Halifa
Sallah, the spokesperson for the coalition government, has said the Gambia
government has given D150,000 to the families of the 30 victims who were
involved in car accident in the village of Kitty.
He
made the disclosure on Thursday at a press conference held at the Kairaba Beach
Hotel.
“It
has committed the government to provide D5,000 to each of the victims so that
it will meet some of their expenses, as families move up and down to try to
take care of their loved ones,” he said.
The
coalition spokesperson further said the president had also expressed concern
about the accident that occurred in Kitty.
“It
has a potential to cause a social strife and that is why he mandated me to go
the hospital to do fact-finding. Eventually, we have received reports from the
Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital on 7 February and a police report on 8.”
The
nature of the accident is understood and the persons involved are currently
being treated or have been released from the hospital, he added.
Investigations
are ongoing and the person involved (the driver) is from Nuimi, in the North
Bank Region, and the driver‘s family had taken D11,000 to the hospital as
contribution to the treatment of the victims.
“The
National Reconciliation Committee of the Coalition has been sent to the Kitty
village to talk to the families so that people will understand the cause of the
accident and any misunderstanding that may bring about civil strife.”
