Following the government’s plea to The Gambia Market Union to exercise patience while they find means to amicably remedy the problem, the Market Union accepted their request but insisted that they will go ahead with their sit-down strike on the 21st September 2020 if the government fails to keep their side of the bargain.

Few days ago, the Market Union wrote a petition to the President urging him to allow market vendors/ traders to start business from 7am to 5pm or they will embark on a sit-down strike if their demands are not met.

This decision was reached on Tuesday after the executive members of the Market Union convened an emergency meeting at Latrikunda Market to talk about the press release issued by the government and the next step as far as their decision is concerned.

Speaking to the media briefly after the meeting, the chairman of The Gambia Market Union Task Force, Pa Jabbi,  said,  “We had an executive meeting today regarding the press release issued by the Gambia government. We understand that this is the second time the government is promising us; the first one was when they said by Monday, we will hear something from them and that one has failed.

So we had an executive meeting today, and there was a lot of push and pull between the executives but the conclusion is for us to agree and wait until the next regulations  come on conditions that if the government fails to fulfill their promise, we are going to do our sit down strike on the 21st of this month.”

By: Fatoumatta Samateh