Kanja Sanneh, Secretary of State for Agriculture, on behalf of the Vice President Njie-Saidy, yesterday officially opened the National Disaster Management Committee meeting at the Paradise Suite Hotel at Senegambia.
Declaring the meeting opened, SoS Sanneh said, over the past ten years, the Gambia experienced a number of natural disasters, man-made catastrophes and other calamities that have combined both. He said that these unpleasant situation often disrupts the daily lives of the affected population which resulted in the loss of lives, shelter, clothing and food insecurity thereby exacerbating the poverty situation.
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