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…]
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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…]