Gambia: Barrow Gov’t Is Threatening Our Environment & Future
Building The New Gambia With Madi Jobarteh
Within one year this country is witnessing massive environmental violations that are deliberately and consciously perpetrated by the Gambia Government.
Not only has the new Government failed to correct the bad decisions and actions of the former regime in regards to the environment but Barrow Government has gone even further to create its own bad decisions and actions on top of the terrible environmental challenges they have inherited. These decisions and actions are a direct threat to the fundamental rights of Gambians.
Decisions and actions of the government are a direct threat to the fundamental rights of Gambians
Here are a few of the environmental threats that pose a clear and present and future dangers to the lives and livelihoods of Gambians including our flora and fauna.
Indiscriminate dumping of all sorts of waste in Kitty and Tanbana and environs without treatment or control
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- Dumping of liquid waste into the Atlantic Ocean in Gunjur by Golden Lead company
- Loads of dead fish littering the beach and environs around Gunjur due to indiscriminate, uncontrolled and massive fishing
- Indiscriminate dumping of all sorts of waste in Kitty and Tanbana and environs without treatment or control
- Untreated dumping in Kotu with bad odour polluting the environment for months now
- Sludge dumping in Mandinari and Brikama that is releasing terrible bad odour in those communities and beyond
- Bakoteh dumpsite continues to release dangerous fumes into communities, clinics and schools unabated
- Monkey Park is being destroyed to the detriment of present and future generations and endangering rich flora and fauna for the selfish benefit of foreign investors
Violations by the Gambian Government
These and many more are the violations against the rights of Gambians to a clean environment, sustainable development and safe and secure lives today and tomorrow.
Golden Lead has faced repeated clashes with locals who accuse the factory of pollution and unfair competition. Image by Nosmot Gbadamosi. The Gambia, 2018.
These violations by The Gambia Government are in contravention of local environmental laws and regulations and international environmental conventions, agreements and declarations. Including the Sustainable Development Goals that The Gambia Government has ratified.
Barrow Government must be stopped from not only taking bad decisions but also to be forced to reverse its position about our environment lest they damage the future of this country!
For The Gambia Our Homeland.
Madi Jobarteh
Source: Jollof Network
