{"id":40659,"date":"2023-08-12T08:10:49","date_gmt":"2023-08-12T08:10:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/bcc-steering-committee-uses-project-monies-to-give-loans-to-members-gppa-reveals"},"modified":"2023-08-12T08:37:30","modified_gmt":"2023-08-12T08:37:30","slug":"bcc-steering-committee-uses-project-monies-to-give-loans-to-members-gppa-reveals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/bcc-steering-committee-uses-project-monies-to-give-loans-to-members-gppa-reveals","title":{"rendered":"BCC Steering Committee uses project monies to give loans to members \u2013 GPPA reveals"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Gambia. <\/strong><\/span>The GPPA\u2019s Director of Procurement Policy and Operations has revealed that the Banjul City Council\u2019s Steering Committee used the project money meant for the Crab Island Solar project, and the fencing of the dumpsite vicinity at Mile II to give loans to themselves.<\/b><\/p>\n

Ebrima Sanyang in his testimony on BCC at the ongoing LGCI, on Wednesday, 9th August 2023 revealed further that members of the steering committee of the project at the Banjul City Council made advanced payments to themselves while those meetings \u201cnever\u201d held.<\/p>\n

Director Sanyang affirmed that the practice led the EU to demand a refund of the money, adding that the \u201cEU does not give loans in such manner.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople were taking the project money for their personal (use) (gains,\u201d Deputy Lead Counsel Patrick Gomez said.<\/p>\n

Mr. Sanyang noted that people selected to implement the project are allocated allowances, stating that the committee probably abused the system to give themselves loans.<\/p>\n

He clarified that Loans and salaries are not part of procurement, but a matter of administration, \u201cIf part of the money was diverted for personal gains then part of the project will not be implemented.\u201d<\/p>\n

The solar project, according to his testimony, was meant to install solar at Crab Island in Banjul, and another component of the project was the fencing of the Banjul dumpsite situated in the vicinity of Mile II.<\/p>\n

He went on that BCC secured funding from the European Union through Ostend City Council of Belgium and intended to use part of it for the procurement of solar for the former Crab Island Lower Basic School in Banjul.<\/p>\n

\u201cSuch projects are donor funded and they have financial agreements. Part of the agreement was probably for the creation of a special committee to be responsible for the project,\u201d Sanyang said.<\/p>\n

The Steering Committee of BCC met over the project and discussed it.<\/p>\n

\u201cMustapha Batchilly- Chief Executive Officer, Mamlie Jassey \u2013 Project Coordinator, Essa Sowe \u2013 Procurement Officer, Alfusainey Gano, Anna Barry \u2013 Admin Secretary, Alpha ModouBah \u2013 procurement intern, Dado Jallow \u2013 procurement assistant and Oumie Bah \u2013 procurement intern. Other attendees of the meeting were two representatives of GPPA, Unique Energy, and Ostend Project. The list captured two names of representatives of GPPA in the meeting. One of them was Ousman Krubally\u201d Sanyang revealed.<\/p>\n

But he clarified that GPAA has no staff with the name OusmanKrubally.<\/p>\n

He said BCC wrote to GPPA seeking approval for the procurement with the information that they have conducted market research and the funding suggested that there are a few suppliers available in the market with the capacity of fulfilling this contract.<\/p>\n

Director Sanyang testified that BCC did not provide GPPA with the list of targeted contractors. Adding that the title of the letter was seeking approval for \u201copen tendering\u201d but the content of the letter stated \u201crestricted tendering\u201d.<\/p>\n

Sanyang However told the commission that GPPA approved the procurement for \u201cOpen Tendering\u201d. Open tender he said allows multiple suppliers or contractors to compete while \u201cRestricted Tendering\u201d limits competition as BCC have targeted suppliers that they want to deal with.<\/p>\n

On the reason for the inconsistencies, Director Sanyang said BCC like other councils do \u201cCopy and Paste\u201d letters and this is why at times the content of a letter is different from the subject.<\/p>\n

Counsel Gomez together with the commission noticed that there was no evidence of adequate advertisement made in the project.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat we have before us cannot clearly explain that there was adequate advertisement made. We cannot say open tender procurement method was used,\u201d Sanyang said<\/p>\n

More so, he said in the files there is a receipt with the invoice number and an attached invoice from the Standard newspaper. And that there was a newspaper extract that is not dated and does not show the name of the newspaper. Sanyang said the advertisement was for an \u201cOpen International Tender.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sanyang testified that GPPA approved the \u201cOpen Tender\u201d and not the \u201cOpen International Tender.\u201d Sanyang said that BCC using an \u201cOpen International Tender\u201d without approval from GPPA was wrong.<\/p>\n

He said Six (6) suppliers purchased the tender forms and only five (5) of them filed their bidding documents. And that BCC asked the bidding companies to send soft copies of their proposals to the City of Ostend for evaluation.<\/p>\n

He told the commission that BCC later wrote to GPPA indicating that the contract was awarded to Unique Energy.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Gambia<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Gambia. The GPPA\u2019s Director of Procurement Policy and Operations has revealed that the Banjul City Council\u2019s Steering Committee used the project money meant for the Crab Island Solar project, and the fencing of the dumpsite vicinity at Mile II to give loans to themselves. Ebrima Sanyang in his testimony on BCC at the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":40658,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[2355,2361,260],"class_list":["post-40659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-gambia","tag-gambia"],"yoast_head":"\nBCC Steering Committee uses project monies to give loans to members \u2013 GPPA reveals - Gambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The GPPA\u2019s Director of Procurement Policy and Operations has revealed that the Banjul City Council\u2019s Steering Committ ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/bcc-steering-committee-uses-project-monies-to-give-loans-to-members-gppa-reveals\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BCC Steering Committee uses project monies to give loans to members \u2013 GPPA reveals\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The GPPA\u2019s Director of Procurement Policy and Operations has revealed that the Banjul City Council\u2019s Steering Committ ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/bcc-steering-committee-uses-project-monies-to-give-loans-to-members-gppa-reveals\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Gambia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-08-12T08:10:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-08-12T08:37:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2023\/08\/sm_1691812569.448518.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/bcc-steering-committee-uses-project-monies-to-give-loans-to-members-gppa-reveals#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/bcc-steering-committee-uses-project-monies-to-give-loans-to-members-gppa-reveals\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"BCC Steering Committee uses project monies to give loans to members \u2013 GPPA reveals\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-08-12T08:10:49+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-08-12T08:37:30+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/bcc-steering-committee-uses-project-monies-to-give-loans-to-members-gppa-reveals\"},\"wordCount\":748,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/bcc-steering-committee-uses-project-monies-to-give-loans-to-members-gppa-reveals#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2023\/08\/sm_1691812569.448518.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Gambia\",\"Gambia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/bcc-steering-committee-uses-project-monies-to-give-loans-to-members-gppa-reveals#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/bcc-steering-committee-uses-project-monies-to-give-loans-to-members-gppa-reveals\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/bcc-steering-committee-uses-project-monies-to-give-loans-to-members-gppa-reveals\",\"name\":\"BCC Steering Committee uses project monies to give loans to members \u2013 GPPA reveals - Gambia\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/bcc-steering-committee-uses-project-monies-to-give-loans-to-members-gppa-reveals#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/bcc-steering-committee-uses-project-monies-to-give-loans-to-members-gppa-reveals#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2023\/08\/sm_1691812569.448518.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-08-12T08:10:49+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-08-12T08:37:30+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"The GPPA\u2019s Director of Procurement Policy and Operations has revealed that the Banjul City Council\u2019s Steering Committ ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/bcc-steering-committee-uses-project-monies-to-give-loans-to-members-gppa-reveals#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/bcc-steering-committee-uses-project-monies-to-give-loans-to-members-gppa-reveals\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/bcc-steering-committee-uses-project-monies-to-give-loans-to-members-gppa-reveals#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2023\/08\/sm_1691812569.448518.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2023\/08\/sm_1691812569.448518.jpg\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":720,\"caption\":\"BCC Steering Committee uses project monies to give loans to members \u2013 GPPA reveals\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/bcc-steering-committee-uses-project-monies-to-give-loans-to-members-gppa-reveals#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"BCC Steering Committee uses project monies to give loans to members \u2013 GPPA reveals\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/\",\"name\":\"Gambia\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"BCC Steering Committee uses project monies to give loans to members \u2013 GPPA reveals - Gambia","description":"The GPPA\u2019s Director of Procurement Policy and Operations has revealed that the Banjul City Council\u2019s Steering Committ ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/bcc-steering-committee-uses-project-monies-to-give-loans-to-members-gppa-reveals","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"BCC Steering Committee uses project monies to give loans to members \u2013 GPPA reveals","og_description":"The GPPA\u2019s Director of Procurement Policy and Operations has revealed that the Banjul City Council\u2019s Steering Committ ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/bcc-steering-committee-uses-project-monies-to-give-loans-to-members-gppa-reveals","og_site_name":"Gambia","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2023-08-12T08:10:49+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-08-12T08:37:30+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1280,"height":720,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2023\/08\/sm_1691812569.448518.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/bcc-steering-committee-uses-project-monies-to-give-loans-to-members-gppa-reveals#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/bcc-steering-committee-uses-project-monies-to-give-loans-to-members-gppa-reveals"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"BCC Steering Committee uses project monies to give loans to members \u2013 GPPA reveals","datePublished":"2023-08-12T08:10:49+00:00","dateModified":"2023-08-12T08:37:30+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/bcc-steering-committee-uses-project-monies-to-give-loans-to-members-gppa-reveals"},"wordCount":748,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/bcc-steering-committee-uses-project-monies-to-give-loans-to-members-gppa-reveals#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2023\/08\/sm_1691812569.448518.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Africa Press-Gambia","Gambia"],"articleSection":["all news","policy"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/bcc-steering-committee-uses-project-monies-to-give-loans-to-members-gppa-reveals#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/bcc-steering-committee-uses-project-monies-to-give-loans-to-members-gppa-reveals","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/bcc-steering-committee-uses-project-monies-to-give-loans-to-members-gppa-reveals","name":"BCC Steering Committee uses project monies to give loans to members \u2013 GPPA reveals - Gambia","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/bcc-steering-committee-uses-project-monies-to-give-loans-to-members-gppa-reveals#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/bcc-steering-committee-uses-project-monies-to-give-loans-to-members-gppa-reveals#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2023\/08\/sm_1691812569.448518.jpg","datePublished":"2023-08-12T08:10:49+00:00","dateModified":"2023-08-12T08:37:30+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"The GPPA\u2019s Director of Procurement Policy and Operations has revealed that the Banjul City Council\u2019s Steering Committ ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/bcc-steering-committee-uses-project-monies-to-give-loans-to-members-gppa-reveals#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/bcc-steering-committee-uses-project-monies-to-give-loans-to-members-gppa-reveals"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/bcc-steering-committee-uses-project-monies-to-give-loans-to-members-gppa-reveals#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2023\/08\/sm_1691812569.448518.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2023\/08\/sm_1691812569.448518.jpg","width":1280,"height":720,"caption":"BCC Steering Committee uses project monies to give loans to members \u2013 GPPA reveals"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/bcc-steering-committee-uses-project-monies-to-give-loans-to-members-gppa-reveals#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"BCC Steering Committee uses project monies to give loans to members \u2013 GPPA reveals"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/","name":"Gambia","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40659","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40659"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40659\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}