The Vice President Dr. Isatou Touray on Tuesday paid a visit to the Kanifing municipality to meet the mayor, councillors, and leaders in the Kanifing Municipality as part of her nationwide tour to discuss tackling irregular migration and peaceful co-existence
The gathering was to discuss and share opinions and ideas from leaders on peace and peaceful coexistence and most importantly, irregular migration.
The vice president Dr. Isatou Touray is at the climax of her nationwide tour on the topic, as her office spearheads the National Coordination Mechanism work plan, aimed at addressing migration issues, mainstreaming of migration into national development plans and ensuring policy coherence.
Welcoming the vice president, the KMC’s lord Mayor Talib Ahmed Bensouda said his municipality is willing to support the government in the fight against illegal migration.
Other speakers included the Deputy Permanent Secretary at the ministry of Interior who talked about return and reintegration of Gambian migrants and the need for peaceful co-existence in the society. The minister of Gender, children and social welfare, representatives from the ministry of agriculture all took part in the discussions on ways to help reintegrate returnees and the role we can play as a society to tackle irregular migration.
For Claudiana Cole, the minister of basic and secondary education, the government is providing the necessary environment for the youth to excel, thus parents should take the lead in advocating for our children to stay home and explore opportunities here. I've heard of the TEKKI FI slogan which am so much in love with it because one can stay here and be successful. We were born and raised here, we’ve done our school and graduated here and are now serving our country.
There are a lot of opportunities in the country and the government is taking the lead to create the enabling environment for the youths to not only access jobs, but to create skills centres where one is trained and certified before going into the trade.
Parents have a huge role to play in this as government cannot do it alone. We are not saying you should not travel but you can be in the country, learn your trade and look for the right channels to travel to avoid the dangerous journeys.
For the minister of youth and sports Bakary Badjie, the vice president and the team on this tour have been greatly interested in the topic as so many of the country's youth continue to embark on the perilous irregular journey. He assures the gathering that the government is doing all it can to support its youths.
Kemo Bojang, youth councillor in delivering the vote of thanks, gives an assurance and sets out the needs of that the youths of KMC: We want to assure the vice president that the youths of KMC are ready to work but there are not enough jobs for the youths.
And even if there are jobs in the country, the environment is not conducive. I want to take this opportunity on behalf of the youths to appeal to your government to increase the subvention of youth projects across the country because that is the only way the youths can access different types of jobs when the resources are available. Development should be a bottom-up approach and not the other way round.
For the Vice President Dr. Isatou Touray, the tour is supported by the Gambia government and the International Organization for Migration to meet stakeholders and leaders across the country to discuss and find a solution to irregular migration and peaceful coexistence.
Any individual that leaves the country and travels with proper documents, no one will disturb you while you are there, but every country has its laws governing them, just like the Gambia. We are not saying don’t travel but we want you all to use the right channels.
Let’s talk to our children to avoid the risky journey because many people have perished in the high seas and their families cannot access their bodies. The government is now creating the avenues for one to excel in the country and we have a lot of projects that one can engage in and make it without risking your live.
The lack of access to employment opportunities among Gambian youths is widely cited as a major contributory factor to irregular migration. According to the 2018 Gambia Labour Force survey, 95% of Gambian irregular migrants surveyed cited lack of work as their primary reason for migrating.
Baboucarr Sey,
The gathering was to discuss and share opinions and ideas from leaders on peace and peaceful coexistence and most importantly, irregular migration.
The vice president Dr. Isatou Touray is at the climax of her nationwide tour on the topic, as her office spearheads the National Coordination Mechanism work plan, aimed at addressing migration issues, mainstreaming of migration into national development plans and ensuring policy coherence.
Welcoming the vice president, the KMC’s lord Mayor Talib Ahmed Bensouda said his municipality is willing to support the government in the fight against illegal migration.
Other speakers included the Deputy Permanent Secretary at the ministry of Interior who talked about return and reintegration of Gambian migrants and the need for peaceful co-existence in the society. The minister of Gender, children and social welfare, representatives from the ministry of agriculture all took part in the discussions on ways to help reintegrate returnees and the role we can play as a society to tackle irregular migration.
For Claudiana Cole, the minister of basic and secondary education, the government is providing the necessary environment for the youth to excel, thus parents should take the lead in advocating for our children to stay home and explore opportunities here. I've heard of the TEKKI FI slogan which am so much in love with it because one can stay here and be successful. We were born and raised here, we’ve done our school and graduated here and are now serving our country.
There are a lot of opportunities in the country and the government is taking the lead to create the enabling environment for the youths to not only access jobs, but to create skills centres where one is trained and certified before going into the trade.
Parents have a huge role to play in this as government cannot do it alone. We are not saying you should not travel but you can be in the country, learn your trade and look for the right channels to travel to avoid the dangerous journeys.
For the minister of youth and sports Bakary Badjie, the vice president and the team on this tour have been greatly interested in the topic as so many of the country's youth continue to embark on the perilous irregular journey. He assures the gathering that the government is doing all it can to support its youths.
Kemo Bojang, youth councillor in delivering the vote of thanks, gives an assurance and sets out the needs of that the youths of KMC: We want to assure the vice president that the youths of KMC are ready to work but there are not enough jobs for the youths.
And even if there are jobs in the country, the environment is not conducive. I want to take this opportunity on behalf of the youths to appeal to your government to increase the subvention of youth projects across the country because that is the only way the youths can access different types of jobs when the resources are available. Development should be a bottom-up approach and not the other way round.
For the Vice President Dr. Isatou Touray, the tour is supported by the Gambia government and the International Organization for Migration to meet stakeholders and leaders across the country to discuss and find a solution to irregular migration and peaceful coexistence.
Any individual that leaves the country and travels with proper documents, no one will disturb you while you are there, but every country has its laws governing them, just like the Gambia. We are not saying don’t travel but we want you all to use the right channels.
Let’s talk to our children to avoid the risky journey because many people have perished in the high seas and their families cannot access their bodies. The government is now creating the avenues for one to excel in the country and we have a lot of projects that one can engage in and make it without risking your live.
The lack of access to employment opportunities among Gambian youths is widely cited as a major contributory factor to irregular migration. According to the 2018 Gambia Labour Force survey, 95% of Gambian irregular migrants surveyed cited lack of work as their primary reason for migrating.
Baboucarr Sey,