{"id":53936,"date":"2024-02-29T18:15:53","date_gmt":"2024-02-29T18:15:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/?p=53936"},"modified":"2024-02-29T17:47:10","modified_gmt":"2024-02-29T17:47:10","slug":"land-is-our-key-challenge-in-terms-of-attracting-investors-giepa-ceo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/land-is-our-key-challenge-in-terms-of-attracting-investors-giepa-ceo","title":{"rendered":"Land is Our Key Challenge in Terms of Attracting Investors-GIEPA CEO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span><b>The CEO of the Gambia\u2019s investment promotion agency Mr. Ousainou Senghore has told the Finance and Public Accounts Committee (FPAC) of the National Assembly that the provision of land to investors is one of the main challenges that GIEPA has been facing.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The GIEPA boss made this utterance at the legislature on Monday during the consideration ofthe agency\u2019s financial report.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhere we face challenges is the unavailability of land. If you come to GIEPA and say you want to open a factory, we will not have land to show you. Definitely, land is our key challenge in terms of attracting investors,\u201d he stressed.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Senghore pointed out that the process for theacquisition of land for investors \u201cis long\u201d as GIEPA has to coordinate efforts with the relevant ministry.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we can do is to write a correspondence to the ministry and this process might take six months to one year and what we realized is that the investor might be frustrated and move to somewhere,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Senghore informed FPAC that GIEPA is now considering land banking.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, that is why we are looking at land banking because we realized that once you have land, you can provide it to the investor because investors everywhere expect land to be provided by the government,\u201d he stated.<\/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>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. The CEO of the Gambia\u2019s investment promotion agency Mr. Ousainou Senghore has told the Finance and Public Accounts Committee (FPAC) of the National Assembly that the provision of land to investors is one of the main challenges that GIEPA has been facing. 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