GOOD MORNING AFRICA EDITION 15th MAY 2026

Added: 2026-05-18

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[00:48:32]Alri um okay the Gambian government has announced that it has exeded the target of 150,000 jobs promised by president Adam B with more than with more than 163,000 new jobs recorded between 2023 to 2026 all right this according to a national labor market report published on Wednesday uh entitled Rigamba Labor market progressed and trained GLFS 2022 2023 QI to GLF S 2026 quarter one I think that's what is Q Q1 means I think so the document was produced by the Gambia Bureau of Statistics G was in collaboration with the minister Ministry of Trade Industry Regional Integration and Employment with support from the International Labor Organization ILO and the World Bank funded um IS uh worker or his worker project. Now according to officials according to official data or data released by the Gambian information minister the label force participation rate increases from 43.6% 6% in 2023 to 54.5% in 2026 while the employment to population ratio increased from 40.3% to 51.1%.

[00:50:14]Unemployment also felt from 7.6% to 6.2% while overall under employment dropped from 31.6% 6% to 2023.6% 6% according to the authorities and improvement in label market performance and a sustainable economic recovery. Now the Gambian government attributes these results to the ongoing postpandemic recovery investment in case sectors and the structural reform undertaking in national economy. In his statement, the minister information emphasizes that these achievements reinforce President Bar's commitment to inclusive CR based and industrialization skills development women's economic development, rural development and strengthening the social protection mechanisms.

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[01:14:47]All right. In issue um like that level of job creation could only be achieved at an industrial scale.

[01:14:57]Definitely the MPP administration has has opened zero industries.

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[01:18:04][laughs] basically convinced about this report so far right I think the ministry have to come out and explain to what very happy to receive them like data statistics 100000 B00 5000 fee employment that way people can understand [laughs] something like that so problem Wow! Very good. Whoa!

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