The GAWU was deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Cde Sheik Feroze Mohamed on May 01, 2020 after a period of illness. Cde Feroze was a close friend of our Union’s President, Cde Komal Chand who also passed on a few weeks ago. The two of them worked closely alongside the Father of the Nation, Dr Cheddi Jagan and were among the many comrades of that era who made sterling contributions to the political, economic and workers struggles of the 1970s and 80 and beyond.
Feroze served his party – the PPP/C – faithfully and dedicatedly over the years and touched the lives of probably thousands of Guyanese. He also shared fraternal links with the GAWU and over our years of association he stood with the workers and the Union. He never wavered in lend his support and assistance to the Union in its varied and several activities and struggles. He had a deep passion for education and helped to mould many comrades of the GAWU. In more recent times, he would share with us many articles on a various matters of concern to the working-people. He also lent his ideas to our educational classes for union members.
He was a staunch ideologue used Marxist analysis to consider our contemporary situation. He had a keen interest in international affairs and very much followed developments in the arena. Feroze, we know, would spend hours digesting and analyzing viewpoints and articles as he considered the present day context of the world. In the more recent years, he became even closer to the Union. He was known by several of our staffers and his affableness and humbleness endeared them to him. He shared good relations with very many of them and they themselves were also saddened when they learnt that he passed on.
Feroze made innumerable and indelible contributions to the country in several areas of national life. Undoubtedly, our nation is poorer with his passing but stronger for his work and contributions. We all owe an immense debt of gratitude to Cde Feroze Mohamed and the other stalwarts of his era. They collectively rescued the nation from the clutches of dictatorship and ruin. Indeed as we face new challenges to our democracy, we are certain that the work of Cde Feroze will serve as a guide in these troubling times. He has bequeathed to us all an admirable legacy worthy of emulation.
The working class has lost a staunch ally, his party a most outstanding comrade and leader and the country a committed and selfless leader. We of the GAWU extend our sincerest condolences to his wife, Kamla and son, Avinash and his other relatives and friends. May his soul rest in eternal peace.
