CONGRATULATIONS TO MY FRIEND SASENARINE SINGH

Oct 02, 2020 Letters

DEAR EDITOR,

After two weeks into his new, challenging and perhaps attractive and rewarding position as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the state owned Guyana Sugar Corporation, I want to offer my genuine and heart-felt congratulations to my friend, Sasenarine Singh on his hard-earned and well-deserved position. His appointment to such a lofty and distinguished position is evidence that great things come to people like Sase with the resolve, skills, qualification, talent and the discipline of hard work to achieve their dreams. Sase and I have been friends for a number of years and during that time he has shown the tenacity, will-power, fortitude and creativity to accomplish whatever he decides to do. He is a loyal and sincere friend, an original, judicious and sagacious thinker who is innately ambitious.
That said, I want to congratulate President Dr. Irfaan Ali for choosing Sase to lead and restructure the insolvent GUYSUCO at this critical juncture in the history of the nation and of the sugar industry. I would also like to thank the President for having tremendous faith, trust and confidence in Sase and I would say without any hesitation that I am confident that he would do an excellent job. Kudos to President Dr. Ali for making such a courageous and wise decision. And I applaud Sase for accepting the position and the responsibilities that come with it.
Over the years, Sase has been at the forefront in developing a number of strategies/plans as to how to improve sugar production and reduce the overhead expenditures that have made the cost of producing sugar in Guyana twice as expensive as the price on the world market. I am certain that he will utilize some of those strategies/plans in his new role as CEO to re-open three of the four shuttered sugar factories and put GUYSUCO, (the nation’s second largest employer) on the road to recovery. For decades, GUYSUCO has been poorly managed and was unprofitable and had to depend on government subsidies to sustain it. Morale among its workers was very low, which leads me to conclude that the appointment of Sase as the new CEO is critical for the nation and for the future of GUYSUCO and “king sugar” in Guyana.
As a friend of Sase, I want everyone to know that it is in his DNA to resurrect GUYSUCO and make it a viable state agency. Given its enormous problems, being appointed the CEO of GUYSUCO can be overwhelming, but it could be exciting as well, especially for my friend. Some of us who know Sase could positively conclude that he is capable and competent and will be up to the task no matter what challenges that lie ahead at GUYSUCO.
Long before elections were scheduled to take place in Guyana, Sase was longing to return to serve the Guyanese people after living for more than 20 years combined in the United Kingdom and the United States. Thus, the appointment could not have come at a more appropriate time to an incredibly perceptive and worthy person who is equipped and endowed with the knowledge, skills and training to handle the countless problems in the sugar industry. His appointment did not surprise me and I am delighted, excited and relieved that he was awarded the position.
I am confident that Sase’s passion and desire to lead GUYSUCO and to serve the people and government of Guyana is a dream fulfilled, I wish him well and hope that with the grace and blessings of the Almighty, he will have the strength, wisdom, resilience and grit to accomplish the task that is conferred on him. He is humble, sincere, moral, principled, law-abiding and God fearing. Good luck my good friend, I am very proud of you.

Dr. Asquith Rose

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