By Lamin Njie
Students in Brikama would no longer sit outside to read after Karpowership on Thursday handed over the Gambia National Library complex after weeks of renovation.
Power production company Karpowership has been in the past weeks contracted EG Enterprise for the renovation of the Gambia National Library branch in Brikama. The project was at the tune of D500,000.
Speaking at the hand-over event held at the library grounds in Brikama on Thursday, the Gambia National library director Matilda Johnson said the intervention could not have come at a better time.
Johnson said: “I must say I am more than impressed because I have been coming to this brank library for a long time and I never thought or expected that the space we had here at the back would take such a building.
“We all know that for some time now, the readers who have been coming to this library would sit outside, they would stand outside, some would sit on the stones, some would even use their mobile phones to get light to read and for us it was a big concern.
“So when Mr Mamburay walked into our offices and said to us he has been using the library throughout his student days and he feels that he needs to give back to the library, to the nation. We thought this is our opportunity.”
Karpowership country manager Yankuba Mamburay speaking at the event said the intervention formed part of Karpowership’s corporate social responsibility.
“Today, we reached another milestone in our efforts to make sure that we give back to the community and that is the support of an important sector of our country, that is the education sector, the national library of The Gambia” he said.
Lamin Fatajo the regional education director of West Coast Region said the library will enhance the learning conditions of students in Brikama and surrounding towns.
“I want to advise everyone especially the community of Brikama to make the best use of this library,” he said.
