President Adama Barrow has stated the Banjul road rehabilitation project is worth its over 40 million dollars fee, as he spent the day surveying the capital city on Wednesday.
Leading road builder Hadim Gai was last year hired by the Barrow administration to overhaul roads and the drainage system of Banjul.
The president spent Wednesday touring the capital where he told reporters he was impressed by what he has seen.
The president said: “This project is very close to my heart. I visited Banjul in 2018, Banjul was completely dilapidated. It was a situation that it’s a must for a project. With the contractor Hadim, we were able to start work in Banjul and that was [in] 2019. I inspected Banjul [in] 2019, I was really impressed and it make [sic] a big impact in the life [sic] of Banjulians. This year, it have [sic] really change [sic].
“Everybody is seeing the project now, I think the project speaks for itself. This is a project that is important, not for Banjul alone but for The Gambia. Banjul is our capital city. We cannot afford to ignore Banjul. That is why it’s a very expensive project, it is costing us over 40 million US dollars but I think it worths it.”
