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…]

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…]

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…]