{"id":29719,"date":"2026-05-02T18:17:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T22:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=29719"},"modified":"2026-05-02T18:17:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T22:17:10","slug":"pres-ali-outlines-plans-for-workers-to-invest-in-national-development-and-build-wealth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/pres-ali-outlines-plans-for-workers-to-invest-in-national-development-and-build-wealth\/","title":{"rendered":"Pres. Ali outlines plans for workers to invest in national development and build wealth"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>-by Kimberly Giddings <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President Dr. Irfaan Ali said the government is working on systems that would allow citizens to invest in key national ventures and benefit financially.He revealed this while speaking at a Labour Day brunch at State House in Georgetown on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He added that expanded social programs and stronger institutions are aimed at improving living standards and ensuring long-term financial security.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>&#8220;We have to develop our opportunities and carve out a specific modus, a specific program through which our workers can own things,&#8221;<\/strong><\/em> the president said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said that is why, across all major opportunities including natural gas and fertilizer projects, efforts are being made to give workers a chance to earn beyond their regular salaries and better prepare for retirement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>&#8220;We are going to develop special mechanisms and incentives so our workers can invest and our workers can own a piece of the assets of the future. That is what we want,&#8221;<\/strong><\/em> he stressed. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>-by Kimberly Giddings President Dr. Irfaan Ali said the government is working on systems that would allow citizens to invest in key national ventures and benefit financially.He revealed this while&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29720,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[361,363,350],"tags":[488,370,972,412,405,973],"class_list":["post-29719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-and-economy","category-national-transformation","category-news","tag-488","tag-guyana","tag-labour-day","tag-ncn-guyana","tag-ncn-news","tag-workers"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29719","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29719"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29719\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29721,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29719\/revisions\/29721"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}