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Gambia to face Ivory Coast in World Cup qualifier
The Gambia senior national team has been draw against Ivory Coast, Gabon, Kenya, Burundi and Seychelles in Group F for the 2026 World Cup qualifiers.
The balloting for the global biggest football showpiece qualifiers was held yesterday, Thursday, 13th July 2023.
Coach Tom Saintfiet and his charges who have recently been doing well in African football will be hoping to replicate such feet and secure their first-ever World Cup appearance.
The Gambia will strive to win their qualifier matches to fancy their dreams of qualifying for their first-ever World Cup.
The Scorpions were eliminated in the preliminary round of the 2022 World Cup qualifiers after slipping to Angola 3-1 on aggregate.
Credit to: thepoint.gm
Gov’t urged to give priority to diabetic patients
Sukai Kah, training facilitator for the Gambia Diabetes Association (GDS) has called on the government to give priority to diabetic patients to minimise their complications and suffering.
“The government should give diabetes a priority. Let them have sufficient medical apparatus and healthcare personnel to check and care for diabetic patients. The government should give enough supply of medical apparatus to our Diabetes Ward at the Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital (EFSTH),” she said in an exclusive interview with The Point at Kayen Ultrasound Scanning Centre in Bakoteh.
She said health personnel should have enough medication and medical apparatus such as insulin and testing machines to check patients’ blood pressure and give them the needed information so that patients could manage their diabetes well. According to her, this would help prevent patients from diabetic amputation.
“If patients are going on their monthly routine for medical check-up at public hospitals, then they should be provided with the needed information to manage the disease,” Kah, also owner of Kayen Ultrasound Scanning Centre, said.
Kah maintained that there is a greater need for the government to empower medical personnel with the requisite skills and knowledge to ensure they attend to patients and give them the needed medical advice.
“Diabetes is not curable but it is manageable. Effective management of diabetes can delay development of complications like blindness, damage of kidney, and damage of nerves which can delay or prevent diabetic foot amputation,” she noted.
In Gambian society, there are several traditional healers who claim to have the knowledge to cure diabetes. Thus, several diabetes patients have been visiting such traditional healers in search of a cure.
In this regard, Mrs Kah said there is also a need for traditional healers to be empowered with knowledge as to how this chronic disease works. She noted that if someone is infected with diabetes, his or her organs such as the kidney will be involved in excessive filtering of blood and expel the toxic and urine from the body.
“Again, when a patient’s blood sugar is higher, his or her kidney and heart over work and if those organs over work it can damage them. Now considering how the traditional healers work, they do not measure dosages compared to modern hospitals who give patients dosages that are proportional to the patients’ weight and ages,” she pointed out.
She reiterated that traditional healers will provide medication to patients without scientific measurement. This, she added, causes herbal intoxication.
Thus, she advised all to report to nearest conventional healthcare facilities should they realise abnormalities in their system to have a medical check-up such as checking their sugar level and blood pressure.
Mrs Kah said the Gambia Diabetes Association has been going to Outpatient Department, training nurses on diabetic patients’ handling. She, therefore, advised all to work collectively to minimise the constraints of diabetic patients.
Credit to: Thepoint.gm
It’s Unconstitutional To Give Largest Share To Lagos – Kano State Faults President Tinubu Over Distribution Of N500billion Palliatives
The Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir has faulted the mode that the President Bola Tinubu-led federal government adopted for the distribution of N500billion palliatives for small scale industries.
The Nigerian government had announced that it would be using the Bank of Industry to support small-scale industries across geopolitical zones.
Speaking through his deputy, Aminu Abdussalam, the governor during a meeting with representatives from the Kano cooperative Society at the state government house said the distribution was heavily skewed in favour of Lagos State and the South-South zone to the disadvantage of other states and zones, Daily Trust reports.
He said the distribution mode would see Lagos receiving 47% of the allocation, followed by the South-South Zone with 17%, and other regions receiving significantly lower percentages.
“This is unfair, unconstitutional, and illegal,” the governor said.
He called on relevant authorities, including members of the National Assembly to rectify the situation and take appropriate action against those responsible.
According to the deputy governor’s press secretary, Ibrahim Shu’aibu, the governor pledged the commitment of his administration to assist Cooperative Societies in their efforts to combat poverty and regain their influence.
“Committees would be established to review the activities of Cooperative Desk Officers in each Local Government Area, while desk officers would be introduced in major markets such as Dawanau, Kantin Kwari, Yan Lemo to guide and support cooperative activities,” the governor was quoted to have said.
The President of the Kano Cooperative Society, Musa Aikawa, who spoke on behalf of the delegation, emphasised the significance of cooperatives in enhancing the lives of their members.
He disclosed that the state had over 2.8 million cooperative members, primarily consisting of young people.
Aikawa requested the intervention of the state government to develop strategies for reducing the high unemployment rate in the state.
The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Commerce, Industry, and Solid Minerals, Mairo Danbatta, encouraged the youth to embrace cooperative business ventures to progress and reduce unemployment in Kano.
The meeting was attended by several dignitaries, including government officials and representatives from educational institutions related to cooperative activities in Kano.
Credit to: Saharareporters.com
US EXPLAINS REASONS FOR EXPELLING 4 GAMBIAN DIPLOMATS
The US Department of State has explained the decision behind the expulsion of four Gambian diplomats at the embassy in Washington.
The diplomats Abdu Cham, Pa Sako Darboe, Mustapha Sosseh and Alhagie Babou Joof were given until 17 July to leave the United States. The US State Department explains each diplomat’s situation as follows:
Abdu Cham
According to the Department of State, Abdu Cham, a counsellor at the Gambian Embassy in Washington, DC, is found wanting by the Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD) of striking his daughter, with a mop.
“The mop left markings on the daughter’s arms. The MCPD further reported that based on the victims’ injuries and evidence at the scene, had it not been for his diplomatic immunity, Mr Cham would have been arrested under state law and charged with second degree child abuse,” the State Department said.
Mr Cham’s case was referred to Child Protective Services (CPS) who provides recommendations and access to resources to assist families.
“The Department expects that the embassy help ensure the safety and wellbeing of its members and their dependents, including all the children who are residing in a principal’s household. The Department reminds the embassy that members of a foreign mission are expected to respect the laws of the United States. The Department takes this matter very seriously and considers such alleged behavior unacceptable for a member of a foreign mission,” the statement added.
The Department said it will continue to monitor the situation and will be in contact with the embassy as new information becomes available.
Pa Sako Darboe
On the case of Pa Sako Darboe, a first secretary, the Department of State said he is found wanting of taking into custody transfer documents for a thirteen-year-old girl, and a fourteen-year-old boy.
“A subsequent investigation by the Diplomatic Security Service (DSS) determined that the custody transfer documents were fraudulent, and that Mr Darboe used these fraudulent documents to enroll the two children in school in Montgomery County, Maryland,” it added.
Alhagie Babou Joof
The DSS also found that, separately, Mr Alhagie Babou Joof, a finance attaché, had participated in visa fraud.
Mustapha Sosseh
“Finally, DSS found that Mustapha Sosseh, the Deputy Chief of Mission at the embassy, had been associated with visa applications with fraudulent indicators and that the illicit schemes described above took place under his leadership.
Accordingly, pursuant to Article 9 of the Vienna Convention on
Diplomatic Relations, the above-named individuals and their dependents are required to depart the United States no later than July 17, 2023, at which point they will cease to enjoy any privileges and immunities,” the statement said.
The DSS also requested the Gambian Embassy to return all Department-issued documents for the above-named individuals, including their driver’s licenses, tax exemption cards, and identification cards, to the Department’s Office of Foreign Missions immediately.
“Further, the Department informs the embassy that the above-named individuals are unacceptable for future accreditation as members of The Gambia’s Mission to the United States,” it added.
The State Department documents were obtained from The Fatu Network.
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