| Long-serving Mayor of Georgetown Hamilton Green has urged the citizenry to remain patient as “monumental” restoration efforts commence in the city.Appreciation was showered upon Mayor of Georgetown Hamilton Green on Monday during a simple ceremony in his office.Mayor Green made the call during an appreciation ceremony held in his office yesterday. His comments come a few days after President David Granger gave the directive for cleanup exercises in Georgetown.During the simple ceremony, Green stated that City Hall had “been under the hammer for 23 years” while the then governing PPP/C ruled. He added that personally he and his family had experienced hardships and opined that the new administration was a “victory for all of us and our children and our children’s children.”He continued, “I stayed on because I believe Guyana is strong and worth it; I’ve worked quietly over the years to see the end of this era.” He further said that many persons had been in the struggle and he urged these to remain patient.“I ask you to be patient for the next few months. I just had a meeting with my staff… to restore Georgetown alone is a monumental effort. All the outfall channels have to cleaned, culverts dealt with,Wholesale NFL Jerseys, we have to get the pumps working,Cheap Authentic Jerseys, and this is happening in the May/June rains,” Green said.Furthermore, Green said that his team will be interfacing with the public and the business community and will have the cooperation of the new government.“My hope is that by Christmas this year, we should see a new city and a new people,Authentic Jerseys Cheap,” Green said to loud applause.‘It will take time’Outside of issues affecting the city,Cheap China Jerseys, Mayor Green also looked at social issues affecting the citizenry, particularly youths and women.According to Green, more emphasis needed to be placed on interacting with young people who have gone astray.“We must know that our work is for the young people and we have to put out the hand of friendship, provided the understanding of the direction we’re going,” he said.He noted that improvement might not happen immediately but he opined that efforts should nonetheless be made.He said too that education was pivotal if Guyana was to see the change it needs.“That will mean re-training our teachers, fixing our schools; not have a school with a $40M contract and you get $10M work. When we give a contract for $40M, it will be $40M of work and value,” Green emphasised. He went on, “That will take time; it will also take time to produce our scholars,NFL Jerseys 2018, our engineers, our doctors, and our technicians…if an oil company comes here, we’re going to need secretaries, technicians, accountants so if our people are not qualified, we’re back to the vicious circle where the only jobs we can get is that of a security guard, a cleaner and to push a wheelbarrow. I don’t want that to happen so we’ve got a big job on our hands.”He also said that for too long women have suffered under the previous administration. “Women have to hustle to make ends meet…but this is a new opportunity for us to save our country. We have a lot of work to do but thank God that we now have a government that will support our efforts.“As we stretch our hands out to people,Cheap Jerseys From China, if they come in line, we welcome them; if they can’t come in line, it’s out the door, the window, anywhere. Because we can’t tolerate stupidness,” Green emphasised. |
