By Lamin Njie
Bakary Jammeh has said he did write the letter that emerged online where he is seen declining President Adama Barrow’s offer to serve as the country’s new trade minister.
“I wrote the letter,” Mr Jammeh told The Fatu Network Tuesday adding, “But I don’t know how it got to the social media.”
Jammeh stunned State House this month when he wrote a letter to the President telling him he would not be able to take the job of trade minister.
In explaining his reasons for why he would not be able to take the job, the econometrician said he was trained to deal with economic models and policies.
“I have taken the country through two crises: the first was the impact of the political impasse in 2017/2017 and recently the COVID-19 pandemic,” Jammeh in touting his achievements told President Barrow in his October 1 letter. The President is yet to respond to Jammeh’s letter.
A source told The Fatu Network Buah Saidy has since ascended at the Central Bank as the new governor.
Director of Press and Public Relations Amie Bojang Sissoho did not pick a call for comment.
