Three
regional governors have raised concern over the unsustainability of many
projects in the country, which have either started implementing and stopped or
are completed and yielding no benefit to the people.
Sheriff
Abba Sanyang of Central River Region, Fanta Samateh Manneh of Upper River
Region and Rohey John-Manjang of Lower River Region all expressed
dissatisfaction in the manner some projects are implemented in their regions.
Speaking
at the regional launch of a 26.81 million US Dollars livestock enhancement
project at various regions, the governors appealed to authorities to ensure
that the project is fully implemented and benefit Gambians. The loan project is
funded by the Islamic Development Bank and the Government of The Gambia.
They
said there have been many projects that were provided to The Gambia by funding
agencies which will collapse after being implemented due to lack of
sustainability plans and bad leadership.
The
four years project will cover 39 districts in the country and targets to reach
30,000 households. It aims to relieve livestock owners from the burden of
traveling to countries like Mali and Senegal to import small ruminants during
Tobaski and other feast.
The
trio hope that the livestock project, which targets to enhance small ruminant
production will be a different one from other projects, praising the government
and the Islamic Development Bank for their concern for the improvement of
Gambian farmers.
They
also challenged farmers and the project management team to follow the right
measures for sustainability.
