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National Assembly Salaries and Pension Bill, I Find The Clerk’s Press Release Very Misleading- Madi…
Madi Jobarteh, Human Rights Activist
The Clerk of the National Assembly has issued a press release claiming to clarify that they are only seeking to repeal and replace the 1997 National Assembly Salaries and…
Judges Must Not Be Susceptible To Corruption Or Improper Influence, Making Their Salaries Highly…
Mai Ahmad Fatty, Party Leader Gambia Moral Congress
Good morning, Gambia!
On the Judicial Officers (Remuneration And Other Entitlements) Bill, there is some legitimate public concern largely created by three…
No To Salary Increments For Top Public Officials! – Madi Jobarteh
Madi Jobarteh, Human Rights Activist
By Madi Jobarteh, Human Rights Activist
In the Gambia, the President, Ministers, National Assembly Members and Judges are the highest paid public servants. They are not…
The Current Discussion On Salary Increments Reveals A Significant Abuse Of Power And Misplaced…
Essa Mbye Faal, Former Presidential Candidate
Dear fellow Gambians,
I am deeply dismayed by the recent developments surrounding the proposed bills in the National Assembly aimed at increasing the…
Unfair Recommendation on NAWEC Staff
Madi Jobarteh is a Gambian rights activist
In February 2023, it was reported in the media that the Government signed performance contracts with three state-owned enterprises (SOEs), namely GPA, GNPC and SSHFC. Then in…
Leadership. Who Will Save The Gambia? – Madi Jobarteh
Madi Jobarteh is a Gambian rights activist
By Madi Jobarteh
The fish rots from the head. Leaders make or break the country, or the institution, organization or group they lead. The tragedy in the Gambia is…
Press Release: Changes in the Civil Service
Ebrima G Sankareh, The Gambia Government Spokesperson & Presidential Diaspora Adviser
Banjul - The Gambia. In consultation with the Public Service Commission, His Excellency, President Adama Barrow, has…
Economic Law And Democracy- An Analogy
Lamin Komma, Former Director Of Lands
By Lamin Komma, Former Director of Lands
An economic law addresses the logistical requirements to make goods (and services) available. In a liberal economy, the…
Central Government Should Stop Undermining Local Governments
Madi Jobarteh is a Gambian rights activist
The intention of the 1997 Constitution is to decentralize the governance system of the Gambia to ensure sustainable national development. Section 193(3) states that, “An Act…
No Legal and Moral Justification to Allocate Land to the President
Madi Jobarteh is a Gambian rights activist
Instead of the NPP giving a baseless response to the allegation that the President has been allocated public land it should have been the Ministry of Regional Governments and…