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Former PS Keith Booker to be buried next week
Former Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport, Keith Booker will be laid to rest next Thursday. This is according to a press release issued by the Ministry.
Booker, 69, succumbed at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) on Friday, August 16, while being treated for heart failure, his wife, Daphne Booker said yesterday.
Keith Booker
Mrs. Booker said that her husband had been suffering from Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) for awhile.
Apart from playing local cricket and filling the post of Permanent Secretary, Booker was also a Youth Development Specialist, a Lieutenant Colonel in the Guyana National Service (GNS); Musician, Raconteur and Cultural Advisor.
In addition, the father of two “was both a Public Service administrator and a proud but quiet activist/elder in the African East Coast Village Movement,” the Culture Ministry said, extending condolences to Booker’s family and friends.
The Ministry also believes that his distinguished contributions have aided the country’s national development.
“Coming with a wealth of hands-on-experience in youth development, sport, and cultural issues, Keith Booker, though an executive administrator, used his competence to advise the Ministry’s professional officers on matters related to their responsibilities,” the Ministry noted.
The press release also said that Booker supervised many initiatives in culture, youth and sport, inclusive of Carifesta preparations, and the earlier conceptualization and construction of the Ministry’s national sports infrastructure.
Minister Frank Anthony and Permanent Secretary Alfred King also commended the advice and initiatives of Booker.
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