May Day is celebrated worldwide on May 1st each year and The Gambia is no exception in observing this all-important day and occasion.
The workers organised a tug of war, a symposium and a musical jamboree in commemoration of the day.
Others workers, as in other countries around the world seized the opportunity to demand for better working condition and service at the workplace.
Other workers even took to the streets to protest for increment of their wages and salaries.
Speaking on the occasion, the secretary general of the Gambia National Trade Union, Ebrima Garba Cham, congratulated all workers for their immense contribution to the socio-economic development of the nation.
Cham said May-Day celebration is not only for festivities but also an occasion that provides the opportunity for sober-reflection and “the renewal of our adherence to the principles upon which the international accords and protocols are premised”.
