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Momodou
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 Posted - 23 Aug 2020 : 12:26:06
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REPUBLIC OF THE GAMBIA
Office of The President
State House
Banjul
THE GAMBIA _____________________________________________________________________________
OP/291/249/01/PART IV (414 -ABS) #8203;
Media Advisory
Senegalese COVID-19 Delegation Pays Courtesy Call on President Barrow
State House, Banjul, 22nd August, 2020 – President Adama Barrow said as leaders they are responsible and accountable to the people, thus urged the health professionals to take the lead to provide expert advice that will guide them as politicians to make informed policy decisions on the COVID -19 response mechanisms. The Gambian leader made the remarks when he received a high powered Senegalese delegation dispatched to Banjul by President Macky Sall, at State House, on Saturday.
The visit came as a result of the decision of the two Heads of State to facilitate for the Health Experts of the two countries to share experiences as well as for the Senegalese to consult on possible partnership and support to the COVID -19 response in The Gambia.
President Barrow said there are valuable lessons to learn about the Coronavirus situation from each country.
“COVID-19 has overwhelmed us as a population; infection numbers are surging beyond our expectations and within a short period of time. Hence I turned to my brother, President Macky Sall, to tap from Senegal’s experience in managing the pandemic,” the Gambian leader asserted.
The Senegalese Director of Health Emergency Operations, Dr. Abdoulaye Busso, who spoke to the press corps after the audience described Gambian laboratories as “very good capacity laboratories” at MRC and National Health Laboratory under Department of Public Health.
They visited these labs and other treatment centres to exchange ideas and hold discussions with their Banjul counterparts on how to effectively collaborate and coordinate their efforts between Banjul and Dakar.
President Barrow expressed delight at the quick response from his Senegalese counterpart, President Macky Sall in dispatching such a team without much formalities, which he said, raised his confidence in their brotherhood as two nations but one people. The President described the gesture as representing “true bond of bilateral friendship” never before enjoyed by Banjul and Dakar.
Furthermore, he said, their friendly relationship also presents an opportunity for the two governments to work together for the eternal benefits of their two peoples.
“Such a dream cannot be achieved by any two leaders without the full participation of the two populations,” President Barrow added.
Senegal’s COVID-19 Response Coordinator, Prof. Moussa Seydi, the Director of Health Emergency Operations, Dr. Abdoulaye Busso; the General Administrator of Institut Pasteur of Dakar, Dr. Amadou Alpha Sall, are among other high profile experts on the Coronavirus Pandemic led to the State House by the Senegalese Ambassador to The Gambia, Mr. Bachirou Sene.
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Contact:
Amie Bojang-Sissoho
Director of Press & Public Relations
Office of the President, State House, Banjul
Email:absissoho@op.gov.gm
dpprop2017@gmail.com
Tel: +220 9957592
Twitter: @BarrowPresident
Twitter:@AmieBSissoho
Facebook: Barrow PORG
Website: statehouse.gov.gm
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toubab1020
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Posted - 23 Aug 2020 : 15:22:13
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"COVID-19 has overwhelmed us as a population; infection numbers are surging beyond our expectations and within a short period of time. Hence I turned to my brother, President Macky Sall, to tap from Senegal’s experience in managing the pandemic,” the Gambian leader asserted."
Much of the Gambian population has has been unwilling to accept the VERY SERIOUS risk to life if they failed to adopt the regulations formulated by the administration in their efforts to stem the increase of Covid 19 Virus which like a bush fire fanned by the winds is now apparantly rampant in Gambia, it is only sensible to cooperate with those countries which surround Gambia in order to reduce the death rate that will undoubtedly rise if prompt action is not taken by all concerned to pool their resources. |
"Simple is good" & I strongly dislike politics. You cannot defend the indefensible.
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