By Nyima Sillah
The Gambia Ports Authority has disclosed that GPA losing 70 per cent of its revenue since coronavirus emerged in country.
The sea port is one of the Gambia’s main source of income as it could generate million [s] in a day to the country’s coffers.
In a brief interview with The Voice the GPA spokesman, Omar Touray said: “the institution has lost 60-70% of Revenue due to Covid-19.”
According to him, many goods are on transit from the port to other regional countries like Senegal, Guinea Conakry, Bissau and Mali, adding that “currently everything is stopped because all the borders are closed due to the virus, so that seriously affects the economy of the institution.”
“All benefits will never stop despite this hard time so it is another big challenge for us because not much is earned compared to the previous situation,” he said.