(JollofNews) – “To announce that there must be no criticism of the president… is morally treasonable to the American public.” Theodore Roosevelt “Without debate, without criticism, no administration and no country can succeed — and no republic can survive” John F. Kennedy. I am not all criticism. I praise the[Read More…]
Opinion
Gambia: Reinventing Robust State Civil Service Rule And Political Class Reigns
(JollofNews) – For a country to have an efficient civil service, it must have a limited number of appointed ministers. The civil service needs huge numbers of staff to provide effective services because it must implement all the policies a government formulates. If we wish to accelerate development at the[Read More…]
Building The New Gambia With Madi Jobarteh: Advice To President Adama Barrow
(JollofNews) – In today’s Africa, the only president that is showing the right leadership and compassion for his people is the Chief Servant of Tanzania John Mugufuli. Since November 2015 when he became the leader of his country, this man has been consistently consistent as a man of integrity who[Read More…]
London Letter With Dida Halake: Does Gambia Need The Death Penalty?
(JollofNews) – Justice Hassan Babucarr Jallow, is back as the Chief Justice of the Republic of the Gambia. It was he who, as Attorney General and Minister of Justice back in the 1980s abolished the death penalty in The Gambia. I am sure he is poised to do the same[Read More…]
Gambia: In Commemoration Of World Press Freedom Day
Free Press: The basic benchmark for determining whether a country is truly democratic or not On the 2nd December 2016, we made a tryst with destiny, a watershed in our chequered political history, a break with an unforgettable past that saw the meteoric climb of tyranny, brutality and dictatorship to[Read More…]
Building The New Gambia With Madi Jobarteh: Fiscal Discipline And Government Travels
(JollofNews) – One of the best policies that Barrow can create which could also become one of his best legacies is to re-activate or institutionalize fiscal discipline, transparency and accountability in the public sector. Financial, budgetary and economic management along the lines of transparency and accountability is the single most[Read More…]
Gambia: Impoverished And Abused In The Name Of Defense
(JollofNews) – Numbers don’t lie! The defense spending figures for years 2017, 2016, 2011 and 2010 are not available. The proportion (%) of defense to total expenditure not available for the same years and the defense spending figures for 2012 are definitely erroneous. Taking the remaining 5 years data (11+11+20+27+21)/5[Read More…]
Building The New Gambia With Madi Jobarteh: Our Republic And Its Press Will Rise Or Fall Together
(JollofNews) – Today is World Press Freedom Day. This Day was delivered to the world by African journalists when they met in Windhoek, Namibia from 29 April to 3 May 1991 in a groundbreaking seminar on promoting an Independent and Pluralistic African Press. At the end of the seminar they[Read More…]
The Reality Of Gambia’s Democracy: A Dominant Political Force Demands An Effective Opposition
(JollofNews) – The outcome of the recent parliamentary election is ringing endorsement of the UDP as a dominant political force. The key challenge for our new democracy now is how to create an effective opposition force that has the capacity to face up to a dominant political force. As oppositions remain fragmented[Read More…]
Torchlight With Michael Scales: A Very Serious State Of Affairs
(JollofNews) – The recent report by the Gambia’s minister of Finance, Amadou Sanneh, paints a very serious state of affairs for all home-based Gambians. The Gambia’s debt is now at record highs culminating in this being 108% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The entire total annual GDP is 8% short[Read More…]
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