In an exclusive, short interview with The Point, Mr. Conteh said: “I joined the ruling party (NPP) because President Adama Barrow is elected for five years.
“I want to join hands with him; with his party to develop the country.’”
“With my good relations and experience, I have good proposals in the energy sector.”
Political analysts said Mr. Conteh’s joining NPP would be a big boost for the ruling party because of his financial muscle and good contacts with people.
The deputy permanent secretary (DPS) at the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Welfare has affirmed that domestic violence drastically increased in the country during the covid-19 pandemic.
Ansumana Manneh, the director general of Gambia Prisons Services yesterday testified before the TRRC and accused former prison director, David Colley, of tribalism and nepotism.
Rohey John Manjang, Minister of Environment, Climate Change and Natural Resources (WECCNAR), has said that their visit to sites of environmental concern in the Greater Banjul Area was to have firsthand information on what to do to mitigate the reoccurrence of floods that happened during last year’s rainy season.
Government Spokesman Ebrima Sankareh has stated through press releases that so far seven soldiers of the Gambia Armed Forces (GAF) have been arrested in connection with the coup plot foiled on 20 December this year.
