Guyana Consumers Association (GCA)

Thirty seven years ago the Guyana Consumers Association (GCA) introduced the word 'consumer' into the vocabulary of the citizens of Guyana. The impact was great. The government of the time acknowledged the need for a consumers’ association and set up a Ministry for Trade and Consumer Protection. The GCA clamoured for a Bureau of Standards to follow in the footsteps of Trinidad & Tobago and Jamaica. A committee was appointed under the GNRC and the Guyana National Bureau of Standards was established. Radio Demerara recognised the need for consumer education and invited the GCA to submit two recordings a week for the programme, Consumers’ Corner.