President Adama Barrow on Wednesday participated in the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States heads of state summit, telling the meeting The Gambia like other countries has adopted measures to contain the spread of the coronavirus.
“These include declaring a State of Public Emergency, observing WHO regulations and mitigating the impact of such strict measures on the public,” the Gambian leader told the virtual summit which focused on transcending the COVID-19 pandemic.
The meeting was the first of its kind.
President Barrow added: “Already, however, the pandemic has impacted severely on both the formal and informal sectors of our economy.
“The need to pay due attention to both sectors is urgent, noting that our informal sector contributes crucially towards sustaining livelihoods and to GDP.
“In short, the impact on employment, government revenue and the subsistence of the people is immensely negative.”
