The Department of Water Resources under the Ministry of Fisheries and Water Resources has presented to the Office of the President its rainfall forecast for the year 2025, but the document is gathering dust from the shelf, competent sources informed JollofNews. According to sources, the release of the rainfall predictions[Read More…]
Tag: Gambia: Gov’t
Gov’t Refuses To Eliminate Cement Tariff Despite Signing US$20M Murabaha Financing Agreement’
Despite signing a US$20M Murabaha financing agreement in February for the importation of essential items, The Gambia Government insists it will not remove the 180% tariff it slammed on a bag of imported cement. The thinking behind the Murahaba financing agreement is to facilitate the importation of essential commodities such[Read More…]
Gambia OIC Secretariat Dissolved, Conference Centre Management Ceded
The Gambia government has dissolved The Gambia OIC Secretariat. The government has now ceded the management of the Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara International Conference Centre to a private entity called the Banjul Convention. The Minister of Information, Dr. Ismaila Ceesay, on Tuesday told Coffee Time With Peter Gomez that the[Read More…]