The National Assembly of The Gambia in Banjul Tuesday hosted members of the University of The Gambia Students Union Legislative Body (UTGSULB) in a pioneering collaboration effort to ensure student leadership development. The UTGSU-LB, comprised of representative students from the twelve schools and faculties in the UTG, is tasked with addressing student welfare issues. The…
Kebba Fatty, the accounts clerk of the Kuntaur Area Council, Monday appeared before the Local Government Commission of Inquiry to testify over the shortage in revenues. Mr Fatty has been working in the Kuntaur Area Council for 19 years. He was appointed as a market collector and worked for 15 years before he was promoted…
Connecting 300 million Africans to electricity within the next five years is within reach through collaborative effort and commitment to implementation, participants at the Africa Energy Summit in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, heard on Monday. The summit is organized by the Government of Tanzania and Mission 300, an unprecedented collaboration between the African Development Bank Group, the…
The executive members of the Education Students Association at the University of The Gambia have had edifying discussion on nutrition matters with the National Nutrition Agency (NaNA). The two bodies, who met on Thursday at the NaNA headquarters in Bakau, discussed ways to work together on programmes that aim to improve nutrition, particularly for babies…
The Government of The Gambia is pleased to announce the successful conclusion of its constructive dialogue with the Committee on the Rights of the Child during its 98th Session, held at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland. This engagement, which took place on 22 January 2025 from 3:00pm to 6:00pm and on the 23 January…
The minister for Information, Media and Broadcasting Services, Dr Ismaila Ceesay, has told journalists that the government has allocated $11 million to Gambia Radio and Television Services to enhance its standard to carry out modern broadcasting to the public. He made this revelation during the monthly Ministerial Press Briefing on Wednesday at the Sir Dawda…
Gambia’s Vice President Muhammed B. S. Jallow has said being a party to the Anti-Doping Convention, The Gambia is most willing to support the work of the Anti-Doping Secretariat and other agencies, such as Africa Regional Anti-doping Organisations (RADO). “Hosting this meeting is evidence of our stance on this matter,” he re-emphasised, in his remarks…
The Gambia Market Union has reiterated its call on government to protect and aid small-scale businesses in the country. “The government needs to support small-scale businesses that are run by citizens, especially those that supply the community with rice, oil and onions,” stated GMU’s public relations officer Sulayman Dampha in an exclusive interview with SeniGambia….
The European Union has allocated 718.2 million Dalasi (9.5 Million EURO) to the government. This new payment is the 2nd disbursement under the budget support programme (the “State and Resilience Building Contract for The Gambia 4”). It is comprised of a fixed tranche of 2 Million EURO that is recognizing progress in the areas of…
