GOVERNMENT PROJECTED EXPENDITURE FOR 2024 IS 42 BILLION DALASI
According to the ministry of finance, the total expenditure for the year including recurrent and development expenditures is projected at D42 billion dalasi.
The sum...
ANTICIPATING THE IMPACT OF THE OIC SUMMIT
Billions have been spent in preparation for the OIC summit. The Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara International Conference alone costs 50 million dollars.
The state may...
WOMEN CROSSING WITH BOATS CRY FOR LIFE JACKETS
Women commuting the Banjul-Barra crossing have expressed concern for their safety. Many venture the journey, commuting daily out of necessity – to go to...
FERRY DISASTER MUST BE PREVENTED
The recent arrest of those who attempted to protest against the absence of ferries at the Banjul/Barra route and the subsequent invitation of some...
SENEGALO GAMBIA RELATION: CONTINUITY OR REINVENTING OF THE DIPLOMATIC LANDSCAPE
Foroyaa was the first newspaper in The Gambia that interviewed president elect Macky Sall when he won the first round in the 2012 election...
THE 40 MILLION DALASI MEDIA CONTROVERSY
Invitation conveyed to the print media houses by the newly appointed minister of information Dr Ismaila Ceesay did not end without information filtering that...
Gambia at a Crossroad
The country has gone through a regime change in 2016. The change had fundamental objective. Three goals could be readily identified.
First and foremost, the...
DISASTER MUST BE AVOIDED
Every transport must be road worthy. To drive a transport without breaks is to invite the wrath of unpredictable proportion. In the same vein...
SENEGAL’S TRANSITION: ANTAGONISTIC FUTURE OR SMOOTH TRANSFER OF POWER?
total rupture with the past by closing the doors of all ministers and their permanent secretaries and placing them under close watch?
2) How to facilitate a...
ECOWAS PARLIAMENTARIANS SHOULD BE DIRECTLY ELECTED, SAYS NIGERIAN PRESIDENT
The current chairperson of the Authority of Heads of State of Ecowas, President Bola Tinubu has called for evolution of the Ecowas Parliament to...
PURCHASE OF FERRIES MUST BE PUT UNDER CAREFUL SCRUTINY
A number of failed ferry projects costing the nation hundreds of millions should compel the nation to subject any new purchases to careful scrutiny....
SEPARATION OF PARTY AND STATE IN PROGRESS IN SENEGAL
During the presidential election in The Gambia, the PDOIS Manifesto called for separation of party and state by declaring that the PDOIS candidate will...
TERM LIMIIT CONSOLIDATED IN SENEGAL
The fifth tenure in performing the functions of president in Senegal has finally engraved term limit as a means of eradicating self-perpetuating rule. The...
THE SURVIVAL OF THE FERRY SERVICES IN QUESTION
The Ferry Services Limited is responsible for the transportation of passengers and goods between Barra and Banjul.
There have been plans to ensure efficient and...
GAMBIA/SENEGAL BORDER ISSUE: IS THERE A SOLUTION?
After the alleged crossing of the border by Senegalese soldiers recently, the authorities were alerted to discuss the issue in order to know where...
WHERE DOES THE POWER OF A COUNCIL START AND THAT OF...
THE CONSTITUTION AND THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT SHOULD BE THE GUIDE
Section 193 of the Constitution states:
“Local government administration in The Gambia shall be based...
POWER PLAY IN TOGO ON THE TERM LIMIT
Togo and The Gambia were the last states that were required to embrace the two term limit. Togo left The Gambia behind in 2019...
SENEGAL HAS DECIDED
The 24th March 2024 presidential election was preceded over by the most eventful developments in the politics of Senegal characterized by a mixture of...
THE INTEGRITY OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY MUST BE DEFENDED AT ALL...
National Assembly members have a national mandate. In the performance of their duties, they are not supposed to put partisan interest before national interest....
THE CONSTITUTION OF THE THIRD REPUBLIC IN FOCUS
The president of the Republic has indicated that a referendum on the Constitution of the Third Republic will take place before the end of...
