Sainey Touray, a former Gambian MP seeking asylum in Edinburgh, describes free bus fare as essential for asylum seekers, particularly those surviving on minimal weekly stipends. Touray, who lives on just £9 per week provided by the Home Office, faces the daily reality of being unable to cover essential transportation[Read More…]
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Gamia’s Ex-Finance Minister Urges Assembly To Scrutinise Gov’t Contracts ‘Awarded To NPP Sympathisers’
Amadou Sanneh, former Finance Minister of Gambia and treasurer of the opposition United Democratic Party (UDP), has urged the National Assembly to investigate road construction contracts allegedly awarded to sympathizers of the ruling National People’s Party (NPP). Speaking at a gathering in Tuba Sanchaba, where some NPP supporters reportedly defected[Read More…]
Speaker Jatta Demands Access To High-Quality Education
At the 12th Annual Conference of Speakers of African National and Regional Parliaments, Fabakary Tombong Jatta, Speaker of the National Assembly of The Gambia, called on African legislative bodies to focus on securing the resources and policies necessary for improving access to quality education. Emphasizing the role of education in[Read More…]
Gambia’s Debt Increased To D110 Billion
Finance Minister Seedy Keita updated Gambian lawmakers on the nation’s rising debt, which increased from D46 billion in early 2017 to D110 billion by December 2023. The rise was partly driven by the depreciation of the Gambian dalasi, which added D7.56 billion to the foreign currency debt. The Minister highlighted[Read More…]
Senegal’s President Sets Parliament Election On Nov. 17
Senegal President Bassirou Diomaye Faye on Thursday dissolved the opposition-led national assembly, clearing the way for early legislative elections on Nov. 17. In an evening address, Faye, who came to power in April, said working with the assembly had grown difficult after members refused to start discussions on the budget[Read More…]
Pro-Female Circumsion Rights Bill Tabled Before National Assembly
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…]
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…]
2023 State Of The Nation Address Delivered By President Adama Barrow
2023 STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS (SONA) DELIVERED BY HIS EXCELLENCY, THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE GAMBIA, ADAMA BARROW GMRG, ON 8TH JUNE 2023 AT THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY IN BANJUL 1. INTRODUCTORY REMARKS Honourable Speaker of the National Assembly, Honourable Members of the National Assembly, Your Excellency, the[Read More…]
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…]
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