The chairman of one of the Gambia’s most populated local government areas has called on his party’s supporters to intervene rapidly if they secure victory in the next general election, suggesting that they should not wait for formal processes. Yankuba Darboe, the chairman of the UDP-led Brikama Area Council (BAC),[Read More…]
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CG Darboe Says Senegal/Gambia Customs’ Collaboration Strategic Imperative For Shared Prosperity
The Commissioner General of the Gambia Revenue Authority (GRA), Hon. Yankuba Darboe, has emphasised that the collaboration between the Gambia’s main revenue mobilisation agency and Senegal’s customs administration is not only a necessity and “a strategic imperative for the prosperity” of the two nations, but the wider West Africa sub-region.[Read More…]
Darboe Refutes Bob Keita’s Claims Of Phone Call Confrontation With President Barrow
A public storm erupted this weekend following controversial remarks made by social media commentator and youth activist Bubacarr Bob Keita, who claimed to have had a tense and combative phone conversation with President Adama Barrow. But in a swift and detailed response, the Commissioner General of the Gambia Revenue Authority[Read More…]
UDP’s BAC Aspirant Plans To Stop ‘Looting’ At Council
The United Democratic Party’s candidate for Brikama Area Council, Yankuba Darboe, has said his first priority if he is elected would be to stop the “looting that is happening at the Brikama Area Council”. He said, after filing for nomination in Brikama today: “I believe I and my party [the[Read More…]
The Whole World Understands That The Barrow-Led Gov’t Is Corrupt – Darboe
Yankuba Darboe, vying for the Brikama Area Council on the ticket of the Gambia’s main opposition United Democratic Party, has said the whole world understands and appreciates the fact that Adama Barrow’s government “is absolutely corrupt”. The prominent counsel-cum-politician made the above statement today when he faced journalists after his[Read More…]
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