Deputising for H.E President Yahya
A.J.J Jammeh, Gambian vice president and minister for women’s affairs, Dr
Isatou Njie-Saidy, on Thursday Jan.3, 2013, presided over the official opening
of the 2012 National Youth Conference and Festival, known as NaYCONF.
Held at the provincial Central River
Region town of Bansang,
the event gathered more than two thousand delegates, mainly youth from across
the country, for the weeklong biennial event. Formerly known as Youth Week, the
event was the tenth of its kind.
Dr. Isatou Njie led a delegation of a
historic number of top government officials, including nine cabinet ministers,
to the event. Traditional rulers, development partners and the private sector
are also well represented.
