Effective 30 April 2020, the retail prices of fuel throughout The Gambia is as follows:
▪ Petrol - D40 per liter from 49.36 per liter ( a reduction of D9.36)
▪ Diesel - D43 per liter from D50.04 per liter ( a reduction of D7.04)
▪ Kerosene - D30 per liter from D41.35 per liter ( a reduction of D11.35)
The goodwill gesture is aimed at ameliorating the cost of fuel on transport operators in light of the presidential directive to limit the passenger capacity of commercial vehicles. Since February 2020, the government has made a cumulative reduction of D12.62 (25%), D11.94 (23%), and D19.23 (44%) on the price of petrol, diesel, and kerosene, respectively.
Similarly, the Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs, in collaboration with the Ministry of Higher Education, Research, Science, and Technology, is pleased to announce a D29.1 million Student Relief Package for Gambian students abroad. D12, 915, 880 has been allocated to benefit
836 non-government funded students while D16.2 million will go to the government-funded
scholarship package.
The relief package is designed to support the feeding and sustenance of both government-funded and non-government funded Gambian students around the world. The Ministry of Higher Education, Research, Science, and Technology will administer the programme.
The Gambia Ports Authority (GPA) has said in a news release that the major causes of the high cost of basic commodities are attributable to external factors, adding it’s beyond the control of the government. According to GPA, findings have revealed that the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, disrupted global supply chains resulting in high freight cost.
Baba F. Trawally, the amir of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at in The Gambia has called for national unity amid the coronavirus pandemic, saying “we must unite as a nation and work together in fighting the invisible coronavirus pandemic.”
Thousands of Guineans residing in The Gambia have cast their votes in the October 18, Presidential Elections.
Banjul, The Gambia (Sept. 30, 2021) – The Millennium Challenge Corporation’s (MCC) Board of Directors met in Washington, DC on September 29, 2021, and voted to approve a $25 million investment, called a Threshold Programme, between MCC and the Government of The Gambia.
