Amadou
Colley, governor of the Central Bank of The Gambia, as well as his first and
second deputy governors, Basiru Njai and Oumie Savage-Samba, respectively, have
had their services at the bank terminated, sources said.
Ousainou
Corr, the bank’s director of finance, has also been removed, all with immediate
effect.
Mr
Colley, in an interview with The Point, confirmed the story.
He
said: “Each of us received a letter of
termination of services yesterday and the termination is with immediate
effect. No reason is given to us.
“I
am honoured to have the opportunity to serve my country for 30 years in various
capacities. I am proud to say we did our
best to salvage the economy and the monetary system of the country. We had experiences of serious challenges but
we did our best to confront them.
“I
thank my staff at the bank, the staff of the Ministry of Finance, and the staff
of the commercial banks for a good working relation throughout my tenure. I wish the new team success.”
Meanwhile,
Bakary Jammeh, who works at the central bank Economic Research Department, has
been appointed the new governor of the bank.
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