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Civil servants descend on President Jammeh’s farm

As harvesting on President Yahya Jammeh’s farm gets more and more intensified, hundreds of civil servants, over the weekend, descended on the president’s Kanilai rice field, in Foni Bondali, where they took part in the harvesting of the Nerica rice variety he cultivated. Led by Mrs Teneng Bah - Jaiteh, the secretary general and head of the civil service, they demonstrated a veritable commitment in responding to President Jammeh’s appeal. The president’s farming activities also drew a group...

Please do help us, students

Editor, I am a student at Gambia High School; I would be glad if you will allow me space in your widely read newspaper to express my views on the attitude of some civil servants. I live in London Corner, Serrekunda , and as students, transportation to school some times get difficult, especially for those of us traveling to and from  far places. For instance, whenever we are sent out of school, we rely on government officials who travel to work with their vehicles empty, we waved them, but they...

Brighter days ahead for civil servants ‘Reform hinges on more benefits’

Civil servants in The Gambia may start to reap more benefits for their labour when the development initiatives outlined by a World Bank draft report and a Public Service Reform Sector Strategy Paper are fully recommended and implemented by the government. The World Bank report, which was evaluated and discussed at a two-day workshop at the Corinthia Atlantic Hotel in Banjul by participants from the public service sector, World Bank, DfID and the UNDP, was undertaken as a study by the World Bank...

20% Salary Increment Costs Govt. D200m Annually - Finance Secy.

The much talked about 20% salary increment recently authorized by President Jammeh is set to cost the Gambia government D200m (Two hundred million Dalasi) a year, according to Hon. Musa Bala Gaye, Secretary of State for Finance and Economic Affairs. Secy. Bala Gaye, who was speaking at the opening of a two-day seminar for the review of the draft civil service and pension reforms at the Atlantic Hotel yesterday, also revealed that the Salaries bill to the government is about D917 million...

Deliver or Get Kicked Out - Jammeh Warns Civil Servants

In an interview recently granted to GRTS as part of activities marking the advent of the new year, President Jammeh issued yet another warning to all civil servants to do their job correctly or be removed, saying that one could only be save if he or she delivers up to expectation. “You can only be independent if you are delivering and if you are doing good things. You can be independent by doing the good things you want to do but if you are not doing anything you are not independent because...