UDP leader Ousainou Darboe has vowed to energise the nation’s economy once he is elected as president in the December election.
The UDP leader made the statement on Wednesday while accepting to be UDP’s flagbearer in the critical election.
He said: “I want to assure you all that together we will bring about the change in this country. It will be a change that will affect the system of government in this country. I pledge to all of you that when I am elected, there would complete devolution of power. There would be decentralization so that the local government authorities would enjoy their autonomy, the local government authority will function in the way all other local government authorities function in our commonwealth of nation.
“I pledge to you that when I’m elected, we will reduce the wasteful expenditures, in fact we will do away with wasteful expenditures of this government and the previous government and we will reduce the current expenditure by 80.6 million when we are elected.
“I pledge to you that when I’m elected, me and my team will really energise the economy of this country. We will reintroduce the vehicle policy and make significant savings of at least 300 million dalasis which we will utilize to ensure that our social sectors are well funded.”
