By sarjo M.S. Camara
Honourable Minister Seyaka Sonko last week received at his office the executive members of The Gambia Police Force Female Network.
The purpose of the executive’s visit was to inform Minister Sonko about their upcoming fundraising event to be held at Paradise Hotel, on 29th February 2024, with the Kora maestro Jaliba Kuyateh and the Kumareh Band.
The team said the proceeds of the fundraising would be used to support their colleagues to upgrade themselves in different areas of studies.
The delegation included the Public Relations Officer of the Network, CSP, Chief of Operations Bundung and Tallinding, Gass Sabally;
Commissioner for Banjul, and chairperson of the Network, Lalah M Camara; DSP Haddy Gassama, O.C Kariaba and focal person, KM.
Madam Camara acknowledged that Minister Sonko has been a staunch supporter of gender equality and that he and the late IGP Alhaji Mammour Jobe were supportive to the network.
PRO Sabally explained that they give support to any of their needy colleagues to, for example, settle their medical bills or facilitate their treatment.
Haddy Gassama and Gass Sabally both expressed gratitude to Minister Sonko for his support to them when they were junior police officers, affirming that without his support they would have left the police service.
Giving a brief background on the Network, the PRO stated that it was formed in 2017, but officially launched on 23rd November 2019 by the former Vice President Her Excellency Dr. Isatou Touray.
The chairperson, Camara, affirmed that the main objective of the network is to create opportunities for female officers by supporting them in different capacities for them to be able to bridge the gender-inequality gap in the work force.
The meeting was chaired by the Deputy Permanent Secretary, Admin & Finance, Abraham Mendy, who thanked the visiting members of the network for their foresight.
