{"id":20124,"date":"2022-08-09T14:46:50","date_gmt":"2022-08-09T14:46:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/president-barrow-tours-flood-hit-tobacco-road-in-banjul"},"modified":"2022-08-09T15:21:20","modified_gmt":"2022-08-09T15:21:20","slug":"president-barrow-tours-flood-hit-tobacco-road-in-banjul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/president-barrow-tours-flood-hit-tobacco-road-in-banjul","title":{"rendered":"President Barrow tours flood-hit Tobacco Road in Banjul"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Adama Makasuba<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span>President Adama Barrow has toured flood-hit Tobacco Road in Banjul to show solidarity and survey the progress of works to address the situation. He called for teamwork in addressing the devastating floods in the country with pragmatic solutions to avert its recurrence. The President urged Gambians to stop the blame game over the disaster while linking the devastation to climate change which he said spared even not the developed countries. He also urged for actions against climate change in the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDespite I am on holiday, if my people are in such a situation, I must be involved and I must be part of it. So, that\u2019s why I am encouraging the whole team, to let us stop the blame game. Let us work together in solidarity to make sure that we solve the problem,\u201d Barrow said during an unannounced tour to flood-hit Tobacco Road in Banjul, where he met up with the Banjul Mayor Rohey Malick Lowe, Banjul north MP honorable Modou Lamin Bah, and Hadim Gai who was contracted for Banjul project.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am sure that we will solve the problem because the water is coming down. We have invested a lot in Banjul. So, we don\u2019t want such to happen to Banjul. But this is climate change. Climate change is a wake-up call for all of us to make sure that we increase our capacity,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is something we don\u2019t expect, but definitely we are doing everything possible with the entire team that\u2019s the ministers, vice president, chief of staff, Hadim, the contractor and the young people of Tobacco Road. We thank the mayoress also. She is also involved and she is also working with us. That\u2019s the most important thing. This country is our country, we don\u2019t have anywhere other than this country,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\">Gambia<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adama Makasuba Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. 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