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What is the long-term plan for GuySuCo?
Dear Editor,
Recently we heard of the modernization of the sugar industry to increase sugar production, and now we are hearing that by no means would Government allow this initiative to fail, which contributes significantly to its GDP (Gross Domestic Product).
Since the days of slavery sugar has been a viable commodity for us, surpassing those of our CARICOM neighbours combined, but after several years of management under this present administration, sugar is no longer lucrative — why?
We were under the impression that from this modernized plant, sugar output would not only increase, but the acquisition of a sense of diversification in other areas as well.
For example, we were told that from this venture Government would be able to produce 10mw of electricity, (which should power those in Skeldon area) create some type of bio-diesel fuel called Ethanol, almost or double its previous productive rate, increase workers salary, and even reduce the cost of sugar on the domestic market to some extent.
But instead none of the above was achieved to any note-worthy extent.
What is Government really telling Guyanese? Is sugar production in this country becoming a thing of the past, or are those who we elect to run it can’t do the job?
We need to know what is really going on. We need to know the truth. Is the sugar industry likely to remain with us for the next five years?
Tell us Mr. President, what is your long term plan for this industry? Can my grandson get a job there if he chooses to? It is so sad that as a nation we have to go through this: instead of progressing, we are regressing. For instance, I can’t understand why so much emphasis was placed on making an industry better, and at the end, we are not capable of running it.
Shouldn’t it be time we as a nation get off of our buttocks and be effective in everything we do? The world is going far ahead of us. And if we don’t look sharp, Haiti too will rise from the ashes and fly past us.
We as a nation can do better than our present state, but we need those that we choose to rule us to lead the way. Let everything we do be by Government for the people, and not, by Government for the Government, because we as a nation would head no where.
We as citizens of this Republic are awaiting a response from Government concerning the viability of the sugar industry, and its years of endurance. Can we hope to see it functioning in a few years’ time, at least after the PPP/C leaves office?
Before we close the doors of the sugar industry, why not give it over to foreign investors?
Collis Lloyd
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