The cessation of the implementation of a multi-million dalasi eco-lodges and hotel project was ordered by the Ministry of Tourism to enable Gamworks to evaluate the project, sources informed JollofNews. It would be recalled that the Gambia Tourism Board sometime in 2020 embarked upon a massive construction of a four-star[Read More…]
Economy
Touray Calls For GCCPC’s Dissolution For ‘Overlooking’ Anti-Competition In Cement Market
Farafenni-based long-standing cement trader Alagie Touray has called for the immediate dissolution of the Gambia Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (GCCPC) for its apparent inaction in the face of the Gambia government’s debilitating cement tariff policy. The Gambia government sometime last year significantly raised the tariff on a bag of[Read More…]
Dr. Ceesay Cites GRA As Shining Example Of Gov’t’s Leverage Of Technology To Combat Corruption
The Gambia’s minister of information Dr. Ismaila Ceesay has cited the Gambia Revenue Authority (GRA) as a shining example of the Gambia government’s increasing focus on technology to combat official corruption. The Commissioner General of the Gambia Revenue Authority (GRA), Hon. Yankuba Darboe, is leading the charge for an ambitious[Read More…]