Chaguanas Mayor Faaiq Mohammed has donated his entire salary for the month towards the needy for Eid-ul-Fitr. Mohammed said he has purchased around $20,000 in hampers for distribution.
He said yesterday, “Every day I am bombarded with requests for assistance, work, food support. People are facing greater challenges as times grow increasingly harder. The public would be facing a rise in electricity rates and a draconian property tax is hovering above their heads. To add salt in the wounds, food prices are rising as well as other commodities.”
Mohammed said the hampers would be sent to several mosques and will be distributed to Muslims and other citizens seeking assistance today.
The mayor appealed to people with the economic means to assist members of their community who may be struggling to purchase basic food items.