{"id":30824,"date":"2026-07-11T20:32:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T00:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=30824"},"modified":"2026-07-11T20:32:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T00:32:08","slug":"min-croal-calls-for-stronger-community-leadership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/min-croal-calls-for-stronger-community-leadership\/","title":{"rendered":"Min. Croal calls for stronger community leadership"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">-ahead of NTC conference <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">by Kimberly Giddings <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ahead of the National Toshaos Council (NTC) Conference to be held July 20-24, at the Arthu Chung Conference Centre, Minister of Housing Collin Croal has urged village leaders to focus\u00a0on the bigger picture when they gather for the annual forum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He made the remarks at the 2026 Regional Toshaos and Community Development Council Chairperson&#8217;s\u00a0meeting.\u00a0Minister Croal said discussions at the NTC Conference should focus on broad policy directions,\u00a0national initiatives, programmes and engagements that can deliver greater long-term benefits\u00a0for indigenous villages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He added that empowerment communities goes beyond financial support, emphasising the\u00a0importance of building stronger, more sustainable villages through continued partnerships with\u00a0the government.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>&#8220;Oftentimes we look at measurement of empowerment in terms of the financial resources that are\u00a0put into the communities.\u00a0But it&#8217;s much more than that. It encompasses equipping the communities, yes, with the resources, yes, with the infrastructure,\u00a0with knowledge, with the institutions&#8230;\u00a0and it&#8217;s very important.\u00a0It&#8217;s not about you possessing as leaders the information.\u00a0It&#8217;s about ensuring that your community is informed.It&#8217;s about ensuring transparency.\u00a0It&#8217;s about ensuring people are updated,&#8221;<\/strong> he said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While noting that more work is needed to preserve the region&#8217;s cultural heritage, the Minister\u00a0of Housing stressed that socio-economic development remains a key pillar of sustainability. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He also assured residents that the government will continue working with all communities\u00a0regardless of how they vote, with the goal of ensuring that every Guyanese, irrespective\u00a0of race, enjoys a sustainable quality of life.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>-ahead of NTC conference by Kimberly Giddings Ahead of the National Toshaos Council (NTC) Conference to be held July 20-24, at the Arthu Chung Conference Centre, Minister of Housing Collin&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30825,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[660,361,350],"tags":[488,370,412,405,1136],"class_list":["post-30824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-amerindian-development","category-business-and-economy","category-news","tag-488","tag-guyana","tag-ncn-guyana","tag-ncn-news","tag-ntc"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30824","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=30824"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30824\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30826,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30824\/revisions\/30826"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}