President inspects D&I structures, other constructions in Essequibo
- displeased with delay in Suddie diagnostic centre completion
Georgetown, GINA, April 29, 2008
Following a meeting with farmers at Aurora, Essequibo in Region Two (Pomeroon/Supenaam) on Sunday where the Jagdeo Initiative on Agriculture was discussed and farmers commenced grouping to start the agriculture expansion process in that Region, President Bharrat Jagdeo inspected several drainage and irrigation structures and other Government constructions in the Region. 
President Jagdeo addresses farmers at Aurora during a meeting at the Aurora Secondary School-April 27, 2008.
At Sunday’s forum with the farmers, it was decided that Government would assist those interested in taking the expansion process forward with drainage and irrigation of the selected planting and production areas, access roads and empoldering of the areas.
On this note, the Head of State later proceeded to inspect structures including the Westbury sluice. He also checked on the Fisher New Primary School which is almost complete on the Coast and the Suddie Diagnostic Centre which is not furnished yet and observed being operated on a generator.
operated on a generator. 
A section of the gathering of farmers at the meeting with President Jagdeo at Aurora-April 27, 2008.
The Head of State met with several officials at the Centre including Cuban doctors and expressed displeasure that the facility was being electrified with the use of a generator and was not receiving regular power supply. He was also not pleased that the centre was still not completed way past its deadline.
President Jagdeo told the officials that the delay in completion and other problems had also been encountered at several of the other diagnostic centres.
The diagnostic centre is one of four health institutions constructed under a Guyana-Cuba project. The others are situated at Leonora, West Coast Demerara, Diamond on the East Bank of Demerara and Mahaicony.
President Jagdeo tours the Suddie Diagnostic Centre-April 27, 2008.
The Diamond and Leonora Centres are in operation and serving large numbers of persons.
Completing the tour of the Suddie Centre, the President expressed the hope that it would be opened shortly so that residents in that area could have access to the health facility.
Meanwhile, President Jagdeo was also the guest during a live interview at RCA TV where he outlined the agriculture initiative to Essequibians and spoke of the need for more persons to join in the agriculture expansion process, following which he met with members of the Evergreen/Paradise Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) at Dartmouth to discuss the initiative.
President Jagdeo inspecting the sluice at Westbury, Essequibo-April 27, 2008.
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