Continue to support the greater good for all Jamaicans

SAs you continue to put your advocacy into action, I encourage you to carry on your response to challenges in a manner that supports the greater good of all Jamaicans.

INCE 1976, the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) has advanced its mission of effectively advocating “for the implementation of public policy that enables strong, sustainable private sector-led economic growth and development”. This is evidenced by your leading role in championing causes critical to education, agriculture, health, business and people development, in addition to COVID-19 recovery efforts.

Jamaica’s private sector covers numerous industries and employs a significant portion of the country’s labour force, underscoring your critical role in national development. It is as a result of your organisation’s advocacy and meaningful representation of private-sector groups that members are able to benefit from trade agreements, technical resources and facilities, while they achieve maximum productivity. These efforts serve to support the work of the Government and civil society groups in equipping Jamaica to achieve its Vision 2030 goals.

On this celebration of your 45th anniversary, I commend your continued commitment to honouring your corporate social responsibility, particularly in supporting initiatives such the E-commerce National Delivery Solution (ENDS), Crime Stop and the PSOJ COVID-19 Jamaica Response Fund. The work you do is a testament to your vision of unification in our shared efforts to make Jamaica the place of choice to “live, work, raise families and do business”.

As you continue to put your advocacy into action, I encourage you to carry on your response to challenges in a manner that supports the greater good of all Jamaicans. More critically than before, we must place the good of our nation above all else.

Continue to be exemplars of what we can achieve together through people, partnership and performance.

Happy 45th anniversary!

THE MOST HON SIR PATRICK ALLEN, ON, GCMG, CD, KStJ Governor General