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…]
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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…]
Ex-Finance Minister Sees 30% Salaries Increase As ‘Robbery Budget’
Former finance minister Amadou Sanneh has opined that the executive has more to gain from the recent 30 per cent salaries increase, describing it as ‘a robbery budget’. “This is not really a salary increase. It’s more an increase for the ministers; the executive,” ex-finance minister Sanneh explained to JollofNews[Read More…]
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