| Mr Dawda Sarge |
Mr
Dawda Sarge, managing director of Prime Insurance Company Limited, has been
installed as the new president of the West African Insurance Companies
Association (WAICA) for one year (2012/2013), succeeding Mr Fatai Lawal, a Nigerian.
Mr
Sarge’s investiture was held on Tuesday during the closing dinner of the of the
two-day annual general meeting and educational conference of WAICA, which
brought together about 200 insurance professionals from all over West Africa,
held at the Kairaba Beach Hotel in Kololi from 16 - 17 April 2012.
Dressed
in traditional African fabric, Getzener Bazin, Mr Sarge took the prescribed
oath of office pledging to discharge his duties faithful to the best of his ability and in accordance with the Constitution
of WAICA and law.
Shortly
after taking the oath, before the WAICA executive committee members and the
general membership, as well as family members and well-wishers, Mr Sarge said:
“I wish to thank my colleagues in the Gambia insurance industry especially the
executive committee members of the association (Insurance Association of the
Gambia) for your magnanimity and confidence which you demonstrated by
nominating me into the (WAICA) executive and as the president for 2012 – 2013.”