Sheikh Tijan Secka, a Gambia born carpenter yesterday donated a podium to the Royal Victoria Teaching Hospital (RVTH), at a presentation ceremony held at the hospital ground in Banjul.

On receiving the podium, Mustapha Mbaye, operation manager, RVTH, on behalf of the management of RVTH thanked Sheikh Tijan Secka for the donation. “I have been in the health sector long time but I have never seen such,” he said. Mabye praised the donor, describing him as a young Gambian who is energetic and doing a brilliant job for important sectors like the health and particularly for the RVTH. The intervention, he added, has been very timely. He encourages the donor to keep up the good job, noting that the donation is not only for RVTH but the entire nation.

Fatou Nyabally, chairperson, Donation Committee at RVTH, explained that the podium will help during the occasions they hold at the hospital like blood donation, debates and swearing-in ceremonies of doctors. “We are happy that you thought of RVTH and made something like a podium; this is a job well done,” she remarked.

Sheikh Tijan Secka, the donor, noted that the donation is a message to all Gambians to put hands on deck to donate RVTH and other health facilities in the country. “Carpenters and other skill workers can all contribute to the nation. I was born at RVTH and got treated at RVTH many times like many people,” he stated. According to Secka, RVTH is everybody’s while calling on other skill workers to emulate his move and to help RVTH to improve to standard.