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Open letter to Ousainou Darboe, vice president of The Gambia
It gives me great pleasure to extend my warmest congratulations to you on your promotion as the Vice President of the Republic of The Gambia I trust that you will continue to work for the improvement of our great nation.
As you take…
Some world biggest and successful economies are led by women
By Alagie Yorro Jallow
This is for those of us who still think that women can only manage kitchen sinks and not good at Governance.
Some of the world biggest and successful economies are led by women. Leading lights include Theresa…
GFF statement on allege tax fraud investigation by police
The Gambia Football Federation ( GFF ) wishes to state for the benefit of its stakeholders and the general public that the GFF is fully cooperating with the ongoing investigations being carried out by the Gambia Police Force on the…
Gambian artists, musicians, talk show hosts & civil society groups must enhance to fight…
Alagi Yorro Jallow
There is growing fatalism and cynicism around President Barrow’s ability to fight corruption. It is so embedded. It is like a drug that has been administered to just about everyone. The economy appears so laced with…
The reshuffled cabinet must deliver!
A Cabinet reshuffle is not fanfare or a picnic. Anytime a sitting president or prime minister reshuffles his or her cabinet it is because that cabinet is not performing as expected or desired. Hence the president would reshuffle the…
Why are the new cabinet members still not sworn in?
It is two full working days and a weekend since Pres. Adama Barrow announced the appointment of a new vice president and several ministers yet until today Monday July 2 none of the new appointees were sworn-in. Meantime all of the former…
Gambia, way forward: A crisis of manners, not democracy
Once again President Barrow surprised many by taking a bold step in reshuffling his cabinet this past Friday. This event generated a national round of fresh debates regarding the makeup and formulation of coalition government. Perhaps…
The President is the EXECUTIVE – Executive Powers belongs to him!
Quite a number of us did propagate for cabinet reshuffle because, viewing from outside, our perception was that Barrow was running a seemingly loose cabinet and government, which doesn't seem to be under his firm control and that led to:-…
President Barrow assembled most male-dominated government in decades
President Barrow’s minor cabinet reshuffle has shaped up to have a smaller percentage of women Cabinet Secretaries than his first cabinet and that of his predecessor’s cabinet picks for decades. This cabinet makes it one of the least…
My Initial Reaction to the Cabinet Reshuffle
1. Barrow is making a statement and he needs to come out to the public to explain the rationale for this utterly incomprehensible action!
2. The Coalition is dead because only UDP and NRP remain in the government. All other parties are…