{"id":41240,"date":"2023-08-21T07:55:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-21T07:55:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/udp-campaign-manager-commends-barrow-for-temporal-overseas-travel-suspension"},"modified":"2023-08-21T08:32:11","modified_gmt":"2023-08-21T08:32:11","slug":"udp-campaign-manager-commends-barrow-for-temporal-overseas-travel-suspension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/udp-campaign-manager-commends-barrow-for-temporal-overseas-travel-suspension","title":{"rendered":"UDP Campaign Manager Commends Barrow For Temporal Overseas Travel Suspension"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Gambia. <\/strong><\/span>Momodou Sabally, Campaign Manager of the United Democratic Party (UDP) has commended President Adama Barrow for temporarily suspending \u201call overseas travel by government officials for the rest of 2023.\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cAnd then we must commend President Barrow for the bold move of temporarily suspending \u201call overseas travel by government officials for the rest of 2023.\u201d The declaration that this includes the President himself and his Vice President makes it even more commendable because the two of them are the most expensive to fly around the world,\u201d Sabally wrote on his Facebook page.<\/p>\n

Sabally said this is \u2018just\u2019 the kind of move he expected from this government, and he had consistently advised them accordingly: to curb government expenditure to stabilize the economy.He said the rate of travel of top government officials of late has been unprecedented, with \u2018reckless\u2019 abandon.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile traveling out of the country a few months ago, I was on the same plane with the senior management of at least two key ministries of this country. More than a dozen key management staff of an entire sector left this country together. There is no way anyone can justify that in any serious country.<\/p>\n

\u201cBarrow\u2019s own top officials and advisers are taking him for a ride because they feel that he would never understand their plots. There seems to exist a top-level cabal in the government conniving to outsmart the President and abuse state resources for their personal gain. Therefore, whatever this Presidential directive is worth, the intention and signal is worth commending. Hopefully it will make a dent in their expenditure overdrive as inflation rises further to unprecedented levels in this generation,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The UDP campaign manager, however, said he is a bit worried about the caveat inbuilt in the otherwise stern Presidential directive.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis statement right here is the weakest link in the game plan, and it is likely to be the window that will be exploited by the top cabal in government to open the floodgates of expensive and frivolous travel in government:<\/p>\n

\u201cExempted from this Order are travels to Statutory meetings where The Gambia\u2019s participation is mandatory and foreign trips fully funded by external sources. These exemptions are, however, subject to the prior approval of The President or an authorized official.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sabally said in his reaction to the carved-out exemption is to respond with the Wolof word \u201cndeysaan\u201d, because, in his view, that exemption will be exploited.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis truly shows that President Barrow does not know how deceptive and corrupt his own inner circle and top advisers can be… Let me stop here for now. Meanwhile, I just wanna say great move, Mr. President,\u201d Sabally concluded.<\/p>\n

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