Africa-Press – Gambia. President Adama Barrow has renewed his commitment to drive The Gambia to achieve resilient and climate-smart infrastructure across the country.
The President gave the assurance during the inaugural opening of the new office complex of the Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, and Natural Resources in Abuko on Wednesday.
President Barrow said his government was resolved to take the right path to achieving self-reliance. Thus, the government took up the project fully financed by domestic funds, contracting local companies and generating jobs at home, thereby growing the local economy and solidifying national pride.
He pointed out that when domestic companies lead, most benefits would be recycled back into the economy, saying that resonates well with the government’s Green Recovery-focused National Development Plan (2023-2027), “Yiriwa”.
“Climate change is the defining challenge of our era. Rising seas threaten Banjul. Our farmers and the economy suffer the impact of erratic rains, causing droughts and floods in severe cases, and heat waves strain our health systems. Therefore, the “Yiriwa” calls for resilient, climate-smart infrastructure in all our regions,” he said.
Barrow promised to embark on more ground-breaking projects, stating that the project was part of a country-wide drive for resilient, modernising infrastructure, including health centres, modern markets and roads that matched the aspirations of a twenty-first-century Gambia.
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