Speaking at the presentation, Vice President Gora Jah said the token was meant to support the taskforce committee in their sensitisation of communities within the region on the global health-threatening disease, covid-19.
“We made the donation to strengthen the relationship between Senegal and The Gambia and we as a community is also part of The Gambia hence, we are living in the country,” he said.
Governor Bakary K. Sanyang said the Senegalese community has been contributing their part in the development of the region since inception, noting that whenever a need arises in the region, the Senegalese community always gives support to show the strong relationship between Senegal and Gambia.
He urged the general public to observe the presidential declaration on the ban of public gathering in order to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
Deputy Governor Musa B. Susso said the donation has described a real commitment between The Gambia and Senegal. “This demonstrates that we are not fighting this disease alone, and it shows that Gambia and Senegal are all one family,” he said.
Mr. Susso called Gambian’s living in Senegal to also follow the foot-steps of the Senegalese community living in The Gambia in doing things in Senegal to cement the relationship between the two countries.
Programme manager at the National Nutrition Agency (NaNA) and Grievance Redress Mechanism (GRM) Focal Person for the Nafa Program has disclosed that the programme goal is to ensure that they enter data that represents the right beneficiaries for the Nafa Program as they starts the beneficiary enrolment.
Fantanka under its UNFPA funded project on Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights (SRH), Female Genital Mutilation (FGM/C), Early Marriage, Family Planning, and child abuse recently conducted sensitisations in Lower River, Central River and Upper River Regions.
The Covid-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc in all spheres of life, with many institutions still reeling from the effects of this global pandemic.
Havana, Feb 10th.- An intense work program fulfills a delegation of the Gambian, Research, Science and Technology Higher Education Ministry present at the XIII Congress University-2022, which meets in Cuba with the attandence of many countries on five continents.
