Figueira lobbies for private investments in Reg. 10, backs industrialisation plans

positioned as a new hub for engineering, logistics and trading with increased traffic coming from the South, as far as Brazil.

Figueira backed these plans.

According to him, an industrial duty-free zone, container terminals, assembly plants and manufacturing facilities should be developed in the region. Figueira also lobbied for the government to regularise additional lands in the region, even as he commended the government for its work to develop new house lots and provide 1,000 houses to young professionals in the region.

He believes such ventures can be pursued through the 2024 National Budget, which is Guyana’s first trillion dollar budget.