AFC commissions Region Four office
The Regional Management Committee (RMC) of Region 4 (Demerara/Mahaica), a tier of the management structure of the Alliance For Change (AFC), officially opened its office last Friday. The event also marked the commissioning of the ‘Adrian Cole Conference Room.’
Party Chairman and prominent attorney, Nigel Hughes in his remarks congratulated the Region 4 Management Committee, saying that the office must be a change for excellence and that it must be a hub of service to the people of the region and even further afield.
Noting that the RMC Chairman, Daniel Fraser, had initiated several programmes beneficial to the community, he commended the “Citizens’ Clinic” as a plus and an avenue of free service to the public.
“Already competitors may be thinking of establishing such a service and an office in a location in the vicinity,” he chided, “but all that can only be beneficial to the people. What is important to note is that we (AFC) are leading and are expanding the services to as many communities as possible.”
Moses Nagamoottoo, MP, the AFC Vice Chairman and an attorney-at-law, noted that the office was not so far from that corner that the first blow for democracy and liberation was struck by the late Dr. Walter Rodney.
Nagamoottoo said that a fierce battle against corruption and against the violation of civil and human rights is being engaged, one in which the lives and livelihood of thousands of Guyanese are affected. He continued that the AFC has injected itself into the mainstream of Guyanese politics and social lives, and is committed to reverse and remove the cancerous situations that plague the Guyanese population.
The party’s General Secretary, David Patterson, said that the effectiveness with which the RMC works is largely dependent on its leadership and that is evident in Region 4.
AFC Region 4 office commissioned: Management executives and party leaders, RMC Chairman Daniel Fraser (at extreme left) with AFC Chairman, Nigel Hughes; Vice Chairman, Moses Nagamoottoo; and General Secretary, David Patterson, among others. Adrian Cole sits in the center (in white).
The ceremony was chaired by the RMC’s Chairman, Daniel Fraser, who explained that the Office will exceed the rhetoric of officialdom and will be a center for the accommodation for the cries and hurts of the ordinary grassroots person.
“This is testified in the naming of the conference room after a simple man, but of whom a large responsibility was shouldered.”
A long standing resident and community activist, Juliann Gall commended the initiative of the RMC in naming the Conference Room after Adrian Cole, an ordinary man and member of the AFC who has been in its ranks since its formation, and who has placed an indelible mark in its operations.