By Tangerine Clarke
Guyana is on the cusp of
great wealth development,
celebrating its historic oil
discovery of approximately
half a billion barrels, but
as this new industry takes
shape, Minister of Finance,
Winston Jordan, expressed
interest in seeing diaspora oil
and gas professionals return
home to fill job openings,
while making contributions
to their country’s growth.
Jordan, during an interview
with this publication
in Georgetown, recently, said
expatriates were welcome to
return to their homeland,
and apply for these positions
without any restrictions.
“I tell Guyanese to take a
page out of the Jamaicans
book, you don’t have to give
any reason to come to a place
where you were born, it does
not matter where you live,
this is your home,” emphasized
Jordan, adding, that
the country’s oil industry
should be a special lure to
come home.
The politician felt it was
important to join his fellow
ministers of the Coalition
government in a walkabout
at Stabroek Market Square,
in the capital, particularly
during the festive season, to
interact and to see the smiles
on the faces of people who
are excited about the new
oil and gas industry that has
come to their homeland.
He described Guyana as
being rich in resources, with
the addition of petroleum,
that will be present for over
40 years, and according to
Minister Jordan, the transformation
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of Guyana’s economy
beckons with the potential
wealth, which the new petroleum
state will start to earn
from this year, wealth which
he said will benefit from “the
cradle to the elderly.”
“Come home, we need help
of every kind, and it is a
plus that you can help with
this magnificent fortune we
have acquired. I am looking
to recruit qualified statisticians
also,” said Jordan who
called on some Guyanese to
stop criticizing Guyana, and
instead help the country that
has lost 80 percent of its
graduates to migration.
He said if Guyana tries
to fill these vacancies, rapid
training of citizens at home
would have to take place, or
the government would seek
neighboring professionals in
the field of oil and gas, to fill
those gaps, but he reiterated,
expatriates would be the first
choice.
Jordan spoke of the exciting
Green State Development
Strategy, Vision 2040, diversified,
resilient, low-carbon
and people-centered — Guyana’s
20-year national development
policy that reflects
the guiding vision and principles
of the ‘green agenda.’
This is an inclusive and
prosperous Guyana that provides
a good quality of life
for all its citizens based on
sound education and social
A Guyanese citizen, left, gets a hand shake from Minister
of Finance, Winston Jordan during a holiday walkabout at
Stabroek Market Square, Georgetown, Guyana.
Photo by Tangerine Clarke
protection, low-carbon and
resilient development, providing
new economic opportunities,
justice and political
empowerment.
Jordan said more money
would be spent to modernize
schools and improve
information technology, so
children, the future leaders,
could compete regionally
and internationally.
Guyanese diasporans invited
to fill oil & gas industry jobs
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