At least 83,000 Gambian households are to receive government support estimated at 31 million dollars. 

According to the government the support is for poor and vulnerable households amid the coronavirus pandemic. A large chunk of the beneficiaries are said to be from rural Gambia.

“A 31-million-dollar project is officially launched by the government of The Gambia to help vulnerable households in rural Gambia,” Minister of Information and Communications Ebrima Sillah said.

The announcement comes after World Bank grants worth millions of dollars were made to the Gambia government as financial aid amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Reporting by Adama Makasuba