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Keep up the good fight

Sep 05, 2020 Letters

DEAR EDITOR,

I would bet, maybe this particular issue is somewhere near the bottom of the priority list of this government, however it’s far from a trivial matter. Well done, to Anita Thorne/Chairwoman of the Sideline Dam’s Community Council and the young men. These young men shouldn’t be sidelined for any foreign company to perform the low skilled activities, of cleaning up their respective neighbourhoods and Le Repentir cemetery.
Furthermore, for a local Guyanese company to get an inflated contract is just as bad; if there are capable young men who appear willing, and are in the vicinity of these areas. If the local residents are scared of them, or something else, that is a totally different matter altogether.
The choice is a clear one of keeping this activity within the vicinity, (100% proper). As a compromise, if the government should still decide to contract out to a Guyanese company (100%), I think there should be a mandate of integrating the youths, perhaps to build some structure to planning and organizing the entire process.
Able/trustworthy local young men should get preference, if possible, above anyone else.
It’s easy to overlook the long term benefits of getting low skilled unemployed young men in our society involved in as many activities as possible. In summary, it’s self-defeating if the Government of Guyana does not seriously work with them. Not only is this not a difficult task, it’s dangerous to keep them idle for too long, and in all fairness their requests are long overdue.
So, Anita Thorne, you keep up the good fight.

Yours Truly,
Chi Kansi

 

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