German Cooperation in The Gambia (GIZ) has donated 30 motorbikes to the country’s police to reinforce their mobility.
GIZ Representative in The Gambia, Anita Martin, said that Germany had been supporting the development of police structures around Africa since 2008 with a police-strengthening programme.
She said the motorbikes would help The Gambia Police Force reach the remote areas of the West African country.
‘We also assisted the Gambian Police Force earlier this year in its [sic] fight against the Covid-19 with sanitation material’, she said.
Representative of the German Embassy, Malte Locknitz, stressed the importance of a functional and reliable police force in society.
Receiving the donation, the Inspector General of Police, Mamour Jobe, thanked the donors for assisting the police in many areas, including training and rehabilitation.
He noted that the motorbikes would enhance the operation challenges the police face, especially when going about their normal duties.
‘The identified areas of support are human resource management – to strengthen administrative and management capacities – public relations, to improve exchanges between the police and civil society in PR work and police complaint mechanism’, Jobe said.
Source: The Point
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