The Constitutional Review Commission on Friday received a brand-new 4 wheel Toyota Land Cruiser from United Nations Development Programme. The vehicle is a partnership support aimed at making mobility easier for officials of the commission as they bid to draft a new constitution for the country.
Receiving the new car on behalf of the chairperson of the commission, Omar Ousaman Jobe-executive secretary of CRC expressed delight about the gesture, adding that UNDP has been rendering support to the commission since the commencement of it services.
According to him, the car is second of the commission’s mobility since its inception months ago which he said they had to hire vehicles for the transportation of some other people.
“If you are to come to the CRC secretariat today I can tell you that 95% of the furniture that you see there is coming from UNDP,” he said,
Yankuba Manjang-a commissioner described the gesture as magnanimous and that it will provide the CRC go long way in the work.
For her part, the UNDP resident representative in the country, Nessie Golakai-Goold said the gesture aims at facilitating the work of the commission in ensuring that every Gambian is involve in the constitutional review process.
She said: “This will able to facilitate the work of the CRC in reaching out the entire country to ensure that no one is left behind in term of having a voice.”
She added that her agency is also supporting youth and women groups across the country in areas of their internal sector to define the constitution they want.
