What can $1.5 billion dollars do to the Gambia? Mortgage it. It would cost more than a third of our tax revenue and half our annual export earnings to pay interest on it. Spending $ 1.5 billion distance bridge between Banjul and Barra is 5.07 km and 2.74 nautical miles[Read More…]
Opinion
Building The New Gambia With Madi Jobarteh: I Support The Banjul-Barra Bridge
There cannot be any meaningful and durable social and economic progress or human development in the absence of necessary and relevant public infrastructure. Public infrastructure such as roads, bridges or drainage systems or services such as electricity, internet or waste management services are major drivers of any socioeconomic progress. Hence[Read More…]
New York Letter With Alagi Yorro Jallow: The Prodigal Son Political Father
President Adama Barrow’s political ambition is so reckless, it borders on being poisonous. His latest predicament teaches us that however badly you want something, never, ever, show people that you are desperate to get it; even if you are desperate. The reason the anti- Barrow Youth Movement for Development brigade[Read More…]

