Farafenni-based long-standing cement trader Alagie Touray has called for the immediate dissolution of the Gambia Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (GCCPC) for its apparent inaction in the face of the Gambia government’s debilitating cement tariff policy. The Gambia government sometime last year significantly raised the tariff on a bag of[Read More…]

Local cement importers are battling it out with The Gambia government in court over the tariff-induced devastations to their livelihoods with the Banjul High Court set for adoption of briefs on May 21st. The Gambia government sometime last year increased the tariff on a bag of imported cement from D30[Read More…]

Despite signing a US$20M Murabaha financing agreement in February for the importation of essential items, The Gambia Government insists it will not remove the 180% tariff it slammed on a bag of imported cement. The thinking behind the Murahaba financing agreement is to facilitate the importation of essential commodities such[Read More…]