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Gambia News : Gambian leader effects minor cabinet reshuffle
Gambian president Yahya Jammeh has effected a minor cabinet reshuffle, removing four ministers and creating a new ministry.
According to a press release read over the Gambia Radio and Television Services on Friday, the ministers of Fisheries and the Environment, Antouman Saho, Local Government and Lands, Ismaila Sambou, Tourism and Culture, Nancy Njie and Works, Construction and Infrastructure, Lamin Bojang had been removed with effect from Thursday, 4th February.
The release adds that the President has appointed Lamin Kaba Bajo, Pierre Tamba and Fatou Mass Jobe respectively as replacements, while the ministry of Works, Consturction and Infrastructure had been placed under the office of the president.
In the same release, President Jammeh also created a new ministry ; Economic Planning and Industrial Development, redeploying Yusupha Kah, the former Minister of Trade, Industry and Employment to the new ministry, while replacing him with Baboucarr Jallow as the new Trade, Industry and Employment Minister.
Meanwhile, President Jammeh has also appointed Momodou Tangara and Alhaji A. Cham as minsiters of Higher Education, Science and Technology, and Information, Communication and Technology respectively, which had been vacant for the past several months.
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- The gambia is a young Democracy with mistakes,no one is perfect.Was a time the world didn´t like GeorgeBuch, jet theAmericans voted him second term.Poeple out there should respect the vote of Gambians even when some of the voter are without education
(Posted on July 2, 2010, 2:11 AM Alpha B)
- Well said PM Buba T. We can learn to disagree but not disagree-able on issues of concern to our Gambia. Let us keep it simple and civil in expressing our political ideologies. Thank U.
(Posted on April 13, 2010, 12:04 AM Abdou R Jobe)
- It is a duty to everyone in any working place you might be working to fulfill your duty as expected. But if they are not doing there duty they might be cut one fine day. The president have trust on people and he love giving chance to every Gambian.
(Posted on February 26, 2010, 3:42 AM bob J)
- well the government of the gambia is becoming a same to all gambians living abroad.because of what is said to be happening in the gambia every day.the government work any way it like without taking any
crictism against him. no freedom of speech.
(Posted on February 20, 2010, 9:32 PM alex)
- J. B. Jabbi, you may call yourself educated but to what level God knows. So is your thinking that if educated people are to vote Yaya will come out with less than 10%. Remember educated ones are those who think logic not those who read to pass.
(Posted on February 18, 2010, 10:07 PM Musa)
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