By Lamin Njie
The ministry of justice has recommended the prosecution of three people allegedly involved in the reported unlawful selling of expired government fertilizer.
Last year, Kerr Fatou reported news of the involvement of some officials at the ministry of agriculture in the selling of thousands of bags of expired fertilizer. The fertilizer had been kept in government stores awaiting safe discarding.
The scandal led to the then agriculture minister Omar Jallow suing Kerr Fatou after his name emerged in a story carried by the online news outlet.
The minister of justice Abubacarr Tambadou spoke on the scandal on Tuesday – the first time in months – saying his ministry has handed prosecution recommendations against three people to the police.
Tambadou said: “We have made our opinion to the Gambia Police Force on 26 February 2019 recommending that charges be preferred against three individuals and that the police should conduct the prosecution of the case.”
