After comforting them with the promise that his government was ready to buy their peanuts before 1 December of last year, President Adama Barrow has yet to deliver his promise. Currently, there is a pervasive fear in the groundnut growing community over credit buying despite Mr. Barrow’s assurance of smooth[Read More…]
Tag: Meet The People Tour
Barrow Reneges On Promise To Groundnut Farmers
After lifting spirits skyhigh in the farming community recently, President Adama Barrow has reneged on his promise to groundnut farmers that they would be extricated from their cash traps on 1 December and onwards. During his Meet The People Tour lately, the Gambian leader promised peanut farmers that they would[Read More…]
Gambia: Barrow’s Take-Over Bid For BCC, KMC
President Adama Barrow seems to have devised a clever plan to take over the opposition-controlled municipalities of Banjul and Serekunda by announcing his intentions to impose on them an administrator, no doubt to curb the powers and influence of the mayors in those two municipalities. Speaking on Sunday at the[Read More…]
President Barrow To Appoint Governors For KMC And Banjul
Gambia’s Adama Barrow announced that he will by next year appoint Governors for Kanilfing Municipality and Banjul in order to put a halt to efforts undermining government actions and plans. The Gambian leader made this remark Sunday during a meeting at Buffer Zone, Talinding, as he is on the verge[Read More…]
Yahya Jammeh’s Era Is Over, President Barrow Tells Foniankas
President Adama Barrow resumed today the “Meet-The-People-Tour” with a meeting in Sibanor during which he urged the people of Foni to finally come to terms with the fact that Yahya Jammeh’s era is over. “Now is Adama Barrow’s time,” he said amidst a rousing welcome in an area that has[Read More…]
Gambia: Barrow Unveils Pharaonic Project In Faraba Banta
The Gambian leader wrapped up Wednesday the first phase of the 2022 ‘Meet The People Tour’ with a stop at Faraba Banta Campus, University of The Gambia (UTG) in West Coast Region (WCR). The on-site visit was used by President Barrow to interact with engineers working on the mammoth undertaking[Read More…]
The Tour Was Very Good, Well Organized – President Barrow
President Adama Barrow has Wednesday expressed satisfaction at the just concluded Phase One of ‘Meet The People Tour’ during which he had interface with Gambian farmers, women’s groups etc. The tour also provided him with the opportunity to hold on-site visits and have face-to-face conversation with technicians, community leaders, government[Read More…]
Gov’t To Sink Over 20 Boreholes In URR – Minister
As water poverty deepens in the Upper River Region of The Gambia, the country’s minister of water resources has made an undertaking for the sinking of more than 20 boreholes in the region. Several communities in the upper reaches of The Gambia are grappling with water stress but Hon. Musa[Read More…]
Barrow Gives D5m To Women In URR
President Adama Barrow has concluded his tour of the Upper River Region (URR) in Koli Banta as part of his nationwide tour but before he left, D5m have been dished out to various women Kafolu across the region. The Gambian leader said the monies were meant to support women in[Read More…]
President Barrow Exonerates Basse Area Council
President Adama Barrow has laid to rest rumours Basse Area Council transformed the Samba Jouma Bridge to a toll bridge, imposing exorbitant charges on vehicle owners. Two weeks ago, the Chairman of Basse Area Council Foday Danjo released an audio in which he rubbished a report by a France-based Gambian[Read More…]
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