{"id":31568,"date":"2026-08-24T19:40:48","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T23:40:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=31568"},"modified":"2026-08-24T19:40:48","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T23:40:48","slug":"min-ally-engages-plwds-on-opportunities-through-guyana-development-bank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/min-ally-engages-plwds-on-opportunities-through-guyana-development-bank\/","title":{"rendered":"Min. Ally engages\u00a0PLWDs\u00a0on opportunities through Guyana Development Bank"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">-by Kyler Rollins<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Persons living with disabilities have been assured of their access to the benefits of the soon-to-be-launched Guyana Development Bank, following a recent engagement with Minister of Public Service, Government Efficiency and Implementation, Zulfikar Ally, in Region Six.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The engagement sought to inform persons with disabilities about the opportunities available through the bank, including financial support they can access to start or expand their businesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As preparations continue for the launch of the Guyana Development Bank, Minister Ally spearheaded a meeting at the Empower Guyana Centre for Equality, Opportunity and Innovation at Palmyra, where he engaged with persons living with disabilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He reminded the gathering of President Dr. Irfaan Ali\u2019s commitment to greater inclusion, encouraging participants to form groups to maximize their access to loans, which will be available at zero interest and without collateral.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201cIf ten of you come together, and we will sit and we will work with you, and all of you take three millions dollars from the bank, that\u2019s thirty million dollars that you now can put into a venture together that you can cooperate. A venture that you can run together. That\u2019s thirty million dollars to start a business that you would\u2019ve not had access to before<\/strong>,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To further simplify the process, Minister Ally said persons interested in accessing the financing will receive step-by-step assistance to turn their business ideas into reality, including guidance throughout the loan repayment process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c<strong>We\u2019re going to help you to set up that business plan, that business model or that idea that you have or that venture that you want to do. We\u2019re going to train you too on financial management, how you\u2019re going to manage this money, how you\u2019re going to invest it in the business, how you\u2019re going to reinvest it into the business, what will be your profit and what will be thing you\u2019re going to do with the money<\/strong>,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Persons were also given the opportunity to ask questions and engage one-on-one with the minister to receive additional information about the bank.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>-by Kyler Rollins Persons living with disabilities have been assured of their access to the benefits of the soon-to-be-launched Guyana Development Bank, following a recent engagement with Minister of Public&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31573,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[365,366,350],"tags":[488,448,412,405,1220],"class_list":["post-31568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-human-development","category-local-development","category-news","tag-488","tag-ncn","tag-ncn-guyana","tag-ncn-news","tag-plwds"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31568","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=31568"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31568\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31569,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31568\/revisions\/31569"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31573"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}