Scheduled dates for the congresses as scaled down by the center for the different associations are: Gambia Union of Theatre (GAMUT) – Saturday,14th November,
Gambia Music Union (MUSIGAM) – Saturday 21st November,
Gambia Association of Professional Photographers (GAPP) – Friday, 27 November,
Visual Arts Association of The Gambia (VAAG) – Saturday, 28th November,
Film Producers’ Association of The Gambia (FPAG) – Saturday, 5th December, 2020.
Commenting on the national congress, Sheik Omar Jallow, director for creative and performing arts at NCAC dilated on the importance of the congress to all the associations.
The relevance among other things will enable the associations to have new executive members and standard bank account “and most important, NCAC will be able to disburse the Covid-19 support for resilience and recovery fund through their elected and authentic executive members into their association accounts through bank transfer,” he divulged.
He added that all congresses will take place at the Gambia Tourism and Hospitality Institute (GTHI) per the scheduled dates with the help of IEC officials.
Mr Jallow therefore advised all artistes to take part in their stakeholder associations.
Press release
The Honourable minister of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Gambians abroad, Dr Mamadou Tangara, on Tuesday 24 January 2023 held a bilateral meeting with his Indonesian counterpart, Her Excellency Retno Marsudi, at the Pancasila building, Jakarta.
Kalilu Jammeh was in his mid twenties when he made the first of three attempts to Europe through Tripoli. In the next two years, he tried the second and finally made it at the third attempt and arrived in Spain. His experience on was described in his book as A Journey of Misery.
Security personnel from the different security units in the country have formed an association dubbed: ‘Safer Gambia Association’ (SGA) with the objective of mitigating and preventing crimes from happening.
The group, which also includes some civilians is the 1st and 2nd cohort of community based policing and security studies of The Gambia College.
Over 90,000 rams have arrived in the country ahead of the Muslim feast of Edul- Adha, locally known as ‘Tobaski’.
