The affected residents, who were speaking during a recent interview with The Point, lamented frequent power cuts and water shortage, something they believes, is even discouraging potential investors in the country.
Alhagie Bayo, is a resident of Kanifing South and for him the utility company challenges are due to lack of corresponding investment in transmission and distribution.
The government of The Gambia, he said, should encourage the energy companies from other countries to come and establish in the country so that NAWEC would have a competitors in the energy sector.
“The company is not having any competitors in the country that is why they are doing what they feel like, because we have even understand that the meter reading machine for water in Banjul is not working and as a result of that people are faced with challenges to pay their water bill,” he said.
Mariama Kujabi, a resident of Kololi acknowledged that the objective of the government is to provide electricity and water to the entire communities across the country, but the government is lacking from that perspective because some of the areas within the Greater Banjul Area will not have supply of electricity and water for some time.
A West Coast Region resident, Lamin Jadama, indicated that his region comprises large settlements, an area with high energy demand.
“The demand for electricity is very high and some areas are there without no electricity and potable drinking water. We are hearing the OMVG project from the government maybe if that project is finish the electricity problem will be a thing of the past in the country,” he said.
He thus called on the government of The Gambia through the Ministry of Energy and NAWEC to act swiftly and address the energy shortage in the country.
“It is a fact that without stable electricity supply it will be difficult to bring investors to come and invest in the country.”
A prize-winning Senegalese preparatory student whose disappearance in France caused concern in both countries said she had been taking "a little break to regain my senses" and apologised for the alarm it sparked in exchanges published late Thursday by a Senegalese minister.
The National Assembly Member for Kombo South recently returned home after attending a forum at the ECOWAS National Centre for Coordination of Early warning and Response Mechanism.
Sare Birom, a remote farming community in the Upper Niumi District, North Bank Region practices rain-fed agriculture. Like other hard-to-reach rural communities, Sare Birom is also bereft of basic and essential services making life difficult for most inhabitants to have improved living conditions during the dry season.
Fulfilling its promises, the Freeman Health Care Foundation (FHCF), based in America in collaboration with the Center for Research and Advocacy on Women and Adolescent Health (CRAWAH) The Gambia, last Thursday handed over various medical items to public health facilities in Banjul and Kanifing Municipal Council.
