By Lamin Njie
Hamat Bah has dismissed claims he was one of the top government officials that bought a house in Senegal using public money.
Senior Gambian government officials including Mr Bah have been accused of buying expensive houses in Dakar at the expense of the Gambian taxpayer.
But in an interview with The Fatu Network, the tourism and culture minister pooh poohed the claims saying: “The level of corruption they are talking about in this government is not the case because I know the leadership.
“I have owned a house in Dakar since 2003. They don’t know me. I have lived in a storey building in Dakar before I became a minister. The problem is people want to accuse people.
“They don’t know, they want to talk. And as long as you’re in public office, you cannot run away from being accused.”
