Gambian workers are worried! Their salary for the month of January, has been cut to half by the repressive regime of dictator Yahya Jammeh. The recent pay cut affects the entire government workforce. The government says there is no adequate funds to cater for workers salaries. It has resorted to making piecemeal salary payments. Many workers are the least pleased with the governments inability to pay them their hard earned salary.
The dire economic situation is worrisome. Gambia is largely a tax based economy. The private sector, which is the main engine of national economic growth is virtually dead. The appalling state of affairs of the declining private sector can be attributed largely due to the dictators bad economic policie…
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