Ousainou Senghore, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of The Gambia Investment & Export Promotion Agency welcomed participants and expounded on the need to revisit the many bilateral accords signed between the two countries and devise ways and means of implementing them.
Per GIEPA mandate, CEO Senghore emphasized that the promotional agency will continue to lead in coordinating and facilitating private sector investments in The Gambia.
He noted that stakeholders should embrace the environment to expand entrepreneurship development to create more jobs for the Gambian youth.
The inaugurated committees are logistics, media and communication, and enterprise development.
Members to the various teams include: GIEPA, Ministries of Trade and Foreign Affairs, The Gambia Chamber of Commerce and Industry, The Nigerian High Commission, The Association of Gambian Manufacturers, The Gambia Police Force, The Gambia Immigration Department, The Gambia Civil Aviation Authority, The Gambia Revenue Authority, National Farmers Platform, and the National Enterprise Development Agency.
The committees discussed processes for the exhibition marking their formal assumption of duty on their task ahead.
The Banjul bilateral Trade Fair is scheduled from 12th to 20th October 2022. Its sales are restricted to locally made items by Gambian and Nigerian entrepreneurs.
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