Following his closed-door meeting with the president, Mr. Belete said the discussions centred on the prospects of improving the collaborations between the Bank and The Gambia. He said the President highlighted that encouraging public-private partnerships to enhance agriculture productivity and food security is crucial.
Mr. Belete commended The Gambia government for the swift management of the economy during the Covid pandemic. He also informed the media on discussions about the Banks’ current engagements in the health sector, including further collaborations for the delivery of covid-19 vaccines. He said the Bank is ready to compliment the Government’s efforts in the fight against the pandemic.
One of the highlights of the meeting, said Mr. Belete, was a discussion on how the World Bank can provide support to the families affected by the devastating windstorm that hit the country on the night of 7th July. Mr. Belete pledged the World Bank’s assistance to enable the victims of this natural disaster to get the timely help they need.
Bakary Trawally, the director of Audit at the National Audit Office, has revealed that Basse Area Council was the only council that had a clean audit in 2019 since area councils started preparing financial statements.
The Gambia in the latest situational report has registered 10 new positive coronavirus cases with one new related death, bringing total number of deaths to 112 – a crude case fatality ratio of 3.1%.
Police in Farafenni in the North Bank Region have arrested a suspected armed robber; The Point has been reliably informed.
After years of project operation in waste management within West Coast Region (WCR), Dresden Banjul Organisation (DBO) yesterday handed over two waste collections trucks with five giant 20-cubic and eleven 5- cubic skip bins to Brikama Area Council (BAC) due to funding challenges.
