Tag: President

Good Book

This Child Will Be Great: Memoir of a Remarkable Life by Africa’s First Woman President

By Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (with Kim McLarin) Harper. Review by Alagi Yorro Jallow. Fatoumatta: In her first run for President, her opponent’s slogan was, the Stockholm Syndrome “He Killed My Ma, killed My Pa so I Will Vote For Him.” She lost that 1997 election finished second place, won by […]

Opinion, Politics

President Barrow Consider Appoint Competently, Meritious & Loyal Cabinet & Appoint an ICT Czar

In addition, consider Slash and Merging other Departments and Ministries, mainly the Information, Communication, and Infrastructure and Others. Mamudu: I have asked this fundamental matter of life and death question before, “Do the Gambia Government and President Adama Barrow’s government today ever need a Minister responsible for the Ministry of […]

Opinion, Politics

Meritocratic and Competent-Loyalist-based Cabinet Ministers President Barrow Must Pick To Help Fight Corruption and Restore Integrity in The Gambia

Mamudu: President Adama Barrow’s second term incoming top-level appointments and key strategic senior staff and cabinet ministers appointments must not bring favoritism, cronyism, nepotism, political patronage, and civil service and public service appointments partisan loyalty after winning elections. Moreover, it will not help President Barrow’s administration if he begins to […]