A sorry-looking Basirou revealed: “I have invested my life-savings in the shop and only started operations April last year. Less than a year in the business, this is what I got. My buying price for the materials in my shop ranging from plumbing, electrical and building materials was over half a million dalasi. This is a great loss to me. I don’t know the cause of the fire. But it is believed to have come from the shop next door. I had already left my shop to go home when I got a call informing me that my shop was on fire. I rushed to the scene and the fire service men were there too, but could not stop the fire on time.”
Johm said he wanted to inspire other young people in The Gambia that opportunities abound in sufficient proportions by engaging in a business that can earn him income. “The President always says that youths don’t want to work. It was from this statement I got my inspiration to bring about a change, but with this fire I see no light at the end of the tunnel.”
Johm solicits assistance from government, NGO’s, donor agencies and individuals to alleviate his plight.
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