President
Adama Barrow has renamed the National Intelligence Agency as the State
Intelligence Services, a press release from the Office of the President has
stated.
The
NIA is, therefore, now called the State Intelligence Services (SIS).
The
press release from the Office of the President further stated: “This new
services shall only deal with intelligence gathering and analysing to protect
The Gambia from external and internal threats, and shall no more arrest,
detain, or undertake any activities that are unconstitutional, especially with
regards to human civil rights in line with the government’s new dispensation
for the new Gambia.”
The
release, in a separate development, also stated that it has come to the
attention of the government that there are a lot of vehicles driving around
without number plates, and also a lot of government or state-owned vehicles are
in unauthorised hands, as well as movement of vehicles without permission
within and outside The Gambia.
“With
effect from Thursday, February, 2nd 2017,” the release stated, “vehicles
without number plates shall no longer be allowed to ply the public roads
without adequate proof of permission such as new vehicles in transit or such.
“All
persons in possession of government vehicles and other such assets without
authority are requested to return the said vehicles to their proper offices and
assignees or to the government vehicle controller or the nearest police
station.
“All
government vehicle control officials are requested to take stock and confirm to
their respective mandated authorities that they account for all vehicles under
their control, and that they are assigned to duly mandated officers.”