Respected youth leader Bakary Badjie appointed new youth minister following sacking of Hadrammeh Sidibeh

By Lamin Njie

President Adama Barrow has appointed Bakary Badjie as the country’s new youth and sport minister following the axing of Hadrammeh Sidibeh.

President Barrow on Wednesday gave Mr Sidibeh the bullet and quickly consoled him with a place in the foreign service.

The new youth minister Badjie is much respected among the country’s youth circles, having made a name for himself in youth work and activism.

The Ebo Town bred contested for Mayor of Kanifing Municipality in the 2018 local government elections.

Congratulations have flown in for Mr Badjie with many describing his appointment as ‘excellent’.