By: Kebba AF Touray
The Gender Minister of the Gambia is scheduled to appear before the country’s lawmakers to table a motion on the protocol on the rights of Persons with Disabilities in Africa (PWDs).
This motion seeks the consideration and ratification of the said protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Africa, in line with Standing Order 61 (12).
The motion is revealed in the approved agenda of the next session of the legislature, by the Office of the Clerk of the Legislature.
“In line with Standing Order 61 (12), the Minister for Gender is scheduled to move a motion for the National Assembly to Consider and Ratify the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Africa (By Hon. Minister for Gender, Children and Social Welfare) SO 61(2),” revealed the Office of the Clerk.
The Office also stated that the Assembly is expected to Consider and Ratify the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Older Persons in Africa, by the Minister for Gender, Children, and Social Welfare, in line with Standing Order 61 (12)
“On the other hand, the Higher Education Minister is scheduled to appear before the plenary to move a motion for the National Assembly to Consider and Approve the establishment of the University of Applied Sciences, Engineering, and Technology (USET) in accordance with the Tertiary and Higher Education Act, 2016,” unveiled the Clerk’s Office.
The Office further indicated that per Standing Order 61(2) Be it RESOLVED the assembly is expected to Consider and Approve the motion or the Transformation of the Management Development Institute (MDI) into a Civil Service University under the Tertiary and Higher Education Act, 2016, by the Higher Education Minister.
“The august Assembly is also scheduled to Consider and Approve the Transformation of the Gambia College into the University of Education (UoE) in accordance with the Tertiary and Higher Education Act, 2016, by the Minister for Higher Education, Research, Science & Technology,” said the Office of the Honorable Clerk.
