Government spokesperson Ebrima Sankareh has said claims lands minister Musa Drammeh has said Gambians should not sell land to Gambians in the diaspora are ‘totally’ false.
Drammeh has come under fire amid reports he asked Gambians not to sell their land to people of African descent living in The Gambia and others.
The government has now come out to say the minister never made such comments.
“In the wake of widespread reports attributing discriminatory remarks to the Local Government Minister about land grabbing, the Gambia government wishes to allay the fears of Diaspora Gambians that the remarks attributed to the Hon Musa Drammeh are totally false and grossly exaggerated to potentially smear the image of the minister and the Barrow government,” Ebrima Sankareh said in a signed statement on Wednesday.
Sankareh said the lands minister simply cautioned farmers while with the President on tour in the Nuimis to be weary [sic] of foreigners posing as genuine investors who may end up ‘seizing’ their lands.
