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| Momodou |
Posted - 01 Feb 2017 : 20:14:38
Meet the New Ministers Appointed by President Adama Barrow.
By Sainey K. Marenah
1. Ousainou Darboe, Foreign Affairs, External Relations and Gambians Abroad. He's longtime leader of UDP. Barrow became his party's candidate when he was imprisoned last year July for 'unlawful protest. He was released to a hero's welcome
2. Isatou Touray, Trade, Industry and Regional Integration. She's the only woman, so far, in Barrow's cabinet, besides Fatoumatta, the vice president. A prominent women's rights activist before she joined politics and declared her intention to run for president as independent candidate. She will particularly target women and aim to improve them in business
3. Mai Fatty - Interior - He's the founder and leader of Gambia Moral Congress. He may not have experience in issues of security but he's a smart and astute lawyer
4. Amadou Sanneh - Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs. He was Barrow's boss (treasurer) at the UDP until his conviction on sedition. He was released only yesterday
5. Henry Gomez - Youth and Sports. He's the founder and leader of Gambia Peoples Democratic Party. He's engaging and has energy. He spends most of his time abroad
6. Hamat Bah - Tourism and Culture. A former hotelier, Hamat has vast experience in tourism. He was the head of Mansea Beach Hotel
7. Omar Jallow - Agriculture. He doesn't look like an agriculturalist but O.J's passion for this sector is immense. In fact, this was the position he was handling in the previous government when Jammeh took over
8. Lamin N. Dibba - Lands and Regional Government - He was the chief propagandist for the UDP. He's from Salikenni in Baddibu and was also imprisoned together with Darboe.
9. James FP Gomez - Fisheries, Water Resources and National Assembly Matters. He's also from the PPP. He served as mayor of Banjul for ten years during the first republic. He's great listener, honest and a devout Christian
10. Lamin B Dibba - Minister of Forestry, Environment, Climate Change and Natural Resources |
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| Momodou |
Posted - 02 Feb 2017 : 14:35:01
Barrow swears in new cabinet, one coalition party missing
By Lamin Jahateh & Kaddijatou Jawo
The Point: Thursday, February 02, 2017
http://thepoint.gm/africa/gambia/article/barrow-swears-in-new-cabinet-one-coalition-party-missing
 Ten of the eleven ministers appointed so far were sworn in yesterday at the Kairaba Beach Hotel which is temporarily serving as the State House of President Adama Barrow.
However, one of the eight parties that formed the coalition government has so far no member in the new cabinet of President Barrow.
They are Lawyer Ousainou Darboe, minister of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Gambians Aboard; Omar A Jallow, minister of Agriculture; Hamat N.K. Bah, minister of Tourism and Culture; Mai Ahmed Fatty, minister of the Interior; Henry Gomez, minister of Youth and Sports; Lamin B. Dibba, minister of Forestry, Environment, Climate Change and Natural Resources; Isatou Touray, minister of Trade, Regional Integration and Employment; Amadou Sanneh, minister of Finance and Economic Affairs; James Gomez, minister of Fisheries, Water Resources and National Assembly Matters; and Lamin N. Dibba, minister of Lands and Regional Government.
Ba Tambadou has been appointed minister of Justice but he was not sworn in yesterday for he was out of The Gambia at the moment.
Fatoumata Tambajang who is appointed vice president is also yet to be sworn in; she is currently representing the president at the 28th African Union summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Missing party
Three of the ministers sworn in are members of the United Democratic Party (UDP) while the other seven parties of the coalition has one each in the cabinet.
The Peoples Democratic Party for Independence and Socialism (PDOIS), led by Halifa Sallah, has no representative in the cabinet so far. Mr Sallah, who is the spokesperson of the government, was not even seen at the swearing in ceremony.
Sedia Jatta, an executive member of PDOIS, was approached for any possible explanation for the party’s absence in the cabinet but declined to comment.
Earlier on, Mr Sallah had said the eleven appointed ministers are appointed based on the compact, the agreement of the coalition.
According to the coalition agreement seen by The Point newspaper, cabinet composition of the new government should take consideration of the results of the last presidential and parliamentary elections and gender balance. There is so far one female cabinet minister.
In the 2011 elections, the UDP-led coalition came out second, next to the then ruling APRC party, with 17.36 per cent while the NRP-led alliance had 11.11 per cent.
More to come
Seven ministers are yet to be appointed.
Mr Sallah had said these ministers, as opposed to the ones appointed, would not be politicians but technocrats who would be appointed based on their qualifications, experience and expertise.
Meanwhile, Amie Bojang-Sissoho has been appointed director of press and public relations at the Office of the President.
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| Momodou |
Posted - 01 Feb 2017 : 22:04:08
From jail to Cabinet minister; Gambia's new government forms
Africa - Headlines: Today
BANJUL, Gambia (AP) - A newly released prisoner is among the first members of Gambia's new Cabinet to be sworn into office as President Adama Barrow continues to reverse the actions of former dictator Yahya Jammeh.
Amadou Sanneh, who held been jailed as a political opponent of Jammeh, was designated finance minister just 72 hours after being released.
The first ministers, who include activists and top opposition leaders during the former regime, were sworn into office Wednesday.
Barrow is the first new president in Gambia in more than two decades. Jammeh, who seized control in a 1994 coup, went into exile last month under international pressure and the threat of a regional military intervention after refusing to accept his December election loss.
Source: AP |
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