{"id":26440,"date":"2025-02-09T02:13:05","date_gmt":"2025-02-09T02:13:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=26440"},"modified":"2025-02-09T02:13:06","modified_gmt":"2025-02-09T02:13:06","slug":"ag-guyanese-are-the-main-beneficiaries-of-budget-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/ag-guyanese-are-the-main-beneficiaries-of-budget-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"AG: Guyanese Are the Main Beneficiaries of Budget 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>By Kristin Josiah, NCN News | January 20, 2025<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall, has emphasized that the primary beneficiaries of the 1.4 trillion-dollar budget for 2025 will be the citizens of Guyana, with a particular focus on improving the livelihoods of all, including the unemployed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nandlall shared this insight during an interview on the Budget in Focus Programme, aired over the weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He highlighted several initiatives in the budget that are aimed at reducing the cost of living and enhancing the quality of life for Guyanese. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Among these are the abolition of bridge tolls for the Demerara River Crossing and the new Berbice River Bridge, a 100,000-dollar incentive for every child born to a Guyanese mother, free university education, and a 10,000-dollar universal health voucher. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These measures, according to Nandlall, are designed to ease financial burdens on the population, especially those struggling with transportation and healthcare costs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, Nandlall discussed the government&#8217;s vision for extensive infrastructure development, such as the 88-billion-dollar Gas to Energy Project. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He pointed out that by addressing the high cost of electricity, the project would lower manufacturing costs, ultimately resulting in reduced prices for local goods and benefiting businesses and consumers alike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In response to criticisms from the opposition, who labeled the 2025 budget as the &#8220;worst&#8221; in the country&#8217;s history, Nandlall firmly defended the budget, reiterating that the government is prioritizing investments directly benefiting the people of Guyana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The budget also allocates 1.9 billion dollars for the expansion and upgrading of Guyana&#8217;s court system, a move that falls under the jurisdiction of Nandlall\u2019s office. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This allocation is aimed at improving the infrastructure and efficiency of the legal sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nandlall concluded by emphasizing the government\u2019s commitment to making Guyana a more prosperous and accessible place for its citizens through these strategic investments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Kristin Josiah, NCN News | January 20, 2025 Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall, has emphasized that the primary beneficiaries of the 1.4 trillion-dollar budget for&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":22061,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26440","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=26440"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26440\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26441,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26440\/revisions\/26441"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22061"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}