{"id":20002,"date":"2024-05-29T16:44:48","date_gmt":"2024-05-29T16:44:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=20002"},"modified":"2024-05-29T16:45:29","modified_gmt":"2024-05-29T16:45:29","slug":"president-ali-urges-private-sector-evolution-at-psc-agm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/president-ali-urges-private-sector-evolution-at-psc-agm\/","title":{"rendered":"President Ali Urges Private Sector Evolution at PSC AGM"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>By Josiah Williams<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President Dr. Irfaan Ali delivered a compelling message to Guyana&#8217;s private sector, emphasizing the need for evolution to align with the country&#8217;s rapidly transforming landscape. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NCN&#8217;s Josiah Williams provided an overview of the President&#8217;s remarks at the Private Sector Commission&#8217;s 32nd Annual General Meeting, held at the Marriott.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President Ali commended the significant growth witnessed in the private sector in recent years but urged stakeholders to elevate this growth to the next level. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He emphasized the importance of leveraging Guyana&#8217;s success to further bolster the economy, urging the private sector to adopt a proactive and aggressive approach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the meeting, President Ali reiterated his call from the previous year for greater integration of women into leadership positions within the business sector. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Outgoing Chairman of the PSC, Komal Singh, echoed this sentiment, highlighting the sector&#8217;s commitment to working with women and young people to address the increasing demand for skilled individuals and to promote free trade within CARICOM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Singh also emphasized the private sector&#8217;s pivotal role in initiatives such as the Gas to Energy project, which is expected to provide a significant boost to the manufacturing sector, both locally and regionally. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He urged the private sector to adopt a proactive stance in removing non-tariff barriers hindering progress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The AGM concluded with the anticipation of a new executive being elected to lead the Private Sector Commission for the upcoming year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As Guyana continues its path of transformation, President Ali&#8217;s call for the private sector&#8217;s evolution underscores the importance of adaptability and innovation in driving economic growth and prosperity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Josiah Williams President Dr. Irfaan Ali delivered a compelling message to Guyana&#8217;s private sector, emphasizing the need for evolution to align with the country&#8217;s rapidly transforming landscape. NCN&#8217;s Josiah&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":20003,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[361,366,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20002","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-and-economy","category-local-development","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20002","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=20002"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20002\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20004,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20002\/revisions\/20004"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}