In a letter dated 1 October 2020, Mr. Jammeh thanked Barrow for the trust and confidence in appointing him as trade minister and member of cabinet but said he humbly declines the offer and wishes to remain as Central Bank Governor until the end of his term.
“I should like to bring to your kind attention that I have an existing contract as Governor Central Bank of The Gambia for a term of 5 years under section 18 (3) of the CBG Act 2018,” he told the president in the letter.
“Given my professional training as an Econometrician and Financial Expert, trained to deal with economic models and policies, it is my considered view that I would not serve my country well as a Trade Minister. I am to the needs of the Central Bank of The Gambia,” he stated. Additional Reporting from Infodigest
Ismaila Jagne, the alkalo of Ghana Town in Brufut yesterday revealed before the TRRC that eight Ghanaians were massacred in his forest and other two individuals were handed over to the police with consultation of the Ghanaian counsellor in The Gambia in April 2005.
The minister of Information and Communication Infrastructure, Ebrahim Sillah has urged the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) to explicitly explain to Gambians the reason for the postponement of the voter registration which was set to commence in eight days’ time.
The intended political debate between Dr. Ismaila Ceesay, presidential candidate for Citizen Alliance and Honourable Halifa Sallah, presidential candidate for the People’s Democratic Organisation for Independent and Socialism, (PDOIS) has sparked controversy in town, especially in the social media.
The Gambia gained two more places in the World Press Freedom Index established in 2021 by the press freedom watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF). Ranked 87th in 2020, The Gambia is 85th in the ranking published on Tuesday out of 180 member countries.
