BLP’s St. Michael West Central candidate says he’s ready

With the next general elections constitutionally due in 2018, one Barbados Labour Party (BLP) candidate says he is prepared to face the electorate whenever the date is announced.

BLP St. Michael West Central candidate, Ian Gooding-Edghill, shared this with The Barbados Advocate while speaking on the sidelines of a presentation he made this week to the Class 4 students of the Lawrence T. Gay Primary School.

He gave 75 pupils gift packages comprising a clipboard, a ruler and other stationery they will use when they write the Barbados Secondary Schools Entrance Examination (BSSEE) on May 2.

“I am ready; I am doing my work and the bottom line to any successful outcome is to put in the hard work, and I am doing that as I speak to you and I will continue to do that,” he stated.

Identifying areas of concern within the constituency, Gooding-Edghill said “there is a lot of unemployment, people need jobs”. He also spoke about need for natural gas, and highlighted that “there is also a lot of broken infrastructure, road infrastructure is in dire need of repairs and it is obviously a concern to me”.

“Generally, there is a sense of national concern in the community regarding how Barbados is going forward and people are very, very concerned about the future of Barbados,” he stated.

Gooding-Edghill was defeated in the last general election by Democratic Labour Party (DLP) candidate James Paul, who is currently the Member of Parliament for the St. Michael West Central constituency.
(MG)