Hon.
Ndey Yassin Secka is the first female visually challenged National Assembly
Member.
She
is among the five members nominated by President Adama Barrow at a ceremony
held on Tuesday at the National Assembly building in Banjul.
Hon.
Ndey Yassin Secka, who has been working as a broadcaster at the Gambia Radio
for many years, is among the few women National Assembly representatives to be
nominated by the President.
Former
nominated Member Hon. Abdoulie Saine, who was also visually challenged, told
the media recently that he did appeal to President Adama Barrow to include
disabled persons in the parliament since disability doesn’t mean inability.
Former
Hon. Saine, who was also a nominated member at the National Assembly under
Jammeh’s regime, was also the first male visually challenged parliamentarian at
the time.
This
means that President Adama Barrow has responded to the call of the former
nominated member by bringing another visually challenged person at the National
Assembly this time a female.
