By Adama Makasuba
Kanifing Municipal Council today held a launching ceremony of a 20 million dalasis youth empowerment project.
The project signed between KMC and Supersonicz targets 300,000 youth within 12 months and it seeks to help business starters to develop business skills and create employment opportunities for youth.
Talib Ahmed Bensouda, mayor of Kanifing Municipality, who spoke at the signing ceremony said youth are the engine of growth.
Mayor Bensouda urged youth to believe in themselves, describing The Gambia as a land of opportunities and “you must believe in yourself, and what I see here if you apply best of yourself you will archive your goals.”
He called on enterpreneurs to give support to youth of the country, saying if youth have no hope that they will resort to desperate ventures.
Jaja Cham, KMC chief executive officer challenged youth of the region to make best use of the project by registering their businesses so that they win support of such projects.
Chief executive officer for Supersonicz, Alh. Njundu Fatty said their mission is to facilitate financial inclusion that aims to supporting youth and women in the country.
“The KMC-Supersonicz youth empowerment fund is a revolving fund and our Target is 300 thousand people before next 12 months,” he said.
Kemo Bojang, youth councilor of the council expressed gratitude of the project, saying: “We believe this fund will be useful for youth, because lots of youth come to KMC seeking fund, and I believe young will earnish this fund and make best use of the fund.”
He renewed his council’s commitment to all-inclusive and that they don’t believe in discriminating people based on their political affiliation or tribal persuasion.
