{"id":26380,"date":"2025-02-09T00:28:43","date_gmt":"2025-02-09T00:28:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=26380"},"modified":"2025-02-09T00:28:44","modified_gmt":"2025-02-09T00:28:44","slug":"president-ali-engages-east-bank-demerara-residents-ahead-of-budget-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/president-ali-engages-east-bank-demerara-residents-ahead-of-budget-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"President Ali Engages East Bank Demerara Residents Ahead of Budget 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>By Radha Motielall, January 15, 2025<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President Dr. Irfaan Ali continued his community engagement tour yesterday, visiting residents of Friendship and Garden of Eden, located along the East Bank of Demerara. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The president\u2019s visits are part of a series of consultations with citizens as his government prepares for the 2025 national budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During his interactions with the residents, President Ali emphasized the importance of these engagements in shaping the priorities for both local and national development. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He reiterated his government\u2019s commitment to building in collaboration with the people, ensuring that community needs are met while fostering growth and progress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Garden of Eden, the President assured residents that his administration is focused on working alongside them to address their concerns and further enhance their living conditions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He highlighted that the government is committed to investing in both people and communities as a means of fostering sustainable development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking to residents of Friendship, President Ali underscored that the 2025 budget will place significant emphasis on community development. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He emphasized his vision of building community assets and generating wealth for local populations, which will contribute to the overall growth of the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This marks part of a broader series of engagements by the President, which also included meetings in several East Coast Demerara communities last week, such as Melanie Damishana, Foulis, and Dazzel Housing Scheme. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The engagements will continue in Silverhill and Timehri today, with further meetings scheduled in Laluni and Sara Johanna on January 16.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These consultations are a key component of the government\u2019s efforts to ensure that the upcoming budget aligns with the needs and aspirations of the people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Radha Motielall, January 15, 2025 President Dr. Irfaan Ali continued his community engagement tour yesterday, visiting residents of Friendship and Garden of Eden, located along the East Bank of&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":24909,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[365,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26380","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-human-development","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26380","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=26380"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26380\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26381,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26380\/revisions\/26381"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}