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Aug 05, 2014 Letters
DEAR EDITOR,
Tomorrow August 06, 2014 we will be observing the twenty-ninth death anniversary of our late President and father of this great nation Mr. Linden Forbes Sampson Burnham, who led his country for twenty-one years from 1964 until his death on August 6, 1985, at the age of 62, after undergoing a throat operation in a hospital in Georgetown.
President Burnham served our nation with distinction, wisdom and good leadership. He made a huge contribution to towards the development of this country during his time of presidency – in all areas, namely physically, educationally, economically, culturally and politically, as a leader for all of his people, regardless of their ethnicity, culture, sex orientation and party affiliation, and that is why under his leadership our national motto was rightfully regarded as “One People, One Nation, One Density.
In this light, I think that renaming Ogle International Airport that is located on the East Coast, after the late President Burnham would be a good thing to do in remembering him for the contribution he made to this country, especially at this time of his death anniversary.
Let us demonstrate to future generations that President Burnham mattered and was the great leader who fought for freedom during the anti-colonial struggle for our country’s Independence on May 26, 1966 and eventual Republican Status within the Commonwealth of Nations and the establishment of CARICOM in 1977.
Under the leadership of President Burnham, the coastal road network and major sea defences were constructed; the Soesdyke-Linden highway; bridges on the Canje and Demerara Rivers, the international airport at Timehri and the Mahaica-Mahaicony-Abary Agricultural Development Authority; the University of Guyana and Cyril Potter College of Education; National Insurance Scheme; the multilateral schools; hinterland schools for indigenous students. His government embarked on rural electrification, pure water supply for households and other infrastructural projects.
President Burnham also established huge working people’s housing schemes, the Guyana Defence Force, Guyana Police Force, Guyana National Service, the Amerindian lands rectification process, free education as an entitlement, and equal recognition of religious observances in this country.
As the nation prepares to observe the twenty-ninth death anniversary of President Burnham, I strongly reiterate that Ogle International Airport should be renamed after him.
Only recently the late President Dr. Cheddi Jagan was honoured when the Government renamed Timehri International Airport, to the Cheddi Jagan International Airport.
Come on President Ramotar, let us do it now for the late President Burnham just as we did for the late President Dr. Cheddi Jagan.
Rayvonne P. Bourne
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