Omar
Ceesay, the president of The Gambia Transport Union (GTU) has stated that the
border closure between Gambia and Senegal which was supposed to be imposed
yesterday has been postponed until further notice, as government has planned to
send a delegation to Senegal for diplomatic talks.
“We
members of the union met the Gambian authorities on Tuesday with a view to
discuss with them about the Senegalese transport union decision to deny our
commercial vehicle entry into the Senegal territory. They asked us to hold for
the time being before the border is closed for Senegalese commercial vehicles
as they planned to send delegation to Senegal,” he told The Point in an
interview.
The
Transport Union president on Monday during a press conference said: “No
Senegalese vehicles will enter through all Gambia borders because their
authorities are not doing anything to address the matter.”
The
GTU’s decision to close the Gambian borders came following their counterparts’
decision to deny entry to Gambian buses from Karang border post.
