"I am very pleased for the appointment. President Barrow has always been offering and calling me for work. I have to finally take the call and add my quota. I am overwhelmed with greetings from well-wishers. I thank them all and I am elated to join a team of dedicated Gambians in pushing the president’s development agenda forward.”
“I am already engaged in community development projects, so this will just formalise it and align it with challenges facing the government. On the emergency list is the maternal mortality crisis in the country, our women are dying daily in hospitals and majority are young mothers. So, this is sending panic into communities. This must be looked into. Also, the environmental disaster facing our coastal towns plus land issues causing turmoil in the communities. IEC must step up and take Diaspora voting seriously. Gambians all over the world must be able to vote regardless of their residence. I hope these can be looked into asap. I am thrilled and honoured to join this government. To know that my opinion counts to the President means a lot to me and we are all behind him in national development. Now, let’s go to work!”
A final year Student of the UTG from the small village of Kafuta has been selected as one of the young researchers from around the world to participate in the Heidelberg Laureate Forum in Germany.
The Ministry of Trade, Industry, Regional Integration and Employment (MOTIE) continues to remain committed to ensuring that essential commodities are available, accessible, and affordable to the general public especially during these trying times of Global economic turmoil as prices of essential commodities are on the rise as a result of COVID 19 pandemic and the Russia – Ukraine War.
Dodou Loum, executive director of Gambia Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (GADHOH) has said that the human rights of people hard of hearing continue to be seriously violated.
The Gambian Constitution and the Women’s Act 2010 guarantee women's participation in politics. On Saturday women from diverse environments met to validate a draft bill that seeks 16 reserved seats for women at the National Assembly, which will make 71 seats at the parliament, if approved.
