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assurance to those persons who are awaiting their lands,” Minister Croal explained.

“The road networking, we are about three quarters complete in terms of the scheme. We know there are anxious persons who want to know where their land is, to see it and be able to access and start building for themselves. By the end of February, we want to start showing persons their allocation.”

In LBI, the government is constructing a premier housing development, with a number of zoning areas, including a residential zone as well as an area for over 600 young professionals’ houses.

Sheriff Security Service.

“We are investing a large chunk of our budget that was supposed to be for the next five years, but we have decided to put a large portion into Berbice. We are taking a lot of risk in Berbice and hope that the Berbicians will support us,” the enthusiastic businessman told the Sunday Chronicle

Ahmad said that many people in Berbice will be meaningfully employed and they are happy to play a role in keeping with President, Dr Irfaan Ali’s ‘One Guyana’ vision for all Guyanese.

“Having oil and gas is great, but we want to give the local people a chance to benefit from the increase in

Ameir Ahmad, proprietor of the Sheriff Security firm the minimum wage. Ninety per cent of our work force will be Guyanese and the other ten per cent are going to be doctors who will be coming from abroad. We wish that we could have employed one hundred percent Guyanese to put into the project, but that’s not possible, but the majority will be our people.”

The businessman also noted that the contracting part of the project will be 100 percent Guyanese.