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toubab1020
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 Posted - 30 Sep 2018 : 12:40:56
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A bit of hygiene would not come amiss !
No one in Authority can be contacted over the weekend it APPEARS
Never mind Disease is always around so are the rats!
“It is expected that the potential of the Port of Banjul to excel as a center of excellence for trade, logistics and distribution within the West African sub region and beyond, will be sustained and improved in the years that lie ahead,” Jobarteh concludes.
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By Morro ML Minteh September 28, 2018
The flooding at the Banjul Ferry Terminal entrance with raw sewerage emptying from the drainage’s, bringing with it a foul stench still persists.
Foroyaa approached authorities from NAWEC, Gambia Ferry Services and Banjul City Council (BCC) to get their views on the matter.
The PRO of NAWEC told this reporter that NAWEC has nothing to do with the Banjul Ferry services.
A visit to the Banjul City Council, the Secretary informed the reporter that the Council’s PRO has traveled, while the Mayoress is preoccupied with her one hundred days in the office. This reporter was asked to return on Monday.
The PRO of Banjul Ferry Terminal also contacted but he was indisposed.
Most of the passengers who spoke to this reporter, decry the flooding that takes place with raw sewerage emptying from the drainages, bringing with it a foul stench that one cannot even breathe. They say that it is extremely difficult to access the ferry at this time of year, because of the flooding that happens and that they cannot enter the ferry, without removing their shoes and pulling up their trousers.
The passengers have called on the authorities to come to their aid to provide permanent solutions to the issue.
http://foroyaa.gm/banjul-ferry-terminal-entrance-still-a-sore-sight/
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"Simple is good" & I strongly dislike politics. You cannot defend the indefensible.
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toubab1020
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Posted - 01 Oct 2018 : 18:18:21
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ahh..... Great ,Monday those in authority in Sewage matters are about !! Everybody KNOWS the PROBLEM HUMAN WASTE open gutters rubbish dumped therin causing blockages during heavy rains.,
As far as I am aware no SERIOUS infrastructure for the transmission of waterborne waste in Banjul has not been updated since early colonial days,WHY? NO MONEY.
I have sympathy with Saikou Mafugie Fatajo,who has been selected to be the spokesperson for all the other departments who have some responsibility for sewage and rain water runoff during the rainy season.
"He referred this reporter to the ASP of Banjul Sewerage Pumping Station, where upon arrival, the Security informed the reporter that Abou Bah, who looks after the Pumping Station, was out." (maybe for a breath of fresh air !   )
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The Program Manager on Environmental Health at the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare Saikou Mafugie Fatajo, told this reporter that they are aware of the situation at the Banjul Ferry Terminal entrance and are very much concerned with the hygiene and safety of the public; that the flooding and malfunction of sewerage system, is caused by the dumping of human waste into the toilets and other materials in the streets particularly during the rainy season; that the sewerage overflows its contents because of the runoff water from the heavy rains, which brings with it rubbish of all sort to block the entrance of the manholes of the sewerage system, where the runoff water is to enter the system; that as a result, the pipe cannot pomp the waste into the canal, due to a blocked sewerage system; that added to this is that the system is dilapidated and out dated; that Banjul Ferry terminal is not the area affected alone, but that situation is the entire City of Banjul.
Fatajo further called on the residents of Banjul in collaboration with the health sector and the national environment agency, to sensitize the people on how to manage waste, and control the situation; that Banju City Council and NAWEC alone, do not have the capacity to control and manage the sewerage system in Banjul, without Government interfvention. He denied the statement that NAWEC has nothing to do with the Banjul Ferry services, as said by the PRO of of the national Utility Company; that the GPA Ferry Service’s toilet pipes are connected to the main sewerage pipes in the street, and NAWEC is responsible for this. He referred this reporter to the ASP of Banjul Sewerage Pumping Station, where upon arrival, the Security informed the reporter that Abou Bah, who looks after the Pumping Station, was out.
The reporter was taken on a conducted tour of the Sewerage Pumping Station’s facilities where he observed that human waste, causes the blocked of pipes.
http://foroyaa.gm/banjul-sewerage-system-cannot-be-managed-without-government-intervention/
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"Simple is good" & I strongly dislike politics. You cannot defend the indefensible.
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