A number of revenue collectors from the Banjul City Council (BCC) were recently engaged by the Local Government Commission of Inquiry in an attempt to address alleged financial irregularities at the city council. This followed the emergence of a number of alleged irregularities before the Commission’s desk, which include financial mismanagement, cash suppression and mal-handling…
An auditor at the Banjul City Council (BCC) has accused officials of improperly funneling council funds into an organization linked to Mayor Rohey Malick Lowe, which has heightened concerns accountability and transparency issues with regard to the council’s operation of funds. The organisation, known as Network of Locally Elected Women of Africa (Réseau des Femmes…
The Government of The Gambia, through the Ministry of Petroleum, Energy and Mines, has signed a landmark mining license agreement with Norwegian-Gambian Mining Company, a subsidiary of the European Eco Minerals (EEM), to explore deep-sea mining opportunities that may be available within jurisdiction. The signing is poised to be historic if at all the prospective…
The Local Government Commission of Inquiry, which is probing the administrative and financial operations of local government authorities across The Gambia, has unmasked a scheme involving fraudulent contracts, manipulated documents, and misappropriated funds in a borehole drilling project in the North Bank Region. At the centre of the scandal is Nyakasi Kassama, the regional officer…
The Gambia’s Vice President Muhammed B. S. Jallow recently received in audience a delegation of students from the School of Education at the University of The Gambia. The delegation was comprised of the executive members of the association of students at that school/faculty (EDUSA), who are tasked with the responsibility of furthering the welfare and…
The West Africa Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP-The Gambia) has issued an urgent call for restraint amid escalating tensions between the neighboring communities of Gunjur and Berending in the Kombo South District of The Gambia’s West Coast Region. The decades-long land dispute between Berending and the Darboe, Jammeh, Manjang, and Jatta Kunda clans of Gunjur has…
Youth and Sports minister Bakary Y. Badjie has stated that government institutions “are not good at managing businesses” hence the need to give such ventures to private entities. The sports minister, who was referring to a state-owned hotel, indicated that his ministry had secured a cabinet approval for the leasing of Friendship Hotel to a…
Disappointment over the National Assembly Vote Denying Diasporan Gambians the Right to Vote The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) expresses its concern over the recent voting in the National Assembly on the Election Bill 2021, held on Tuesday, 4th March 2025, which effectively denies Gambians in the diaspora the fundamental right to vote. The right…
Official Response to the Ministry of Transport, Works, and Infrastructure of The Gambia Regarding the Banjul Port Concession Agreement The United Democratic Party acknowledges the press release issued by the Ministry of Transport, Works, and Infrastructure on March 5, 2025, concerning the concession agreement with Albayrak Group. While we appreciate the Ministry’s efforts to clarify…
EFSCRJ learns with immense grief and disappointment that the National Assembly voted down the right to vote for Gambians who live outside the borders of the country. The right to vote is at the core of what constitutes citizenship in a republic. One-person-one-vote is a classic definition of independence and a republic that lies at…
