Reliable sources in The Gambia have informed The Fatu Network about the secret missions Dictator Jammeh’s envoys have been making to Senegal as part of efforts to convince the Senegalese authorities to open the Senegal – Gambia border.
It would be recalled that both the Vice President and the Imam Ratib of Banjul were in Senegal some two weeks ago but the missions were unsuccessful as they could not meet any Senegalese officials. The Vice President Mrs Isatou Njie Saidy in particular was said to have been left shocked at the apparent refusal of the authorities to grant her audience.
Pressured at all front because of falling revenue and the eminent shortage of fuel and other essential commodities, the dictator, The Fatu Network has been reliably informed, has given orders to the officials of the Gambia Revenue Authority (GRA) to visit Senegal for discussion.
The GRA had since wrote a letter to the Senegalese authorities seeking audience but according to our impeccable sources, this has also been rejected. The Gambia government had already put together a team comprising Yankuba Darboe, GRA Director General, Permanent Secretary Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs, The Gambia Ports Authority, and the Gambia Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
As it is, according to our sources right in the heart of the administration in Banjul, there is likelihood of severe shortage of essential consumer goods across the country. The business people in Gambia are also complaining bitterly in addition to what appears to be like a new form of open defiance to the regime.
The Fatu Network is currently monitoring this story and will report on any development as we get it.
