The
Chief Executive Officer of SBD Printing Press, Essa Bah, has reiterated the
commitment of his company to delivering quality and decent services to the
nation, especially to his esteemed customers, in the new dispensation.
SBD
Printing Press does not believe in segregation, but equal treatment for all its
customers with care and respect, he said whilst speaking to the press at his
office at Westfield along the Brikama Highway.
A
young innovative Gambian, who lived in Germany for two and a half decades
operating in printing services, Mr Bah said his ambition has always been to
contribute his quota to the development of The Gambia.
Armed
with a wealth of knowledge and vast experience, Mr Bah said he is ready and
willing to share his 25-year work experience and knowledge with the Gambian
people, especially with the youths for their own development.
“I
believe in sharing and caring of experiences, which is what motivated me to
establish the SBD Printing Press to be able to create more job opportunities
for the youths in The Gambia,” he said.
Setting
up a sustainable business was part of his life career agenda since in 1997-98,
while he was in Germany with the aim to come back and plough back to The Gambia
for the people, he said.
According to Mr Bah, while he was in Germany,
he attempted to set up two types of businesses, but they could not materialize.
And he decided to visit The Gambia to do a feasibility study, which was when he
saw the need to establish fully at home to especially serve The Gambia and
create job opportunities for the youths, whilst also imparting knowledge,
skills, and entrepreneurial know how in Gambian youths.
He
started by employing only two people, but he now has a lot of people working
with him and learning new skills every day, through which they earn their
living and take care of their families.
It
was even difficult to pay them a salary, but as time went on after he returned
to Germany, took up management courses and came back, he was able to buy
standard machines that can sustained his business and offer quality printing
services to its valuable customers.
According
to CEO Bah, SBD Printing does a lot of printing jobs such as T-shirts,
calendars, paper printing; and he is calling on all to make use of their
services, as they provide quality products in the market.
Whilst
commending his workers for their commitment and team work, Mr Bah challenged
the Gambian youths to engage in skillful jobs or endeavours that would earn
them skills and a source of generating income for their survival, progress and
development, especially in the new Gambia.
Malang
S. Congira, also of SBD printing press, said: “We are here to facilitate the
printing services for all the people in The Gambia and beyond, and our aim and
objective is to facilitate and create employment opportunities for the youths,
to develop them to know what to do in the future; to help them become
entrepreneurs to promote small-scale and macro businesses in the new Gambia and
beyond.”
He
added: “We are committed to providing quality printing services to our
customers.”
Also
speaking at the press conference, Fatoumatta Cham, marketing manager of SBD
Printing, said: “Our objective is to have more businesses and expand our
coverage to our customers both in the private and public sectors.”
She
said SBD Printing, owned by a private Gambian, has been in existence for eleven
years. “We provide quality printing to
the taste and satisfaction of our customers,” she said.
