President Barrow hands Central Bank Governor job to top civil servant Buah Saidy

President Adama Barrow has appointed Buah Saidy as the new governor of Central Bank of The Gambia.

The former permanent secretary at the ministry of finance was appointed into the role on Thursday following the appointment elsewhere of now-former head of the apex bank Bakary Jammeh.

Saidy is an economist who once worked for the IMF.