The Daily Observer (Banjul)
Assan Sallah
25 November 2008
Professor Alhaji Yahya Jammeh, president of the Republic of The Gambia, yesterday received APRC National Assembly members led by Honourable Fatoumatta Jamumpa-Ceesay, speaker of the National Assembly, at State house in Banjul.
Speaking to journalists after a closed door meeting with President Jammeh and the cabinet, Speaker Jamumpa-Ceesay said their discussion with the president and the cabinet was centred on key areas of development, the welfare of the National Assembly members as well as the existing cordial relationship between the executive and the legislature.
Speaker Jahumpa Ceesay described the relationship between the National Assembly members and the cabinet ministers as excellent. She said their relationship is number one in Africa, recalling that it was one of the reasons why she was chosen by the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association as its president.
She thanked the president on behalf of the National Assembly members for allocating US$10,000,000, to the construction of a state of the art National Assembly building, as well as giving them D10,000,000 for car loans.
The speaker finally congratulated President Jammeh on receiving an honourary professorship from the Costa Rica University in honour of his breakthrough in the treatment of diseases through herbal medicine.The meeting was attended by 38 APRC NAMs and cabinet members.
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