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Special department set up to handle national events
Colonel Nazrul Hussain, Head of the Department of National Events, under the Ministry of the Presidency.
President David Granger on Tuesday established the Department of National Events, under the Ministry of the Presidency.
The Department will be headed by Colonel Nazrul Hussain of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) and will be tasked with the planning and execution of all national events in the country.
President Granger, in an invited comment, said that national events are occasions for the country and Guyanese people to feel pride and patriotism and the events must, therefore, be planned and executed in such a manner, that these feelings are expressed and felt by all Guyanese.
“Public events are important for our political culture, for our national identity; who we are. My expectations are that Guyanese must feel proud of their national symbols, monuments, their national festivals. We have already seen over the last year how proud Guyanese feel even to see the national flag being raised and we want to ensure that this feeling permeates Guyanese at all levels and in all of the regions and my expectations are that Guyana will emerge more unified and more proud of their identity, history and heritage than ever before,” President Granger said.
The Head of State noted that national events, especially of a large magnitude, require extensive coordination and collaboration among a number of Ministries and Government agencies. Therefore, he said, it is important for someone to assume specific responsibility for these events so that they receive the required attention.
“We want to ensure that they [national and international events] are done and performed in a very high standard and there has to be a high level of coordination as well. Many of these events involve the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Education which has responsibility for Culture, Youth and Sport, the Ministry of the Presidency, the Ministry of Public Infrastructure, the Ministry of Communities.”
President Granger assured that Guyanese can expect events of excellence, reflective of nationalism and pride.
“People are very proud of Mashramani, they are proud of Independence, they are proud of Enmore Martyrs, they are proud of honouring our Veterans on Remembrance Day, they are proud of Emancipation Day and all of the other celebrations and I expect that once they are well organised, there will be greater participation and there will be greater satisfaction on the part of the general public. This is what we want to see, Guyanese who are proud of being Guyanese,” the President said.
Col. Hussain said that he is honoured by the responsibility bestowed on him. He vowed to ensure that all events under his watch are executed in an efficient manner.
“I am elated to be selected to head the Department of National Events as was established in the meeting today and the President based on the previous events, would like us to do things with a better flare, with the watch word being excellence.
“This department was established to standardise all of our national activities and to execute all national activities with excellence in mind. It will entail having a dairy, which reflects all of the national events and observances and to plan and execute some of the traditional and some new ones that we will be working on and to ensure that we have a manual of standards that we can refer to ensure that there is no deviation from the standard of excellence that we are going to establish,” he said.
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