By: Momodou Justice Darboe
The ineptitude of the works minister EbrimaSillah can thwart President Adama Barrow’s so-called dream of leaving behind an enviable legacy, so says UDP’s regional spokesman Karamo Njie.
According to the UDP’s North Bank Region (NBR) spokesman, Mr. Sillah has remained a distraction to the Barrow government as his ministry limps from one failure to another.
“Ebrima Sillah is presiding over a failed ministry. He woefully failed to deliver the OIC road project in time despite the availability of the required $50M that Mr. Lamin Sannehraised for the construction of roads in the Greater Banjul Area for the just-concluded OIC summit,” argued Mr. Njie.
The UDP NBR mouthpiece told The Voice in an interview that hopes were fast-fading about the works ministry’s ability to execute the OIC road project.
“The guests have come and they went yet there is no end in sight to the OIC road project. I’m convinced that this project will tarry and tarry and tarry just like the Hakalang Road, which has been under construction for nearly three years without any remarkable progress,” he contended.
Accountability
Mr. Njie told this medium that Ebrima Sillahand his ministry should be in a position to tell Gambians how much money has been invested in the OIC road project.
“I am quite sure that this project will stumble from one block to another but Gambians have a right to know what happened to the $US50M that Mr. Sanneh mobilized. Gambians need to know the whereabouts of their money,” he added.
Ferries
Njie explained that Sillah had carved an unenviable reputation for himself as the only minister under whose tenure the ferry services were brought to a screeching halt.
“This has never happened in both the PPP and APRC dispensations. It was the first time in the history of The Gambia that ferries were completely withdrawn from service due to neglect,” he explained.
The UDP’s NBR spokesman said he sometimes wonders how Mr. Sillah could jettison his professed values of patriotism.
“We were together in the UDP but the Sillahthen and the Sillah now are completely different. We thought he loved this country but we were mistaken,” maintained Njie.
This reporter made several efforts to reach Sillah for his response but could not.