By Ebrima S. Jallow
The Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs, Hon. Seedy K.M. Keita accompanied by the Minister of Higher Education, Research Science and Technology, Hon. Pierre Gomez; the Minister of Transport, Works and Infrastructure, Hon. Ebrima Sillah; and the Minister of Gender, Children, and Social Welfare, Hon. Fatou Kinteh recently conducted a site visit to the University of The Gambia Faraba-Banta Campus.
The purpose of the visit was to gauge the level of progress of the construction ahead of the inauguration of the LOT 1 component, which comprises of the Schools of Education, Business and Public Administration, Arts and Sciences, and Information and Technology.
Work is smoothly ongoing, but the contractor has complained of a delay in payment, which the Finance Minister promised to deal with as soon as possible to avoid any excuses against the target deadline for inauguration.