When you give JACKASSES to run a Country!!!!!!
Guyana foolishly accepts low-hanging fruits from ExxonMobil – Int’l oil expert
…Collects US$300,000 yearly while other countries are given hospitals, roads and developmental programmes
By Abena Rockcliffe- Campbell
ExxonMobil officials handing over a cheque to US non-governmental organisation
No one expected Guyana, a newbie to the oil industry, to get it all right in the beginning. However, international onlookers thought, at least, the country would have been able to secure certain fundamentals.
It was expected that the country would have gathered information about the international norms in certain areas. That is why an international oil and gas expert is calling it “foolish” that Guyana has allowed ExxonMobil to commit to “cheap” Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). The expert said that Guyana grabbed “low-hanging fruits.”
The term low-hanging fruit is a commonly used metaphor for doing the simplest or easiest work first or for a quick fix.
This metaphor, which can be understood easily by Guyanese, as they are quite familiar with their agriculture. Guyanese know that while low-hanging fruits are easily accessible, they are often times not the juiciest. Fruits higher up the tree that have more contact with the sun are more delectable.
This metaphor easily brings across the point of the oil expert who said that while the CSR offered by ExxonMobil may be able to effect change in certain areas there are other commitments that would have bode better for the developmental needs of
