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Regional Administration Region Five had successful year –Chairman
The Region Five Regional Administration hosted a press conference to brief the media on their achievements for the year 2012.
Speaking at the press conference which was held at the Region Five boardroom Regional Chairman, Bindrabhan Bisnauth, described it as a very successful year in which it would have completed 99 per cent of its work programme with a few expected to be completed in a matter of days.
Regional Chairman Region Five, Bindrabhan Bisnauth, flanked by his senior Regional Officers at the press briefing.
He stated that the administration was allocated $14.B this year. Other funds were used in the region, courtesy of the various ministries and other donor agencies.
Education received most of the financing from the budgetary allocations. Several schools were repaired and some extended. “The administration also provided fuel to transport students residing in the Mahaicony and Abary Creeks to their respective secondary schools.
Three new computers centres were opened at three schools in the region. Much attention was also placed on the sanitary blocks, fencing and the general surroundings of several schools to make the schools and compounds student friendly.
Bisnauth stated that health did extremely well. There were no maternal deaths for the year. The Mahaicony Diagnostic Centre and the Fort Wellington Cottage hospital played their parts with a number of admissions, deliveries and had thousands using the outpatient facilities.
Maintenance and enhancement works were also done to both hospitals and a number of health centres in the region.
In the agriculture the Regional Chairman also stated that the sector did reasonably well. For rice, 56,837 hectares was sown and produced a harvest of 241,979 metric tonnes of paddy, which yielded 157,286 tonnes of rice with an average yield is 4.6 tonnes per hectare. While Sugar just fell short of its target. Cash crop production is also increasing.
One of the biggest challenges facing the region is the distribution and management of water. The Chairman said that he regretted the losses suffered by farmers in the Region recently due to flooding and other uncontrollable circumstances.
He stated that the administration was affected by the 2012 National Budget cuts.
During the year the region undertook a number of projects with assistance from The Basic Needs Trust Fund (BNTF), Food for the Poor (FFP) and The St Francis Community Developers (SFCD) and the police among others.
Accompanying Bisnauth at the Press briefing were Vice Chairman Ron Peters, Regional Executive Officer, Regional Education Officer Own Pollard and some other regional officials.
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