THE STATE POLICY ON FERTILISER SALE NEEDS FURTHER CLARIFICATION
The cooperative producer and marketing societies which had seccos all over the country were initially designed to provide production input at affordable prices to the farmers...
SOLUTIONS NEEDED: MANY YOUTHS ARE BACK FROM IRREGULAR MIGRATION: WHAT NEXT?
Minds are focused on the number of young people who are risking their lives in the search for greener pastures elsewhere. However, thousands of...
TERRORISM IS A SUICIDAL TENDENCY: KILLING THE HAMAS LEADER DOES NOT...
Assassinations and other terrorist activities are generally perpetrated by people who have suicidal tendencies. Such actions are signs of desperation not strength.
It is strange...
NIGERIA AT A CROSSROADS
Abuja is the seat of Ecowas. It houses most of its institutions. Ecowas can only be stable if Nigeria is stable. It goes without...
A WORLD IN DANGER
The media around the globe are focusisng on the assassination of the political leader of Hamas. The killing took place after the inauguration of...
THE PRESIDENT NEEDS ADVICE
A President is not an ordinary person. This is why he or she is maintained at state expense without paying any taxes. Neither a President...
FARMERS ARE NOT GAINING FROM THE SUBSIDY ON FERTILISER
Farmers were promised that fertiliser would be sold at 1100 Dalasis per bag. Now they are paying from 1150 to1200 Dalasis per bag. Government is saying...
CEMENT IMPORTERS, THE MINISTER AND THE LAW
Equality before the laws is an established principle. Discrimination under the law is defined under as follows:
“…. affording different treatment to different persons attributable...
SANITATION DISASTER AT THE HEART OF KM
No one should be surprised if serious diseases like cholera break out in the heart of the Kanifing Municipality during the rainy season. The...
HOW MANY MORE LIVES WILL BE LOST?
The terrible news that a boat carrying 180 passengers comprising Gambian and Senegalese identities left Berending in The Gambia only to become wrecked before...
THE DANGER OF SIGNING PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT WITHOUT THOROUGH SCRUTINY
Sovereign national assets such as sea ports, airports and bridges must be protected from the types of investment that would undermine sovereign control of...
A STATE SHOULD BE A PROTECTOR OF ITS CITIZENS
In a state of law there should be equality before the law. This means that every life matters. Hence every dead body, no matter...
THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD ACT
The polemics between government and cement importers serves no purpose. Foroyaa has sent a reporter to Kerr Ayip to monitor the claim that trucks,...
THE DANGER OF CLOGGED DRAINS DURING THE RAINY SEASON
The NRA has to have inspectors who will go around during the rainy season to find out whether the drains that are to be...
THE CONSTITUTION OF THE THIRD REPUBLIC AND THE PROMISES
The Gambians in particular and the international community at large are increasingly focusing on the promises made by the President to have a referendum...
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A PEOPLE’S LEADER AND A PEOPLE’S ENVOY IN...
Not every passenger can drive a transport or pilot an airplane, but all passengers want to reach their destination. The driver and pilot go...
LESSONS OF THE SHOOTING INCIDENT AT TRUMP RALLY?
The key presidential candidates for the November elections in the USA have both reacted with maturity to the shootings which have caused deaths, including...
ECOWAS FACING LEADERSHIP CRISIS
Nigeria because of its size has been seen to be the power house of Ecowas. Community leadership however does not arise from the sizes...
MALI, NIGER, BURKINA FASO CREATE NEW CHALLENGES FOR ECOWAS
There has been a trend to move away from the Ecowas of states to Ecowas of the people by ensuring term limits and the...
REPORT OF THE JOINT COMMITTEE ON THE WOMEN’S (AMENDMENT) BILL RELATING...
Those Gambians who had followed the process of law making in the National Assembly after the 2016 change would appreciate that the process does...
