Amadou Sanneh, former Finance Minister and flag bearer aspirant for the United Democratic Party (UDP), has accused the government of fueling the country’s economic crisis through what he calls “inflationary” policies and reckless spending. Speaking in Majai after his vetting for the UDP leadership contest, Sanneh argued that successive government[Read More…]
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Ex-Finance Minister Sees Ukraine War As No Justification for Gambia’s Woes
The Gambia government has persistently blamed the turmoil in the essential commodity market on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine but ex-finance minister Amadou Sanneh sees this as scapegoating. “The Gambia’s economy is not big. They (government) always use Ukraine as excuse but the countries the Ukraine war will affect are there,”[Read More…]
Gambia: Ex-Finance Minister Hints Revised Budget Unsustainable
Erstwhile Gambia’s finance minister Amadou Sanneh has hinted that the recently revised budget is unsustainable as the country has not built resilience for revenue creation. “You(government)are not expecting all your revenues to come. And according to the minister, D2.3bn they could not get,” ex-finance minister Amadou Sanneh said in an[Read More…]
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