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Africa-Press – Gambia. <\/strong><\/span>Gambian leader Adama Barrow has described Saturday\u2019s national set-setal as timely as his government re-launched the discontinued nationwide cleansing exercise.<\/b><\/p>\n

President Barrow led the team in a cleaning exercise from Westfield to Serrekunda in the country\u2019s first Set-Settal since the change in government took place in 2017 upon arrival at Westfield was joined by the Mayor of Kanifing Municipal Council (KMC), Talib Ahmed Bensouda, and his ward councilors.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt is very timely for us to come out and do the cleansing exercise, littering is too much in our environment. I think if we can implement anti-littering laws, it will take care of at least 50% of the problems. So I called on the institutions who are responsible for it, to make sure and implement the anti-littering law. When we talk about democracy, it is all about laws and processes. If that is in place, I think it is time we start to implement it,\u201d President Barrow said.<\/p>\n

President Barrow further called on the public to come out and volunteer not only every month but every day by cleansing their environment daily.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am very happy to see people coming out in their large numbers and volunteering. I think that is the most important thing about it. Sometimes you can use executive orders but we don\u2019t own the people. So we can\u2019t force them to come out. So the best thing is for people to come out in their numbers volunteering to join us and clean the nation. Because cleanliness is health and health is wealth. I think that is very important.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt has taken us a long time before we re-introduce the \u2018set-setal.\u2019 We were considering everything about it. In a democracy, when you want to do certain things, you can be challenged by the people and you are a servant of the people. But we think that it is time for us to come out and clean our nation,\u201d Barrow added.<\/p>\n

The Mayor of KMC, Talib Ahmed Bensouda, expressed his happiness for the re-introduction of the \u201cset-setal.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI am very happy about the exercise. \u2018Set-setal\u2019 is very important to clean the nation. It used to happen every last Saturday of the month. After years of the new dispensation, it has been relaunched, and is very important for it to continue to happen. KMC has done a \u2018set-setal\u2019 before. It used to be household waste. But now, KMC collects all household wastes. So I think that\u2019s one step forward but we would like to encourage people to come and KMC will always deploy,\u201d He said.<\/p>\n

Ousianou Gambia, an environmental activist who advocates for the protection of the environment called on the public to make the \u201cset-setal\u201d sustainable.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe start is important but sustainability and consistency are what is more important to me. So if we can just make it sustainable it will be very good. Because the clean and green environment that is what I always advocate,\u201d He urged.<\/p>\n

Several Gambians both in the Greater Banjul area and the rural Gambia took part in today\u2019s cleaning exercise as evidenced by pictures posted on social media from different parts of the country showing people cleansing their various communities.<\/p>\n

It is important to note that the reintroduced national cleansing exercise unlike the previous edition has no restrictions on businesses and the movement of people and vehicles.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Gambia. Gambian leader Adama Barrow has described Saturday\u2019s national set-setal as timely as his government re-launched the discontinued nationwide cleansing exercise. 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