President
Adama Barrow has promised the people of Basse that he will be provide them with
a dry port, national oil depot and a 4-star hotel to expand the provincial
town’s development qualities.
He
made this statement on Saturday 23 November 2019 at Basse Mansajang Upper River
Region (URR) on day six of his Meet the People’s Tour. The president initially
held a meeting in Gambissara, in the Jimara District on the same day before
proceeding to Basse.
Mr.
Barrow said his government has realised the strategic importance of Upper River
Region and Basse in particular towards accomplishing a planned development
programme of the country, stating that, the region as an intended second
capital of the country, should first be provided with facilities that could
meet the requirements for a city.
“We
have realised the strategic importance of URR and Basse in general to
accomplish our development programmes,” he said. “My government will create a
dry port; oil depot and a 4-star Hotel at Sotuma Sireh in Basse which will help
to open up development and a business space in the region. The dry port will
serve as a facility of harbouring container for other materials from the Banjul
sea port.”
He
said in order to transform the region into the country’s second capital,
certain development priorities such as the construction of good roads and the
provision of sufficient electricity should first be available in order to open
up to the most needed facilities required for a standard business hub of city
requirement.
“We
have recognised steps that have to be first taken to transform a region into
full business center and that’s why we began with the provision of roads and
electricity to the region in order to attain plan of transforming Basse into
the country’s second capital,” he said.
