Gambia: Tombong Saidy Accuses Government of “Misleading Gambians” on Soaring National Debt –

By: Fatou Krubally

Tombong Saidy, member of Unite Movement for Change, has accused the government of deliberately misinforming Gambians about the true scale of the country’s debt crisis, warning that senior officials are “downplaying a national emergency.”

Saidy’s comments follow recent remarks by Information Minister Dr. Ismaila Ceesay on Coffee Time with Peter Gomez, where he dismissed concerns over The Gambia’s $2.2 billion national debt, asking: “What is $2.2 billion?”…