Fees for pissing and bowel emptying at the Gambian capital’s main car park has risen from D2 to D5 as The Gambia battles inflationary pressures and fast-eroding local currency value. Since 2019, commodity prices and government service fees in the impoverished West African nation have been spiraling out of the[Read More…]
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IEC, Banjul City Council Corruption Probes Await Legal Action — Gov’t Says Investigations Complete
The Gambian government says it has concluded investigations into alleged corruption involving the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) and the Banjul City Council (BCC), and is now awaiting legal advice from the Attorney General’s Chambers. Information Minister Dr. Ismaila Ceesay made the disclosure during an appearance on West Coast Radio’s Coffee[Read More…]
Ex-BCC Finance Director Alleges Irregularities, “Powerlessness” In Council Operations
Momodou Camara, former Director of Finance at the Banjul City Council (BCC), returned to the witness stand Tuesday before the Local Government Commission, expanding on claims of financial irregularities and dysfunction within the council during his tenure. Facing detailed questions from Lead Counsel Patrick Gomez, Camara alleged that several payments[Read More…]
LGSC Chair Says Not Aware Of Any Policy That Allows Loans For Councillors
Chairperson of the Local Government Service Commission has said he is not aware of any policy that allows loans to be given to Gambian councillors Chair Momodou Jallow made this assertion whilst testifying before the Local Government Commission of Inquiry at Senegambia. The Commission was set up to undertake a[Read More…]
Inspectors Were Even Feared – LG Service Chair
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…]
‘Lowe’s Re-Election Manifests Faith Banjulians Have In Her’
The Global Parliament of Mayors has stated that Mayor Rohey Malick Lowe’s success in her re-election bid manifests the faith and trust the people of Banjul have in her. In a letter addressed to the mayor and signed by Chairperson Peter Kurz, mayor of Mannheim in German, his deputy and[Read More…]
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…]
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…]
Gambia Gov’t Rebuts Mayor Lowe; Maintains Position On KMC & BCC Project Financing
Contrary to the misrepresentation of facts on the funding modalities of the new headquarters, Town Halls and allied facilities of the Banjul City Council (BCC), The Gambia Government states categorically, that this particular development is an output of the Rural Infrastructure Development Project (RIDF) benefitting all the Municipalities and Area[Read More…]
But Prexy Barrow The Councils Claim You’re The One Undermining Them
President Adama Barrow’s government is consistently being criticized in the local government community for still refusing to adhere to the Local Government Act, mandating it to give budgetary support to local authorities. According to the Act, 20 per cent of the councils’ budget shall be financed by the central government.[Read More…]
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