Monday, May 5, 2025

Editorial

MAGISTRATES NEED TO FEEL SECURE 

Magistrates are adjudicators that are required by law to make decisions without fear or favour, affection or ill will. They must be able to...

THE TRADE SEASON AND THE LESSONS OF THE STAKEHOLDERS 

There are supposed to be 96 seccos established for the purchase of groundnuts during the trade season. It is reported that each secco is...

189 MILLION ALLOCATED TO THE IEC:

WILL THERE BE REGISTRATION OF VOTERS BEFORE REFERENDUM? The legal advisers of the IEC should focus on sections 26 and 39 of the Constitution. It...

GUIDANCE NEEDED FOR MAMUD FANA COOPERATIVE MARKETING SOCIETY

A society must have members. It must also have a constitution or bye-laws governing membership. Foroyaa is reliably informed that the registrar general of...

SOVEREIGN NATIONAL ASSETS NEED SOVEREIGN NATIONAL WEALTH

Countries became independent in order to promote self-reliance and independence. This requires the accumulation of sovereign national wealth in order to build sea ports,...

SECCO AT MAMUDFANA IN OPERATION WITHOUT LICENCE

Foroyaa has been reliably informed that the secco at Mamudfana is operational without a certificate for its cooperative producer marketing society. The beginning of...

96 SECCOS IN OPERATION, 500 QMONEY AGENTS DEPLOYED FOR GROUNDNUT PURCHASE

Farmers earn income annually. They spend over six months on farm production, pest control and sale between May and December. In many instances they...

QMONEY SHOULD ESTABLISH A HOTLINE FOR FARMERS

Having lost 40 million dalasi,GGC is moving away from secco presidents giving cash payments  to farmers after weighing their nuts to the issuing  of...

MAMUDFANA CPMS HANGING ON THE BALANCE OF TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY

The National Food Security Processing and Marketing Corporation (NFSPMC) (commonly called GGC) claims that D40 million dalasi could not be recovered from many seccos...

THE FIRST READING OF THE CONSTITUTION (PROMULGATION) BILL

At last, the National Assembly is to have a second chance in exercising oversight on a matter that is the lifeblood of a republic....

THE GROUNDNUT TRADE NEEDS SUPERVISION 

This paper is receiving information on the groundnut trade that is unsatisfactory and difficult to comprehend. Farmers are already complaining of the failure of...

EMPLOYMENT DISPUTES LEADING TO STRIKES

Dispute resolution mechanisms are established to ensure that there is limited industrial action that disrupts the delivery of service. Strikes are usually matters of...

THE GOOD THINGS THAT PEOPLE DO LIVE AFTER THEM: IN REMEMBRANCE...

It is Shakespeare’s saying that the evil that men do lives after them and the good is often interred with their bones. He must...

THE NEED FOR MORE REVELATION IN THE BUDGET SPEECH

The Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs has made it very clear that for 2024, expenditure is expected to exceed revenue by 7.2 billion...

INCUMBENCY IS BEING DEFIED BY VOTERS IN AFRICA

The victory of PASTEF in the presidential election in Senegal and the victories of the opposition in Botswana and Ghana appear to be shaping...

UNIONISM AS AN INSTRUMENT OF GOVERNANCE 

The conflict between the administration and staff of the University of The Gambia (UTG) has impacted on the deliveries of lectures and the conducting...

THE CONSTITUTION AND THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY

The nation should be informed that the two steps that must be taken for The Constitution of The Republic of The Gambia (Promulgation) Bill,...

FERTILISER IN LIMBO

A truck load of fertiliser is involved in a dispute. The truck has a Senegalese number plate and is carrying fertilizer. The authorities are...

AVERAGE PRODUCTION OF GROUNDNUTS BY FARMERS IN THE GAMBIA

The executive claims that it is not a purchaser of groundnuts. However the executive exercises the prerogative to announce the price of groundnuts. Foroyaa has...

EARNINGS OF GAMBIANS AND THE INFLATIONARY CHALLENGES

The cost of living has been rising above the earning capacity of many pensioners and low and middle income earners. A bag of American...