Dear Editor: Please, permit me space in your widely circulated medium to clarify a very serious mischaracterization of my one-sentence statement sometimes last week. You had asked if The Gambia Government was going to effect its planned increments of Civil Servants’ salaries? I responded, “all things remaining equal, yes” and[Read More…]
Author: JollofNews
Scepticism Over Gov’t’s Decision To Create Two New Ministries
The Barrow government’s decision to create two additional ministries has been met with some scepticism over the administration’s financial capability to run the two effectively and efficiently. The ministries of communication and digital economy as well as the civil service were afterthought to government’s current budgetary allocations. Hence, questions have[Read More…]
Gambia Under Yahya Jammeh: Witch Hunts, PTSD And Veiled Faces
For 22 years Gambians lived under the grip of former president, Yahya Jammeh, whose rule was marked by allegations of human rights abuses including killings, witch hunts and forced labour – although Mr Jammeh has previously denied wrongdoing. Since his shock election defeat more than five years ago, the country[Read More…]
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