The ECOWAS Needs Assessment Team, in continuation of its broad consultations with critical stakeholders, met with officials of the Gambian Bar Association and the Ministry of Justice in Banjul on Wednesday 16th and Thursday 17th April 2025 respectively.
The General Secretary of the Gambian Bar Association (GBA), Mr Abdoulie Fatly and the immediate President of the GBA, Mr Salieu Taal were on hand to receive the team at the GBA office.
At the Justice Ministry, the team was received by the Solicitor General and Legal Secretary, Mr Hussein Thomas and other staff members.
Pix 1: the INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu (3rd right), the Solicitor General and Legal Secretary Ministry of Justice, the Gambia, Mr Hussein Thomas (3rd left, in suit); Chairman, Electoral Commission for Sierra Leone and President of ECONEC Mr. Konneh Mohammed (2nd left), and other members of the team in a group picture at the Ministry of Justice.
Pix 2, L -R: Chinedu Chinedu, Senior Programmes Officer ECONEC; Mr. Okechukwu Ndeche, Consultant, International IDEA; Nathaniel Gana, Principal Information Officer, INEC; Mr. Abdoulie Fatly, General Secretary, Gambian Bar Association(GBA); Mrs. Helen Ajayi, Director, Planning & Monitoring, INEC; Mr Salieu Taal, Immediate Past President of GBA; Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, INEC Chairman; Mr. Konneh Mohammed, Chairman Electoral Commission of Sierra Leone/ECONEC President; Lenny Tagbu, EISA; and Mr. Serigne Ka, Head of EAD of ECOWAS, during the team’s visit to the Gambian Bar Association.