Two weeks or so ago, UDP leader Lawyer Ousainou Darboe was telling a delegation from Baddibu that visited him that the West has now lost so much confidence in the Barrow government’s ability to prudently manage public funds that they are now redirecting some funds away from it. Hon. Darboe[Read More…]
Tag: Gambia Government
Gov’t Says D2.4bn Worth Of Timber Hidden Across Gambia
Barely a month after The Gambia’s banning of its timber trade and revoking all existing export licensees, officials at the Environment Ministry estimate that some 46,000 cubic metres loaded in some 2,000 containers are believed to be hidden within the country. With an average value of USS$23,000 per container, the[Read More…]
Editorial: Gov’t Should Spare Gambians This Communications Offensive!
The communications offensive on the Banjul Rehabilitation Project, which is about to be launched on Gambians in few hours to come, could be avoided. Government spokesperson Ebrima Sankareh is expected to lead a pack of Cabinet ministers, Permanent Secretaries and senior government officials in a communications blitz against Gambians on[Read More…]

