In delivering his Independence Day speech on Saturday, 18th February, at McCarthy Square in Banjul, Barrow described the criminal deeds as unacceptable. Recent reports of armed robbery, stabbing, and such unfamiliar brutal acts of cowardice in our society threaten national security. I call on the general public to step up neighbourhood watch networks and be more vigilant.
The NPP Government will encourage and support improved agricultural productivity and livestock production. Agricultural policies will seek to propel production and productivity. As an NPP Government, we plan to unfold and implement a massive mechanisation plan. Farmers require more support, and we guarantee that this will be executed. We will explore interventions that include:
The Gambia came through the pandemic more unscathed than many of its regional and similarly tourism-dependent peers. Even as number of tourists collapsed, the economy has been supported by a strong agricultural performance, international support measures, and record levels of official remittances which in turn have driven private sector investment.
The statement, “a healthy nation is a wealthy nation,” is globally accepted as a truth. The NPP believes that health is wealth, and that without health, wealth loses its prominence. As a Government, we plan to increase investments into the health sector, and make healthcare more affordable to all. To maintain a healthy population, the incidence of disease will be tackled through vigorous
The NPP holds the view that the quality of a people and their rate of development and advancement are dialectically linked to the level and quality of their education, which is reflected in their education system and how it is managed. In this respect, we reject the exclusive commercialisation of education, and maintain that public educational institutions should provide free educational services.
