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Gambia News : Nigeria Contributed To Gambia’s Economic Growth – Angela Colley
The Gambian High Commission to Nigeria, Ms. Angela Colley, has acknowledged the immense contribution of the Federal Government of Nigeria in the stability and progress of "the smallest country on the African continent."
This commendation was made on Wednesday as Gambia celebrated its 44th independence anniversary.
The commissioner noted that "Nigeria had been playing a cardinal role in the justice delivery of the Gambia through capacity building programmes for young legal professionals, some of who are currently serving in our mainstream judicial circle as high court judges and magistrates, as well as sending Nigerian judges to work in the Gambia.
Nigeria is also playing prominent roles in Gambia’s security sector. "To a great extent, giving training packages for personnel of the Gambian National Army, police, National Intelligence Agency, Immigration under the Technical Assistant Co-operation, (TAC). Also in the economic growth of Gambia, "The establishment of Nigerian banks, insurance companies, educational centres and the number of Nigerian nurses, teachers and hospitals and individual businessmen in the local markets play a vital role in the overall development of the Gambia.
In a speech presented by the commissioner mark the anniversary in Nigeria, she recalled that Gambia has made a tremendous progress since 1965 when independence was granted to the good people of Gambia.
She noted that there have been series of peaceful transition from one republic to another such as the one that brought Professor Dr. Yahaya A. J. J. Jammah to power in 1996.
The country has made steady progress especially in the agricultural sector where the president is leading by example as according to her, "Last year, the harvest was so abundant that the whole nation had to join the president on his farm to harvest his crops."
The commissioner, however, cautioned Gambia not to relent in striving to keep the progress so far made saying, "It is incumbent on us to complement this. We should not allow the gains that such peace and stability has brought us to slip carelessly through our fingers by being unwary of the dangers and threats posed by the enemies of progress.
The president of the Gambia, through a speech read by the high commissioner, advised Gambians not to panic "Especially at a time like this, when financial and economic crisis is rocking the world, the natural tendency is for people to loose hope and become agitated, and easily resort to vices that could be inimical to societal peace."
The president further advised that "The trying times and difficulties of today should unite rather than divide us."
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- Yes they contributed to Gambia's economy. Did they pay tax on the ransom money for the Australian they kidnapped last week ? If so, i absoluely agree with her.
(Posted on February 21, 2009, 1:05 AM Ndey Cham)
- What is this lady talking about? Ignorance is bliss, indeed. May Allah continue to protect the ordinary Gambian against Yahya Jammeh and his team of incompetent cronies.
A. Koroma
(Posted on February 20, 2009, 11:57 PM A. Koroma)
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