By Adama Makasuba
At least 20 youths on Friday completed a three-day intensive training on peace building and leadership skills development.
The training organized by MAA Foundation aimed to boost the capacities of the youths towards building peace in the country.
After the training, participants were awarded certificates for attending the training on peace building and leadership skills development.
Speaking to journalists at SASS cosmetology house in Kairaba Avenue, Joseph Akagha, a trainer and project coordinator, said “It is deemed relevant because peace is an inevitable ingredient for national development.”
He described the training as very important adding “The Gambia is a youth population and the population of these young people anchors strengthens of the nation.”
He said as The Gambia fast track to development that MAA Foundation deemed it necessary to build the capacity of the youths to foster their inputs to national development.
Siaka Sonko, a trainee, said the training would help him to fully represent his community and The Gambia, adding “and strength my partnership with other youths.”
Other trainee, Jainaba Fatty urged Gambians to wipe out the nomenclature of “militant” saying militants means “fighter.”
She said: “Let us not be party militants, let us be supporters than militants because we cannot be fighting for politicians. We have to fight for ourselves because being party militants.”
She said despite having peace in The Gambia, said yet other sectors needed more peace, adding “of course there is peace in The Gambia but there are other areas which need more peace and I have learnt some strategies to bring peace to those sectors.”
