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Essequibians make demands of the new govt
With A Partnership for National Unity and the Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) soon to form a new Government, many Essequibians who supported the coalition with a view to bettering their lives would want the elected leaders to
Devika Persaud
pay attention to issues that continue to affect them.
Devika Persaud is one such Essequibian. The single-parent said that she was forced to join the coalition because she was struggling to take care of her triplets.
“I expected the government to have done more by assisting me and my children but they didn’t and I was forced to do security work to take care of my children.”
With fewer jobs available, especially for women on the Essequibo Coast, Persaud said that she had to fight through the court in order to obtain public assistance for her three young girls, who are identical triplets.
Persaud said that she expects better from the New Government who she hopes would place emphasis on the issues affecting Essequibians.
Attention, she adds, must also be paid to other single-parent women, the elderly, youth unemployment and those affected by some form of disability. These are some of the focal problems that are affecting Essequibians. We are expecting the new leaders to focus on those to bring about some form of relief to those affected.
Persaud, who campaigned for the coalition with her three daughters, would like to see a garment factory established in the Region. This, she explained, would open employment for women who have but few jobs to turn to. She is also calling for better policing in the interest of better protection for women who live by themselves and the elderly.
Residents living in Dartmouth have also expressed the need for better roads and jobs for the Youths. Many teenagers who have written the Caribbean Examination Council are at home since jobs in the Region are slim.
Essequibians who support the formation of a new Government are expecting the new leaders to deliver on their promises.
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