Gambia: Market Vendors Speak Against Plastic Bag Ban –

By: Aminata Jallow

Vendors at the Serrekunda market have vociferously expressed their opposition to the ban on plastic bags imposed by the National Environment Agency(NEA).

Speaking in an interview with this reporter, Aminata Ceesay, a “Nan Mburu” seller, said for over 20 years, plastic bags have been indispensable to her business and survival.

“I rely on them to pay my children’s school fees and my rent,” she asserted.

She pointed out that alternatives such as cups are not…