President Dr Irfaan Ali has announced his intention to establish a Youth Advisory Committee in the coming weeks that will reflect Guyana’s “rich religious and ethnic diversity.”

During a speech at his inauguration ceremony as Guyana’s ninth Executive President, Dr Ali said, “That is why I have appointed many young persons into my Cabinet. We will chart the future, and they will have a strong hand in the future we chart.”

He said the wealth of Guyana must reach the pockets of “our people in a fair and equitable manner, so that we can climb to the mountain top of prosperity, respected by all.”

“Our Guyana must no longer be counted as one of the poorest nations in the Western Hemisphere. We must no longer be scorned or treated contemptuously anywhere in the world.”

He said over the next five years, the PPP Government will build the ladder on which “we will climb together, as a nation, to that mountain top – in unity and with dignity and with pride.”