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Shame to have our children learning under tents

Oct 05, 2022 Letters

Dear Editor,

While President Irfaan Ali and the PPP spending millions on Machel Montana, Beres Hammond and other foreigners who are already filthy rich and he is seen wining up and pampazetting on stage, our children are left to learn under terrible conditions at school. In an oil rich economy, our nation’s children that will be leaders of tomorrow are treated [inhumanely] in their place of learning.

What the Guyanese people must also know is that Jamaica, Trinidad, Barbados and other parts of the Caribbean invest in their local artistes to the point that they become internationally renowned stars. I hear our local artistes crying out as they are treated as wishy-washy entertainers in their own country. Irfaan (I refuse to refer to him as president) lacks the ability to fathom what true patriotism is; the wealth of our country belongs to our citizens. We must invest in our children’s education and develop and nurture our own young people who wish to become stars like Machel, Beres, Spice and Skeng and the rest.

The Guyanese people must know that when the President took Machel to Linden and refused to take him to African communities, he was making a statement that regardless of the millions Afro Guyanese spent to see Machel and enrich the PPP and friends, they will never be regarded with respect. Just check and see which ethnic group filled the National Stadium at those events. I listened to an artiste name Kwasi Ace and my first thought was he is definitely an artiste that can go global. There is Mafi and others that can end up on billboards worldwide if we truly invest in them. Finally, some may miss or think it is purely coincidental when they look at the ethnic make-up of majority of the schoolchildren in that photo but I know the PPP for more than thirty years. Priya’s children and Irfaan’s son are at luxury private schools. We know where and to whom the oil money is going.

Sincerely,

Norman Browne 

Social and Political Activist

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