Did he just say al matat? President Barrow mispronounces ‘alma mater’ during convocation speech

By Lamin Njie

President Adama Barrow mispronounced ‘alma mater’ at the convocation event of the University of The Gambia on Saturday.

President Barrow presided over the 12th convocation ceremony of UTG at QCity on Saturday. Hundreds of students drawn from all ten schools of UTG participated in the ceremony.

“Convocations are unique moments in the lives of students and often marks the point of separation between student and al matat [sic],” Mr Barrow said.

A copy of the president’s speech shows the word in question is ‘alma mater’.