The US ambassador to the Gambia, Patricia Alsup, has commended the Gambia for regaining its membership in the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) and for being selected for a smaller grant programme by the board of the US government’s Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC). Ms Alsup said these milestone achievements[Read More…]
Year: 2017
Banjul Letter With Njundu Drammeh: Mr President Where Are The Children Placed On Your Agenda?
“There can be no keener revelation of a society’s soul than the way in which it treats its children.’ Mandela Children, persons below the age of 18 years, are said to form about 45 or so percent of our current population. Thus, we have a very young population. But I[Read More…]
The URR Governor’s Statement On NaYCONF Is Irresponsible
Reference is invited from the article published on The Point newspaper on Wednesday, December 20, 2017 captioned: “NaYConF as a huge waste of resources”. “Left to me alone NaYConF should not be a weeklong event, but only two days where youths can come together and discuss issues affecting their development[Read More…]