Africa-Press – Gambia. Dr. Demba Sabally, the Minister of Agriculture and Deputy National President of the National People’s Party (NPP), has characterized Gambian youth aspiring to replicate PASTEF as mere wannabes.
In a recent Facebook post, Dr. Sabally advised those aspiring to presidential positions to confront their illusions, punctuating his message with #2026 BarrowRek and #2026 BarrowTan.
Following his online remarks, speculation arose regarding possible implications for members within his own party eyeing the 2026 presidential race. However, Dr. Sabally swiftly dismissed such conjecture, affirming the cohesion within the NPP ranks during an interview with King FM Radio. “There’s no internal rankling in NPP, NPP is as United today as it was on day one. We don’t have any internal issues, in fact, there’s no party that doesn’t have issues. Let me tell you this, we have a uniting factor, and our uniting factor is HE President Barrow. Our uniting factor is love for the country and love for our party. The Just concluded election in our neighboring country, there were a lot of you people who were jumping ‘Let’s do Youth A, youth B, or Youth C. A lot of youth said they wanted to be like PASTEF. They are copycats, these are the ones I was referring to as wannabes, but inside NPP, we have peace, and we don’t have any wannabes.”
Addressing concerns about the country’s status, Dr. Sabally refuted claims of The Gambia being a failed state under President Adama Barrow’s leadership. He highlighted ongoing infrastructural developments and improvements across various sectors, citing upcoming international events and advancements in essential services like electricity, water supply, and agriculture.
“We all know what a failed nation is, to be honest, I am a cabinet minister I cannot mention countries, but I can tell you anybody who’s of certain standard knows what a failed state is. You cannot describe the government or this country as a failed state when as we speak we are going to be hosting 57 heads of government. When in this country, there’s electricity to the remotest village. Water supply is expanding, Agriculture is expanding, so all the ministries are expanding,” he said.
Acknowledging the prevalent challenge of the high cost of living, Dr. Sabally contextualized it as a global issue, underscoring the need for comparative analysis and recognizing disparities in commodity prices between The Gambia and neighboring countries like Senegal.
“cost of living is a challenge worldwide. If you look today, the majority of Gambian people must eat rice, but you cannot compare the cost of rice to our neighboring countries. Fertilizer in the Gambia is D1150, in Senegal is $68,” he said.
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