Fabakary Tombong Jatta, speaker of the National Assembly, has urged opposition figures to stop politicising the devastating floods that destroyed houses and properties in the Greater Banjul Area. 

The speaker, who is also the leader of the former ruling APRC party, was speaking to reporters on their plan distribution of 50kg bags of rice to flood victims in Banjul, Kanifing Municipality and West Coast Region

“I want to urge people to stop politicising natural disaster. We should be looking for solution to address the problem than politcising this disaster. 

“This is climate change which is affecting the whole world. So, when such disaster happened some people want to blame the government rather than trying to look for a solution to it,” he said.

“We should all be advocates for combating climate change so that the next generation can have a better life to live. If not if this trend continues, in the next t0 years the world will be seriously destroyed,” he added.

Meanwhile, APRC top brass said they will distribute 20 bags of 50kg of rice in Kanifing Municipality, 10 bags of 50kg rice in Banjul and 20 bags of 50kg rice in West Coast Region.

Reporting by Adama Makasuba