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.
