APNU says Guyana’s indigenous people ignored and marginalised.

Georgetown: A Partnership for National Unity Presidential Candidate Brigadier (ret’d) David Granger asserted that Guyana’s Indigenous people, however, have derived little benefit over the past nineteen years under the PPP/C administration. In a release the party stated that little has been done to implement policies and programmes to eradicate poverty and alleviate unemployment in their communities.

Granger pointed out that, Indigenous people, living mainly in the hinterland, remain marginalised from mainstream society. This is so largely because of underdeveloped roadways, bridges and aerodromes; the high cost of fuel; insufficient coastal and riverain vessels and other transport infrastructure.

The party explained that Indigenous people today, owing to their geographical location, still find it difficult to gain access to a secondary education. Overcrowding of dormitories at schools such as at Waramadong in the Mazaruni-Cuyuni Region has made education an ordeal. Travelling to schools such as at Charity in the Pomeroon-Supenaam Region is expensive and burdensome because of the great distance from their homes. Road linkages are invariably very poor or non-existent in most areas.