Tag: National Assembly

House Speaker Warns As Ministers Play Truant

Some of Gambia’s Cabinet ministers have been observed as too busy for the country’s legislature but the House Speaker has now warned of consequences for any truancy. Hon. Fabakary Tombong Jatta on Tuesday lamented at the Assembly that absenteeism among ministers was a concern to the legislature. However, he warned[Read More…]

Madi Ceesay To Lead Front Against Abuse Of Legislature

Opposition MP Madi Ceesay is now battle ready to lead a front against the use of the Gambia’s legislature to sporadically increase salaries of the executive and senior cadre of the civil service. The Serekunda West NAM told Coffee Time With Peter Gomez this morning that plundering of public coffers[Read More…]

Speaker Deserves Fitting House – NPP’s Mbowe

NPP’s Alhagie Mbowe has apparently found no issue with the Gambia’s National Assembly giving the House Speaker an attractive salary and allowance package, telling Coffee Time that the Speaker deserves to live as a man of his station. He added that legislators also deserve robbing allowance to enable them keep[Read More…]

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