He said the donation of the materials is meant to help in the control and prevention of the spread of the deadly coronavirus which Gambia now registered 10 cases with one death and two recoveries.
“This is part of my duty as a good citizen to help fight against the coronavirus. I also did this to complement government efforts because the government cannot do it alone.”
Mr. Dahaba said if he had the strength, he would extend the support to the whole of Sami District but called on government, NGOS and individual to help the people. .
Gorr Secka, coordinator of Barrow Youths in Sami District said the donation was important and has come at a time when it’s needed most. He thanked Mr. Dahaba for the gesture and called on others to emulate him.
Bala Musa Touray of Niani Banni and Alhagie Njie, representative of the diaspora in Sami both thanked Mr. Dahaba for the kind gesture, saying he has been supporting his people in the district in all forms of development.
Aad and Anna Twight-Leeuw, a Dutch couple from Holland based in Bijilo have recently donated some food items to the vulnerable people in Bijilo and Manduar to help ease burden of food shortage during this period of covid-19 pandemic.
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In early March 2020, The Gambia government declared a state of public health emergency in response to the covid-19 pandemic as part of measures to stem the spread of the pandemic.
Fafa Ceesay, a Gambian businessman in Old Yundum has donated 260 bags of 25kg of rice to the three districts in Naimina in the Central River Region.
Officials of International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) said they are promoting the widespread adoption and sustainable use of all forms of renewable energy.
Eastern Lions Community Development Trust based in Faraba Bantang, Kombo East District, Sunday distributed 25 bags of rice, 25 gallon of cooking oil and cash amount of over D 12,000 to vulnerable families within Kombo East.
The National Centre for Arts and Culture Wednesday presented the sum of D50,000 cash to 10 Gambian artists to ease burden on them in this face coronavirus pandemic.
Gambia Moral Congress Diaspora president, Amadou Sisawo, widely called “Amadou by-force’’ has reminded government officials that they must take the lead in practising social distancing to avoid the spread of the coronavirus disease.
Councilor of Kembujeh Ward has called on his people to continue to nurture peace and unity among themselves and to distance themselves from anything that can trigger misunderstanding and tear them apart.
