00:00Mohammed, who is also President of the Eastern Business Merchants Association and President
00:06of the Pharmacy Board, says more has to be done to assist the business sector.
00:12As the general election countdown begins, he stressed that it is not about party, but
00:18it's about boosting the economy.
00:21Regardless who is successful in the next election, we need to have a more vibrant communication
00:29bridge established between the business sector, the SME sector, the business people, the government
00:37so that we can really assist this country on moving forward.
00:44He says more active steps must be taken to attract revenue.
00:49As we have seen and we have heard over the last 10 years, we have heard about diversification
00:55and really are we getting diversification programmes to be implemented so that this
01:03country can move away a little bit from the oil and gas.
01:07The Association President tells the TV6 Morning Edition, the foreign exchange accessibility
01:12crisis continues to put a cap on businesses, forcing business operators to use their personal
01:19credit cards for operational purposes.
01:22Trinidad needs to really be revamped, redirected and we have to now put a little more emphasis
01:31into the manufacturing aspect of Trinidad and what we can do to help grow in a way that
01:41will allow us to create products for export and make some of our products a little more
01:47competitive on foreign markets.
01:50Nicole M Romany, TV6 News.
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