The Director of Communications at the IEC has requested JollofNews to instead approach the commission’s chairman when asked why the Election House decidedly overlook NPP’s open violation of electoral laws by still refusing to go to congress since its formation in 2019. It’s mandatory for bona fide political parties to,[Read More…]
Tag: President Adama Barrow
Sankareh Appointed Government Spokesperson And Presidential Adviser On Diaspora Affairs
Acting in accordance with the 1997 Constitution of The Gambia and upon consultation with the Public Service Commission (PSC), His Excellency President Adama Barrow, has appointed Ebrima G. Sankareh Government Spokesperson & Presidential Adviser on Diaspora Affairs effective 20th June, 2022. Directly answerable to the President of The Republic, the[Read More…]
FTJ’s Appointment Absolves Army Of Any Trust Deficit – SABS
Former Secretary General and Head of the Civil Service, Momodou Sabally, has contended that if President Adama Barrow could entrust the National Assembly to Fabakary Tombong Jatta, he should then have no distrust in the national army. “If Barrow can trust Fabakary in an institution that can impeach him overnight,[Read More…]
Ex-IBAS Prexy Blasts Gov’t Over Crude Farming Implements
Former President of the Indigenous Business Associations (IBAS), Mr. Sarjo Bayang, was not convinced that President Adama Barrow and his government were serious about boosting food production and nutritional security. To Mr. Bayang, whose job was to support the development of local businesses in The Gambia, delivery of primitive farming[Read More…]
CPJ Urges Gambia Authorities To Prioritize Legal Reforms, Accountability For Crimes Against The Press
Gambian authorities should adopt the reforms recommended by the country’s Truth, Reconciliation, and Reparations Commission (TRRC)—including ensuring journalists are not prosecuted for sedition—work to swiftly hold former President Yahya Jammeh and members of his “Junglers” death squad to account for their crimes against journalists, and end the culture of impunity[Read More…]
US$80m ROOTS Project Convulses From Funding Woes
Barely weeks to the last general election, President Adama Barrow launched the Resilience of Organizations for Transformative Smallholder Agricultural Project (ROOTS) amid pomp and ceremony but the project is now suffering inertia few months into its launch as much-needed funds were not forthcoming. The project is currently grappling with funding[Read More…]
Will Prexy Barrow Go To Former Anti-Crime HQ On July 16?
President Adama Barrow is expected to lay the foundation stone for the construction of a hotel on the property where former Anti-Crime Unit was headquartered amid intense ownership struggle. The Gambia government is currently locked in a bitter ownership struggle with the Global Home of Medical Mission (GHMM), which won[Read More…]
Plans Could Bar Opposition From Banjul Clean-Up Saturday
Supporters of the various opposition parties could miss the chance to participate in next Saturday’s planned massive clean-up exercise in Banjul to be spearheaded by the Gambian leader. With the rains just setting in, the President will be leading a battle on waste in the capital which has witnessed a[Read More…]
Bachilly Says Fertilizer At D2000 Insane
One of President Adama Barrow’s senior coalition partners has called on the Gambian leader to show compassion and love to Gambian farmers by re-establishing the 2021 fertilizer price of D750, saying government’s current price tag of D2000 for a bag of fertilizer is insane. Musa Ousainou Yalli Bachilly made similar[Read More…]
FTJ Appeals To Unda Nyang And Co-Chairman To Embrace As NPP Coalition Deals With Bickering
The middle and lower echelons of the NPP coalition in the Kanifing Municipality are rocked by internal squabbles but the Speaker of the National Assembly has made an impassioned appeal to NPP’s Unda Nyang and co-regional Chairman, Lamin Drammeh, to embrace each other. “My appeal to you-the two regional leaders-[Read More…]
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