondary School. The finance minister said that
government is dedicated to delivering on its commitments.
“We have also outlined a comprehensive agenda for developing our country. This is captured in
our manifesto and we have a series of manifesto commitments that we have made on the basis on
which we were elected, and we are already at an advanced stage of delivering many of those
manifesto commitments. Some have been delivered already, others have been initiated, and we
are making progress towards delivering them,” Minister Singh explained.
He added that the site visit by him was part of his three-day outreach to the region, where several
projects were assessed.