The officials of Nioro has met with those of North Bank Region and discussed environmental challenges.
Ebrima KS Dampha, governor of NBR expressed delight on the visit to site in Mbapa Senegal and Mbapa Mariga in the Gambia to see for themselves on the magnitude of the damages it has on human settlement and small ruminants.
He disclosed that in 2017, he led a security delegation to Kaolack to discussed with his counterpart and security chiefs on how to partner and share information on criminal activities/armed robbery between the border villages and towns.
Papa Malick Ndow Prefet of Nioro in Senegal reiterated the initiative of National Assembly Member for Sabach Sanjal and his counterpart in Senegal for the initiative of visiting the environmental hazards that affect the lives of the two communities.
He expressed the need for technicians from the environment and other key institutions from the Gambia and Senegal to converge in Nioro to draw up action plan to mobilize resources to addressing the environmental problems that poised threat to human lives.
For his part, Hon. Ousman Touray National Assembly Member for Sabach Sanjal urged for joint collaboration and sharing of expertise in addressing biggest environmental hazard that affect the communities in Gambia and Senegal.
“I will support and cooperate on the implementation of joint agreement towards the realization on improving lives and livelihoods,” he said.
Meanwhile, the community of Mbapa Mariga of Sabach Sanjal commended the lawmaker for his foresight in engaging authority Senegal region of Nioro and officials of North Bank Region to visit the gully erosion that divided the community and poised environmental threat to lives and livelihood.
The high profile authorities from Gambia and Senegal praised World Bank for construction of footbridge for creating access for school children in Mbapa Mariga.
The community were divided as a result of huge gully and the lives of human and small ruminant are at risk. The farmland in the area was erode and could lead to low.
Author: Haruna Kuyateh