A
two-day interactive session between officials of the National Centre for Arts
and Culture (NCAC) and the Gambia Association of Professional Photographers
(GAPP) was held on 19 and 20 July 2016, at the Alliance Franco Gambiene.
The
event was meant to renew mandate, with a view to strengthening the
association’s democratic practice. GAPP Constitution was reviewed, revised and
adopted, during which major changes were put in place for the betterment of the
association and the general photographic fraternity.
The
Constitution was finally adopted by the entire membership after reviewing it.
Immediately after the adoption, the outgoing executive was dissolved and
elections of a new executive was conducted, which saw the ushering into office
of a new executive committee.
Four
executive members, namely the President, Vice President, Secretary General and
Treasurer, were re-elected unopposed.
They
include incumbent President - Dawda Bayo, Chris Eberendu - Vice President,
Uthman A.N. Jeng (the First Vice President of the Sports Journalists
Association of The Gambia [SJAG]) - as Sectary General, and Modou Saidy was
re-elected as Treasurer.
The
other executive members include Momodou Manneh, Public Relations Officer, and
Amat Panneh - Programme Coordinator.
The
election of the incumbent President saw the extension of an olive hand to all
photographers, irrespective of which faction one belongs to, in joining the association and work hand in
glove to the realisation of the aims and objectives of the association.
GAPP
members were full of praises for Mr Sheikh Omar Jallow and Mr Hassoum Ceesay of
the NCAC for their contributions and commitment to the welfare of the GAPP
membership.
The
executive has a two-year mandate to steer the affairs of GAPP with a
possibility of a second term.
