Finance Minister hands over health supplies to Region Six

Senior Minister in the Office of the President with Responsibility for Finance, Dr. Ashni Singh, while in Region Six yesterday, handed over to the Regional Health Department a quantity of cleaning and sanitizing supplies to be distributed to various health institutions in the East Berbice/Corentyne Region.

The Minister was visiting the Region to spearhead Government’s ‘Because We Care’ cash grant initiative at the J.C. Chandisingh Secondary School and stopped at the Health Department to hand over the essential supplies on behalf of the Basic Needs Trust Fund (BNTF). The BNTF is a sub agency of the Ministry of Finance which receives financial support from the Caribbean Development Bank.