As debate over the disastrous failure of the costly Banjul Roads Project sizzles, Gai Construction has been given another lucrative government contract. The construction outfit was recently awarded a contract of D28m to construct a fruit processing factory in the country. The Gambia Tourism and Hospitality Institute (GTHI) is the[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…]
Is CBG’s Buah Saidy’s Job On The Line?
The embarrassment caused by a report in March that over D100m of mutilated banknotes were stashed at the Central Bank of The Gambia (CBG) has forced the bank’s governor to threaten resignation if the report turned out to be true but it would seem Buah’s job is under threat if[Read More…]