{"id":13932,"date":"2023-11-10T14:18:44","date_gmt":"2023-11-10T14:18:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=13932"},"modified":"2023-11-10T14:18:45","modified_gmt":"2023-11-10T14:18:45","slug":"government-aims-to-complete-wakenaam-island-road-projects-by-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/government-aims-to-complete-wakenaam-island-road-projects-by-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Government Aims to Complete Wakenaam Island Road Projects by 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>President Dr. Irfaan Ali has announced that the government of Guyana is actively working towards completing all road projects on the island of Wakenaam by 2025. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This initiative is part of a broader plan aimed at enhancing the quality of life for the island&#8217;s residents, with a particular focus on the youth population.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since assuming office in August 2020, the People&#8217;s Progressive Party Civic government has invested approximately 4.5 million dollars per individual residing on Wakenaam. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President Irfaan Ali revealed that this figure is expected to increase to 6 million dollars by the end of 2023, encompassing expenditures on the construction, rehabilitation, and completion of roads across the island.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Trichell-Arthurville1.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>During the commissioning ceremony for the Arthurville Primary School, President Ali emphasized the careful planning behind these initiatives, intending to create greater opportunities for the island&#8217;s inhabitants. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He expressed confidence that the efforts underway would significantly improve the island&#8217;s infrastructure, making it better than ever before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As part of the commitment to improving educational facilities, President Ali announced a 2.5 million dollars allocation to the Neighbourhood Democratic Council for the upgrading of Arthurville Primary School&#8217;s compound. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The project will be undertaken by the Men on Mission advocacy group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Trichell-Arthurville-2.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The commissioning ceremony also marked the official opening of the state-of-the-art $84 million Arthurville Primary School on Wakenaam Island, Region Three. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali and Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand, were present at the event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These initiatives underscore the government&#8217;s dedication to holistic development, addressing infrastructure, education, and overall community enhancement on Wakenaam Island.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Reported by Trichell Sobers for NCN News<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Dr. Irfaan Ali has announced that the government of Guyana is actively working towards completing all road projects on the island of Wakenaam by 2025. This initiative is part&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":13933,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[365,366,350,367],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13932","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-human-development","category-local-development","category-news","category-one-guyana"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13932","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13932"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13932\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13936,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13932\/revisions\/13936"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}