Silver Hill community assured of resolution to challenges by Minister McCoy

Public Affairs Minister, Kwame McCoy, has pledged to ensuring that the challenges faced by
residents in Silver Hill, Linden-Soesdyke Highway are resolved.
Minister Mc Coy made this commitment during a meeting with residents on Sunday. During that
engagement, residents raised a number of concerns, including the lack of reliable electricity and
potable water, including land regularisation. McCoy reminded residents that technical staff from
the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI), recently conducted an assessment and intends to drill
four wells on the highway before the end of the year. He assured that the government will decide
how the community could be connected to the new wells.
Regarding the regularisation of land in the area, Mc Coy noted that government will be
establishing a multi-sectoral committee that will comprise of himself; the Attorney General and
Legal Affairs Minister, Anil Nandlall S.C; Housing and Water Minister, Collin Croal and other
government officials. Minister Mc Coy said that this committee is geared towards a ‘one stop
shop’ where residents could raise their concerns, about land use in the area. That committee, he
indicated, will be launched in a few weeks’ time.
Addressing concerns raised regarding youth training, the Public Affairs Minister told residents
that the government has not forgotten about them. “Within the next two weeks, you will see a
team from the Office of the Prime Minister’s Innovation Department that will be doing some
training with the youths to teach them the basic use and techniques of technology and how to
build websites. It gives a boost to the youngsters to acquire these skills,” minister Mc Coy. The
minister also stressed to residents to up their agriculture production, noting that there will be
massive food demand in the coming years. As such, he emphasised that government is ready to
support farmers in the area who want to invest and/or expand.
Minister Mc Coy on addressing the pandemic and the education system, issued a call to teachers
to get vaccinated, and to encourage parents to get their children inoculated against the deadly
disease. “We do not want to develop a population where the children are kept back from
learning. It is fundamental to all that you make sure that we are on target to achieve herd
immunity with the vaccination drive,” he urged.
Mc Coy reassured the residents about government’s commitment to ensuring the prosperity of
the community of Silver Hill and Guyana.