The National Assembly member for Foni Kansala, Almamy Gibba, has Monday tabled before the country’s lawmaking body a pro-female genital mutilation (FGM) rights bill that seeks to overturn the legislation banning the traditional practice. “This Bill seeks to lift the ban on female circumcision in The Gambia, a practice deeply[Read More…]
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GPU Rejects National Assembly Recommendation On Covid-19 Media Relief Fund
Demands Public Apology from Finance and Public Accounts Committee (FPAC) The Gambia Press Union (GPU) hereby expresses its total rejection of a recommendation by the National Assembly to refund more than half a million dalasi of “unconfirmed” expenditure of funds some by media houses that benefitted from the government’s Covid-19[Read More…]
GPU Receives Plaudits From NA Auditors
The Gambia Press Union (GPU), Media Council of The Gambia (MCG) earned plaudits from National Assembly auditors after they found that the “management of Covid-19 funds allocated to media houses has substantially complied with the laws and regulations that govern them.” In a much-awaited report released Monday by the Finance[Read More…]