Thursday, May 2, 2024

Question of The Day

IS GAMBIA PRODUCING WHAT IT CONSUMES? 

According to the Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs, the trade deficit in dalasi terms is 44 billion dalasi. This is more than the...

SHOULDN’T A NATIONAL CONFERENCE BE ORGANISED TO DEAL WITH THE DEATHS...

Young men and women are now sacrificing their lives at sea with the hope of getting to greener pastures in order to address the...

HAS GROUNDNUT BUYING STARTED AFTER THE FARM GATE PRICE IS PUT...

Foroyaa has emphasised that all owners of a commodity should have a say in the determination of the price it is to be sold....

WHEN WILL GOVERNMENT LINK FINES FROM VIOLATION OF FISHERIES LAWS AND...

A nation protects its natural resources not for the sake of protection, but to harness it for the survival and development of her people. In...

WHEN IS D-DAY FOR THE HIGH COURT IN DAKAR, SENEGAL?

The high court in Dakar, Senegal, is to give its most important decision prior to an election that is going to have far reaching...

Are Faramarz Shams, Construct Limited, Orchid Limited, Gem Limited, Waterfront Fajara Ltd,...

Foroyaa has already clarified this in Issue No. 210, 2023 as follows: QUESTION OF THE DAY ARE THE BANK ACCOUNTS OF CONSTRUCT AND OTHER COMPANIES FROZEN? Readers...

WHAT HAPPENED AT TANJI REGARDING THE DEMOLITION OF STRUCTURES NEAR THE...

Foroyaa did report that the President had indicated that structures established in violation of the law will be demolished and had affirmed in Brikama...

WAS THE REVIEW OF THE ESTIMATES BY THE DIFFERENT COMMITTEES OF...

The committees of the National Assembly are advisory bodies of the National Assembly. They make proposals and recommendations for the consideration of the whole...

COULD NATIONAL ASSEMBLY COMMITTEES IMPLEMENT THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS WITHOUT DISCUSSION AND APPROVAL...

Committees of the National Assembly are designed to scrutinise, gather evidence and give advice in the form of recommendations and resolutions to the whole...

IS THE SEPARATION OF POWERS AT THE COMMUNITY LEVEL OF ECOWAS...

The Ecowas Community has an executive in the Authority of Heads of State and Government of Ecowas, an advisory and consultative body in the...

ARE THE MINISTERS ATTENDING COMMITTEE SESSIONS TO DEFEND THEIR BUDGETS?

Section 81 subsection (1) of the Constitution states: “Where the Vice-President or a ministers has been  charged with responsibility for any department of the Government,...

WHAT IS THE OBJECTIVE OF FPAC IN SCRUTINISING THE ESTIMATES OF...

It is the expressed view of the committee to scrutinise all the agencies under its purview in order to cut down the budget deficit....

WHAT DOES THE MINISTRY OF TRADE SAY TO FOROYAA’S OBSERVATION OF...

A Foroyaa reporter was sent to the ministry of trade for comments on his findings on price hikes. The ministry has promised to do...

ARE LITERATE GAMBIANS READING?

There is a hypothesis that a literate culture is an enlightened culture that is free from ignorance. It is anticipated that the higher the...

WHEN WILL THE COUNCILS AND THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT CONVENE A MEETING...

The councils are required by law to use 60 percent of their revenue on development to provide adequate markets, car parks and other public...

HAS LIBERIA BECOME A BEACON OF DEMOCRACY?

The answer to this question is in the positive. After a civil war, which cost the country over 200,000 lives, Liberia is surviving again...

WILL SENEGAL HAVE A PEACEFUL TRANSFER IN THE OFFICE OF THE...

February 2024 is near. However the uncertainty in the political atmosphere of the country remains unaddressed. President Macky Sall could pull a big surprise...

ARE THE BANK ACCOUNTS OF CONSTRUCT AND OTHER COMPANIES FROZEN?

Readers would recall that the high court has unfrozen the accounts of nine companies after the intervention of their lawyer, Ida Drammeh. The companies...

WILL THE OIC SUMMIT TAKE PLACE THIS YEARS?

Looking at the pace of the OIC projects Foroyaa has been questioning whether an OIC summit is feasible in 2023 but could not get...

WHEN WILL THE COUNTRY REPEAL ALL LAWS THAT CRIMINALISE SPEECH OR...

Human society has developed to a stage where opinions can be combated with opinions and those who consider certain opinions to be injurious to...