EFF Gambia Leader Sanyang Vows to Fight Corruption ‘Without Fear or Favor’

By Seedy Jobe

The leader and presidential aspirant of the Economic Freedom Fighters of The Gambia has pledged to make transparency, fiscal discipline, and public accountability central to his administration if elected, promising an uncompromising campaign against corruption and misuse of public resources.

Speaking at the official launch of EFF Gambia at the Kairaba Hotel, Mr. Sanyang said an EFF-led government would require public officials to account for every Dalasi spent and would subject government contracts and expenditures to greater public scrutiny.

“We will fight corruption without fear or favor,” Mr. Sanyang said.

He said his administration would seek to instill greater discipline, planning, and integrity in government, insisting that no public official, regardless of position, would be above the law.

Mr. Sanyang also pledged to reduce government waste and reform the public procurement system. Government borrowing, he said, would be directed toward productive development rather than consumption or projects undertaken for political prestige.

As part of his accountability agenda, Mr. Sanyang said an EFF government would establish clear targets and implementation timelines and publish annual progress reports, allowing Gambians to assess the government’s performance against its stated commitments.

He characterized the party’s proposed programs not as acts of generosity by political leaders, but as an effort to ensure that public resources ultimately serve the people who provide them.

On foreign policy, Mr. Sanyang said an EFF administration would seek to protect The Gambia’s sovereignty while strengthening the standing of the Gambian passport and safeguarding the interests of Gambians living abroad. The country’s international relations, he said, would be based on friendship with other nations while placing Gambian interests first.

Mr. Sanyang described EFF Gambia as a democratic, progressive, and Pan-African movement committed to achieving political change through peaceful and constitutional means. He sought to distance the movement from what he described as politics driven by bitterness, revenge, and tribalism, saying its objective was not to replace one privileged group with another.

He said the movement belonged to Gambians rather than any individual leader and stressed that no political figure should be considered greater than the Constitution.

According to Mr. Sanyang, EFF Gambia would be guided by four principles: people before power, service before privilege, justice for all, and accountability at every level. He said violence, intimidation, tribalism, religious intolerance, and abuse of public trust would have no place within the movement.

The EFF leader also appealed to Gambians from different sections of society to take ownership of the movement. He encouraged women to seek decision-making positions and urged young people to prepare themselves for leadership rather than allow politicians to use them for violence or temporary campaign work.

His appeal extended to farmers, workers, teachers, nurses, people with disabilities and Gambians in the diaspora, as well as supporters of rival political parties. Political differences, he said, should not become a source of national hostility.

Mr. Sanyang urged Gambians to ultimately judge EFF Gambia by its record of service rather than its political promises.

“Do not join for a position, contract, name, or title,” he said. “Join because you believe poverty can be defeated, honest leadership is possible, and The Gambia can rise.”