By Lamin Njie
State House Press Secretary Amie Bojang Sissoho has said a survey conducted by Afrobarometer has rated President Adama Barrow ‘high’ in terms of how Gambians perceive him.
Gambian political commentators have said a credible survey would indicate that President Adama Barrow’s approval ratings were plummeting and would show he is the least popular president and commander-in-chief in the history of The Gambia.
One political commentator, the US-based Zakaria Kemo Konteh in a brutal review titled, ‘A policy or PR blunder or a broad ineptitude…..?’ said even President Barrow’s most ardent supporters would acknowledge that his popularity has “plateaued somewhere around early 2018 and has been on free fall ever since.”
But the presidency on Wednesday held a press conference in which Mrs Sissoho addressed the issue saying a survey done by Afrobarometer concluded that President Barrow’s popularity was ‘very high.’
“With regard to how popular he is, can only be done with a survey and the last time we had a survey by Afrobaro[meter]. I think the figure is out there. He was rated high in terms of how people perceive him,” Mrs Sissoho said.
Afrobarometer’s Sait Matty Jow could not be reached for comment.
