Yankuba Dibba, chief executive officer of Gambia OIC Secretariat, has revealed that the office raised more than 300 million dollars for the 2024 Islamic conference set to take place in Banjul.

The revelation comes days after President Adama Barrow announced that the country will host the much delayed world Islamic conference in May 2024 after attending the Africa-Saudi summit in Jeddah.

“The OIC Secretariat has raised over $300 million dollars since its inception in 2018,” Dibba said.

According to him, since the founding of the secretariat in 2018, the government of the Gambia through the secretariat and relevant stakeholders have registered significant progress in their efforts to organise a memorable summit that every Gambian can be proud of.

“Our guiding principles are to leverage the once in a lifetime opportunity that hosting such a summit comes with and to deliver to the best interest of the people of our beloved motherland, the Gambia.”

“That’s why all the projects were strategically chosen and designed not only to provide a unique experience for the summit quests but also to meaningfully transform the lives and livelihood of everyone living in the Gambia,” he added.

Reporting by Adama Makasuba