Gambia: Ex-Finance Director Accuses Mayor Lowe of Usurping Council Powers –

By: Fatou Krubally

Former Finance Director of Banjul City Council (BCC), Momodou Camara, has accused Mayor Rohey Malick Lowe of overstepping her authority by dissolving the Ostend-Banjul project’s steering committee without the council’s approval.

Camara made the accusation on Monday while testifying before the Local Government Commission of Inquiry, probing alleged financial mismanagement in local councils. He told the commission that the mayor unilaterally dissolved the committee in…