Binta Jammeh-Sidibe is New Chair of OIC Local Organizing Committee

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (O.I.C)- The Gambia has announced on Wednesday the appointment of Binta Jammeh-Sidibe as the Chairperson of the Local Organizing Committee (L.O.C.) for the 16^th Heads of State and Government Summit which will be hosted by The Gambia in 2022.

In a statement from the IOC, her appointment takes effect on the 1^st of February 2020.

Mrs. Jammeh-Sidibeh is a renowned gender activist who previously served as the executive director of the Women’s Bureau during the administration of the former government.

According to the statement, she is the current representative of The Gambia on the Turkey-based O.I.C. Women’s Consultative and Advisory Council. She also doubles as the Chairperson of the Gender Policy Committee of the O.I.C. General Secretariat, which is based in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

In the past, she has presented reports on behalf of the Government of The Gambia at O.I.C. Ministerial Conferences on Women in Azerbaijan and Turkey, respectively.

She is the current Executive Director of the Association for Promoting Girls and Women’s Advancement in The Gambia (APGWA).

‘‘I am very happy about it. It is a call to national duty to contribute my quota yet to the national development of this country. For the OIC Gambia Secretariat, I would like to see us be successful in this big assignment, which is the hosting of the summit in 2022. I will bring my committees together immediately to work hard and achieve our objective of having a summit second to none.’’

Reacting to the appointment, the Chief Executive Officer of the Secretariat, Mr. Yankuba Dibba said the new LOC Chair brings a wealth of relevant experience to the job.

‘‘We are hopeful that her coming will add great value and vigor to the ongoing project implementation works. I do not think we could have a better candidate’’, CEO Dibba remarked.

In her new role, the Chair of the L.O.C. will oversee and coordinate the works of the various sub-committees responsible for the implementation of the different projects ahead of the 2022 Summit in The Gambia.