Banjul,
29 April 2020 – Consistent with its philosophy of fostering growth and
promoting rapid and efficient delivery of resources within all sectors of
governance, The Gambia Government acting on Executive advisory, has effected
major changes within the Civil Service.
This
involves the appointment of a Deputy Secretary General, the redeployment of
nine (9) Permanent Secretaries and the reassignment of four (4) Directors, two
of whom are redeployed to the Foreign Service.
Accordingly,
Mrs. Salimatta E.T. Touray, Permanent Secretary at The Ministry of Foreign
Affairs has been elevated to the position of Deputy Secretary General, Office
of The President. A career diplomat, with extensive diplomatic experience
spanning two decades, Mrs. Touray began her Foreign Service career as Cadet
Administrative Officer in 1993 and rose through the ranks, becoming Acting
Deputy Head of Mission & Chancery at the Gambian Embassy in Brussels. She
would later return to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as Deputy Permanent
Secretary, before being appointed Permanent Secretary. Between 2010 and 2012,
Mrs. Touray worked for the UNDP Gambia Country Office as National Project
Coordinator for The Gambia Priority Employment Project (Gamjobs). A former
translator and schoolteacher, Salimatta Touray attended Saint Joseph’s and
Saint Augustine’s High Schools and holds, B.A. and Master’s degrees in French
with specialties in Languages and Literature from the Université de Franche
Comté, Besançon, France.
The
rest of the redeployments are:
Mr.
Lamin Dampha, Permanent Secretary at The Trade & Employment Ministry moves
to the Ministry of Health as PS No. 2.
Momodou
Mbye Jabang, Permanent Secretary Ministry of Agriculture, moves to the Office
of The President.
Assan
Jallow, Permanent Secretary at Youth & Sports moves to The Trade and
Employment Ministry.
Ebrima
Sisawo, Permanent Secretary Ministry of Basic & Secondary Education moves
to the Agriculture Ministry.
Saikou
Sanyang, Permanent Secretary at Environment & Forestry moves to the Youth
& Sports Ministry.
Muntaga
Sallah, Permanent Secretary Office of The President moves to the Environment
Ministry.
Louis
Moses Mendy, Deputy Permanent Secretary at the Interior Ministry, has been
elevated to Permanent Secretary Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education.
Saffie
Sankareh, Permanent Secretary at Health, moves to the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs as PS.
In
a related development, Mr. Alhagi Nyangado, Director General of Strategic
Policy & Delivery at the President’s Office is designated as Gambia’s new
Ambassador to Russia.
Muhammed
Manjang, Director General of the Social Security & Housing Finance
Corporation (SSHFC) moves to the Senegalo-Gambian Permanent Secretariat as its
Executive Secretary.
Meanwhile,
Mr Saloum Malang, a long-serving Deputy Director General of The Gambia
International Aviation has been elevated to the position of Director General of
The Gambia Public Procurement Authority (GPPA).
He
replaces Mr Abdoulie Tambadou who is the new Managing Director of SSHFC.
With
these redeployments and new assignments, Government envisages a more productive
and efficient Civil Service administration which is the bedrock of our
development aspirations anchored in the National Development Plan.
The
Gambia Government therefore, urges all public and civil servants to support
this initiative for the achievement of our development aspirations.
Signed:
Ebrima
G Sankareh
The
Gambia Government Spokesperson
