Gambia: Traders Complain of Foreign Currency Payment on Rent –

By: Binta Jaiteh

Scores of bazin and mobile phone traders in Bakoteh Market have complained bitterly about rent payments demanded in foreign currency by some shop owners as well as low sales being experienced in the market.

Speaking to the Voice Newspaper a trader at Gora‘s Boutique, Edrissa Jatta expressed frustration over the matter and demanded urgent action from the authorities. “It is difficult to make sales especially in the rainy season. We have few customers because when it…