By: Dr Alhagi Manta Drammeh (PGCerTHE, Fellow Higher Education Academy, Royal Society of Arts, UK) [Associate Professor, Al-Maktoum College of Higher Education, UK] Coronavirus coded Covid-19 has yet again exposed the fragility of the human beings, while emphasising the fact that global challenges require global approaches to dealing with […]
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UDP Leader Salutes Gambian Workers
Press Statement from UDP Secretary General Secretary General of the UDP Workers’ Day & World Press Freedom Day Messages: COVID-19 and the impact on Agriculture in The Gambia –1st & 3rd May 2020 My Dear Compatriots, Over the weekend the World Press Freedom Day and the May Day of 2020 […]
The EU Reinforces Technical Assistance to Support The Gambia in Facing the Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemics
For immediate release The European Union (EU) is reinforcing its Technical Assistance to The Gambia, with an additional financial support of 550,000 Euro (around 30 million Dalasi). This is another move in support to Government’s efforts to tackle the covid-19 crisis, and to address the main democratic transition challenges ahead […]
3rd Reaction to the Draft Constitution from Dabanani Law
Equality or exceptionalism: embedding preferential treatment in the Draft Constitution As we continue to interrogate the proposed Draft Constitution (the Draft) in the tradition of public conversation, issues central to equality and the fundamental precept of the separation of powers are being partially considered in this instalment. Although not a […]
The GAP And The So-Called “General”
Someone once said that “light travels faster than sound, so some people appear to be bright until you hear them speak.” If anyone embodies this quote, it’s none other than this dull Lamin Bojang who is creating a huge idiotic gap in GAP! Sometimes, you wonder what poor Gambians have […]
COVID-19 Fund Expenditure And Procurement Is ‘’Very Transparent’’
The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs, Buah Saidy has described as ‘‘transparent, honest and accountable’’ the efforts of his ministry in the resource mobilization and distribution of the national COVID 19 relief fund/package. P.S. Saidy, who is one of the leading and most experienced economists […]
EU Supports Gambia’s COVID-19 Fight
For immediate release The European Union gives 512,640,000 GMD (Є 9,000,000) in support to The Gambia efforts to tackle the Covid-19 crisis Today, the European Commission has granted 512,640,000 GMD (Є 9,000,000) of Budget Support to help The Gambia to implement its responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. EU budget support […]
Covid Billions: Finance Minister “1 Billion GMD Landed in our Account Yesterday”
By Yusef Taylor, @FlexDan_YT The Gambia’s Finance Minister, Hon. Mambury Njie informed members of the National Assembly’s Special Committee that the Government received 1 Billion Dalasis in its accounts yesterday morning, 20th April 2020. The Minister explained that the “very soft loan from the IMF has now landed in our account. […]
Gambia Judiciary Regaining Public Confidence
President Adama Barrow has expressed delight in the fact that Gambian judiciary is re-gaining its lost image and public confidence within three years of his administration. He made this remark while presiding over the swearing of two new Gambian judges and a permanent secretary at a ceremony held at the […]
What is the Agenda of this Government in Combating Coronavirus?
On April 3 the National Assembly approved a 45-day state of public emergency proposed by the Government. This is now 12 days ago. Before April 3, Pres. Barrow had first unconstitutionally declared a state of public emergency on March 18. He never sought any extension from the National Assembly after […]
My Perspective on the Public Finance Chapter of the Draft Final Constitution
By Hon. Abdou Kolley, Former Finance Minister The Constitution is probably the most important national document in the governance of a country and therefore must be relevant and stand the test of time. In order to achieve that objective, the elaboration of this national document must be as widely consultative […]
IMF Boosts Gambia’s COVID-19 Fight
The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) today approved a disbursement of SDR 15.55 million (about US$21.3 million or 25 percent of its SDR quota) for The Gambia under the Rapid Credit Facility (RCF). The financing provided under the RCF will help the country meet its urgent balance-of-payments […]