The Government of the Gambia has stepped in to subside the price of petrol to mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on lives and livelihood of its people. From today, the a litre of petrol has fallen from D49.36 to D40 while diesel fell from D50.04 a litre to[Read More…]
Economy
2000 Metric Tons Of Fertilisers Arrive In Gambia
The Ministry of Agriculture of the Gambia has received the first stock of 2000 metric tons of compound fertiliser NPK 6:20:10. Speaking to journalists at the jetty in Banjul, the minister of Agriculture, Amie Fabureh, said she is happy about the timely availability of fertilizer in the country as promised[Read More…]
Gambia’s COVID-19 Fund Expenditure Transparent
A permanent secretary at the Gambia’s Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs has described as ‘‘transparent, honest and accountable’’ the efforts of his ministry in the resource mobilization and distribution of the national COVID-19 relief fund/package. Buah Saidy, who is one of the leading and most experienced economists in the[Read More…]