NAWEC’s Deal with Karpowership is Bad for the Country
Dr. Ousman Gajigo The Karpowership ship anchored just off the port in Banjul, which is connected to our electricity grid, is hard to miss. The ship, Karadeniz Powership Koray…
Category: OPINION
Mr. Minister what has changed in your fruitless media exercise?
Pa Louis Thomasi It was Jeff Conroy Krutz who once wrote “When the television news begins with the image of the president’s head…
Deliberately Making our Debt Situation Worse
Dr. Ousman Gajigo One of the points I have been highlighting during my commentary on the Gambian government budget is its lack of…
2024 Constitution Promulgation Bill, A Betrayal of The Sovereign Gambians
By By Sanna Badjie, MA European studies Email: badjiesanna1@gmail.com The Constitution of the Republic of the Gambia (promulgation bill), 2024: a betrayal of the sovereign Gambians, an…
The Salaji Forest Park Scandal: Environmental Neglect and State Capture
Dr. Ousman Gajigo Recently, the destruction of a part of the Salaji Forest to benefit a political patron of President Adama Barrow has been getting a lot…
Our National Debt Nightmare
Dr. Ousman Gajigo The Gambia’s total public debt is now around D120 billion. Given that our own Minister of Finance and Economic Affairshas recently admitted that…
Bad Senegambia Bridge Deal Means No Competing Infrastructure for 100km
Dr. Ousman Gajigo The government recently admitted that its concession agreement with Africa50 ‘only’ excluded competing bridges for a 50m radius. In addition to…
Africa50 Agreement: Badly Negotiated without Transparency
Dr. Ousman Gajigo Since last year, I have maintained that the government’s concession agreement with Africa50 on the Senegambia Bridge could have been…
The Senegambia Bridge Agreement is a National Loss.
By Madi Jobarteh Thanks to Dr. Ousman Gagigo, the Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs has now uploaded the Concession Agreement on the Senegambia Bridge…
The Dismal Budget and Economic Situation
Dr. Ousman Gajigo The Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs recently released the 2025 budget. Before discussing the substance of its…