The Jah Oil Cement Factory in Brikama has been completely encircled by trucks on Thursday as the factory raced against time to meet the cement demands of its teeming customers. A visit to the factory area by JollofNews has revealed widespread suffering among the hundreds of people, who have been[Read More…]
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Njie Girigara Says Gov’t’s Handling Of Cement Sector ‘Catastrophic’
Businessman and supporter of President Adama Barrow’s Pa Njie Girigara has lamented the dominance of the Gambia’s cement sector by a fistful of powerful businessmen, highlighting that the Barrow administration’s handling of the sector “is catastrophic.” Mr. Njie Girigara indicated that the granting of monopoly status to Jah Oil, Salam[Read More…]
Gambia Gov’t’s Cement Levy Devastates Cement Businesses At Jimpex
Jimpex, a once vibrant cement trading centre, is now a shell of its former self as some cement stores in the area have been shuttered while scores of people spend most of the day, sitting idle for more than one year now thanks to the Gambia government’s cement tariffs policy.[Read More…]