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FPAC Tells Parliamentarians to Consider Reducing D2.2 Billion from National Budget

By: Kebba AF Touray The Finance and Public Accounts Committee of the National Assembly (FPAC) has recommended to plenary to reducing the country’s budget deficit...

Ousman Sillah: Boosting the productive Base is Key to Leveling Budget...

By: Kebba AF Touray The National Assembly Member for Banjul North, Ousman Sillah, has said that boosting the productive sector of the Gambia is requisite...

FPAC Deducts Over D77 Million from 2022 Estimates

By: Kebba AF Touray The Finance and Public Accounts Committee (FPAC) has deducted seventy-seven million, nine hundred and fifty thousand dalasi (D77,950,000) from the 2022...

Sallah Describes Budget Session as Busiest Legislative Session

By: Kebba AF Touray Halifa Sallah, National Assembly Member for Serrekunda Central has told the legislature that the budget session of the National Assembly is...

Sidia Jatta Challenges Lawmakers to Stand against Ministerial Absence in Parliament

By: Kebba AF Touray The National Assembly Member for Wuli West, Sidia Jatta, has challenged his fellow lawmakers to take firm stance to end the...

National Assembly Confirms Appointment of 2 into Judicial Service Commission

By: Kebba AF Touray The National Assembly on Monday confirmed the appointment of Mrs. Mary Abdoulie Samba and Ms. Sulayman Samba as members of the...

Lack of Quorum Affects Legislative Proceedings

By: Kebba AF Touray The National Assembly on Tuesday 14th September 2021 could not proceed with its sitting due to lack of quorum as most of...

Ousman Sillah Renews Call for Government to Invest in Productive Sectors

By: Kebba AF Touray The national assembly member for Banjul North, Ousman Sillah, has renewed his call for the government to invest in The Gambia’s...

UNODC Organises Retreat for NAMs on Mutual Legal Bill due for...

By Ndey Sowe The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) through the West African Network of Central Authorities and Prosecutors against organized crime...

Defence Minister advises Gambia to sign nuclear test ban treaty

By: Kebba AF Touray Defense Minister, Sheikh Omar Faye, has informed members of the national assembly that it is good for the country to sign...

Sidia Jattta: Nothing Prevents Gambia From Developing Nuclear Weapons

By: Kebba AF Touray Veteran politician and the National Assembly member for Wuli West has revealed that there is nothing that prevents the country from...

Gambian Leader: External creditors have granted the country principal repayment deferral

Kebba AF Touray President Adama Barrow said Gambia has engaged most of its external creditors for debt deferral for at least five years and most...

Defense Minister: “I am not aware of any reinforcement coming from...

By: Kebba AF Touray The Minister of Defence, Sheikh Omar Faye, has informed lawmakers that he is not aware of any reinforcement coming to The...

National assembly adopts report that seeks to protect pregnant women

By Kebba AF Touray The National Assembly on Monday 6th September 2021 adopted the report of the joint committee on health and trade which seeks to...

President Barrow Reaffirms Government’s Commitment to Youth Empowerment

State House, Banjul, 3rd August 2021: President Adama Barrow today called on young people to make good of the opportunities provided by the Youth...

Wuli East Lawmaker Reacts Positively to Proposed Procurement of Equipment for...

Kebba AF Touray Wuli East Lawmaker said during the debate on the Supplementary Appropriation Bill that he was lauding the creation of a budget line...

Government To Spend D524M On Fertilizer Subsidy

By: Kebba AF Touray The ministry of finance and economic affairs has revealed that the Gambia Government would incur the sum of D524 million as...

Sidia Jatta: 275,350 Gambians have been disenfranchised for decades

By: Kebba AF Touray Sidia Jatta, the National Assembly Member for Wuli West, said two hundred and seventy-five thousand, three hundred and fifty (275,350) Gambians...

Fisheries Minister Moves Bill to Guarantee Parliamentary Independence

By: Kebba AF Touray The Gambia’s Fisheries Minister James F. Gomez appeared before the National Assembly on Tuesday 27th July 2021, and tabled a bill entitled...

VP Touray Says Gov’t Remains Committed To Promoting Sexual and Reproductive...

The Gambia’s Vice President, Dr. Isatou Touray, on 11th July 2021 said the promotion of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights remain a national...