Chairperson of the Local Government Service Commission, Momodou Jallow, who doubles as a businessman, has told the commission of inquiry probing Gambia’s local government system that inspection officers at the Ministry of Local Government and Lands were feared. Excepting the Banjul City Council and Kanifing Municipal Council, Mr Jallow worked[Read More…]
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SCB’s Head Of Business Banking Testifies At LG Commission Of Inquiry
Abdoulie Sanneh, head of Business Banking at Standard Chartered Bank Gambia Limited, today testified before the Local Government Commission of Inquiry at the Djembe Hotel in Senegambia. In his testimony to the commission, Mr Sanneh said: “We were given a list of council names to check whether we hold accounts[Read More…]
UDP’s BAC Aspirant Plans To Stop ‘Looting’ At Council
The United Democratic Party’s candidate for Brikama Area Council, Yankuba Darboe, has said his first priority if he is elected would be to stop the “looting that is happening at the Brikama Area Council”. He said, after filing for nomination in Brikama today: “I believe I and my party [the[Read More…]
‘Gambia Will Not Achieve Its Goals Without Equal Opportunities’
National People’s Party candidate for West Coast Chairmanship, Seedy Ceesay, has said during his endorsement by the Gambia Amputees Association that The Gambia cannot achieve its development goals without social inclusion and the provision of equal opportunities for all. Extending thanks and appreciation to the association, Mr Ceesay said: “Thank[Read More…]
‘Sheriffo Sonko Selected To Bear NPP’s Torch In The Battle For BAC’
The NPP has finally settled down to Sheriffo Sonko as its torchbearer for the impending battle for the control of Brikama Area Council (BAC), sources hinted JollofNews. Sources also informed this medium that the planned Sunday NPP conclave in the regional capital of West Coast Region for the selection of[Read More…]
The LG Commission Of Inquiry – A Political Witch-Hunt?
There is certainly no doubt that President Adama Barrow is within his constitutional powers to set up a ‘Commission of Inquiry into the Conduct of all Local Government Councils and for Connected Matters’, whose primary objective is to conduct a thorough investigation into the financial and other activities of all[Read More…]
Yankuba Darboe To Bear UDP’s Torch In BAC Chairmanship Election
Lawyer Yankuba Darboe has been elected as the UDP candidate for the Brikama Area Council (BAC) chairmanship contest, this medium can report authoritatively. He received his endorsement in an election conducted at the Gambia’s main opposition UDP bureau in Manjai this evening.
UDP Gets 16 Aspirants For BAC – Sources
The UDP has a crowded field of applicants to sieve through after 16 members of the Gambia’s largest opposition party expressed desire to contest the BAC chairmanship under its ticket, sources hinted JollofNews. The party will be sure to confront a mammoth challenge if none of the 16 of its[Read More…]
Dr. Janneh Formally Declares Intention To Run For BAC Chair
Dr. Amadou Scattred Janneh has today formally declared his intention to run for the BAC chair, Jollofnews can report. The Gunjur-born US-educated political scientist on Monday filed his application with the UDP Selection Committee at No. 1 Alpha Tafsir Street in Banjul. In a letter sent to the selection committee[Read More…]
Aja Tuku Pleads With Other UDP Aspirants To Give Chance
Former Gambian diplomat Ajaratou Tuku Jallow has called on other UDP aspirants for the BAC chair to give her chance. Equally, she promised to support anyone who may emerge the candidate chosen with the right procedures applied. Meanwhile, Madam Jallow made an undertaking to improve the socio-economic wellbeing of West[Read More…]
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