- President Jagdeo meets Commonwealth Adviser of Youth Affairs

Georgetown, GINA, January 29, 2004

President Bharrat Jagdeo and the Special Adviser and Head of Youth Affairs within the Commonwealth Youth Programme (CYP) Ignatius Takawira met today to discuss the local of the programme.
Takawira paid a courtesy call on the Head of State at the Office of the President this afternoon.
Prior to his meeting with the President, the Special Advisor said that their discussions would focus on the CYP plans and its effectiveness in Guyana.
He is here for two days.
Head of the CYP in Guyana Armstrong Alexis, in an interview, said Takawira is visiting several countries in which the CYP operates. He was last in Dominica.
He said the Adviser’s discussions with the President were based on the “issue of development in Guyana and what is expected of Government and what the CYP can offer.”