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Momodou Sabally confirmed as SG, Minister of Presidential Affairs

Jun 13, 2013, 10:15 AM

Momodou Sabally was Monday appointed as acting Secretary General and Head of the Civil Service but a press release from the presidency announced Tuesday night that Sabally’s appointment has been confirmed.

A graduate of the University of The Gambia and a publisher of several books, Momodou Sabally graduated in February 1999 as valedictorian with the country’s first batch of home-grown university products with a major in Mathematics and a minor in Economics.

Born in Banjul in the mid-seventies, Sabally worked as an Economist/Statistician at the research department of the Central Bank of The Gambia.

Sabally also worked as Youth Assistant with the department of youth and sports, taking up the assignment of Youth Officer for Western Division where he coordinated youth and sports activities for the whole division from his station at the Commissioner’s Office in Brikama.

Among his published books is Jangi Jollof: a Memoir on the Gambia’s First University Programme, “Instant Success: the Ten Commandments of Personal Achievement’ and the ‘Road to Enduring Riches” in 2006.