Brikama Area Council (BAC) and Grandyoff Municipal Council (GYMC) in Dakar, Senegal, last Wednesday, signed a protocol, calling for the two councils to foster unity, peace, and law and order, between The Gambia and Senegal.

The signing ceremony was held at the Grandyoff Municipal head office in Dakar.
The protocol, signed by MR Mamour Gaye, the mayor of Grandyoff and Mr Sunkari Badjie, the chairman of Brikama Area Council, also aims at forging cordial relationship between the local authorities of the two countries.

According to Sereign Modou Joof, the public relations officer of the Brikama Area Council, the protocol aims at strengthening the already existing ties binding the two councils, in the areas of peace, law, environment and sanitation. He noted that the two councils had also agreed to maintain the rich Senegambian tradition, something he said they intend to achieve though exchange visits and rendering of mutual support to each other, as and when the needs arise.

PRO Joof further said that the two councils had agreed to working closely during their national independence celebrations.

Youth and Sports
On the area of youth and sports, the two councils also agreed to foster unity and cooperation between two countries through the promotion of sports among the youth of both sides.

“A technical steering committee has even been set up for the youth and sports component,” he noted, explaining further that the said committee had been tasked with the responsibilities of ensuring the achievement of the aims of the protocol. A copy of the signed protocol was later handed over to officials at the Gambian embassy in Dakar.

The ceremony was attended by Mr Mamadou Cham, the governor of Dakar and Alasana Jammeh, a permanent secretary at the Department of State for Local Government, Lands and Religious Affairs.