Almost 35 days after declaring public emergency and partially locking-down The Gambia on 17 March 2020, the Gambian President, Adama Barrow, has finally rudely awakened to the plight of the Gambian people – after attracting barrage of criticisms for his seeming indifference to their plight, in confronting the challenges of[Read More…]
Author: Jollofnews
Coronavirus: President Barrow Reassures Gambians
Fellow Gambians, residents of The Gambia, There is growing concern that the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in The Gambia has increased to ten. This is more than double the number since my last address to the nation. Globally, as at today, 26th April 2020, there have been over 2.7[Read More…]
Njundu Drammeh: Our Youth Aren’t Lazy: It’s Governance And Leadership Which Have Failed Them
“Give me a lever and a place to stand and I will move the earth” Archimedes Just that: a lever and a place to stand. Just the tools and a little opportunity. Nothing more. “Our youth are lazy” is probably one of the oft-quoted, moth eaten, commonplace cliches we parrot[Read More…]