{"id":82816,"date":"2025-07-27T16:11:33","date_gmt":"2025-07-27T16:11:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/ceesay-calls-barrow-administration-committed-to-corruption"},"modified":"2025-07-27T17:14:39","modified_gmt":"2025-07-27T17:14:39","slug":"ceesay-calls-barrow-administration-committed-to-corruption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/ceesay-calls-barrow-administration-committed-to-corruption","title":{"rendered":"Ceesay Calls Barrow Administration Committed to Corruption"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span><b>Information Minister Dr. Ismaila Ceesay has described President Barrow\u2019s administration as the most committed government in The Gambia\u2019s history in the fight against corruption.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Speaking during his weekly appearance on Coffee Time with Peter Gomez, Minister Ceesay rejected public perceptions that the government lacks seriousness on the issue.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd sometimes I see people say the government is not serious in fighting corruption. It is far from the truth. This government is the most serious government in fighting corruption,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Ceesay emphasized that tackling corruption in a democracy goes beyond arrests and prosecutions. He said sustainable anti-corruption efforts must involve institutional reforms and preventive mechanisms.<\/p>\n<p>He pointed to several reforms, including the strengthening of the National Audit Office and the introduction of new procurement and public-private partnership (PPP) laws. He also highlighted the ongoing work of parliamentary oversight bodies such as the Finance and Public Accounts Committee (FPAC) and the Public Accounts and Public Enterprises Committee (PAC\/PEC).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd this is what this government is doing. We have strengthened institutions. We have strengthened the National Audit Office. We have come up with new procurement laws,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The minister also pointed to the National Assembly\u2019s rigorous accountability measures, noting that parliament is actively questioning ministers, forming investigative committees, and probing suspected fraud cases.<\/p>\n<p>Minister Ceesay concluded by reaffirming the administration\u2019s commitment to strengthening legal and governance institutions, describing the reforms as a sign of serious and functioning democratic governance.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Gambia<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. Information Minister Dr. Ismaila Ceesay has described President Barrow\u2019s administration as the most committed government in The Gambia\u2019s history in the fight against corruption. Speaking during his weekly appearance on Coffee Time with Peter Gomez, Minister Ceesay rejected public perceptions that the government lacks seriousness on the issue. \u201cAnd sometimes I see [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":82815,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[260],"class_list":["post-82816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-gambia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ceesay Calls Barrow Administration Committed to Corruption - Gambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Information Minister Dr. Ismaila Ceesay has described President Barrow\u2019s administration as the most committed governm ...\" \/>\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\/ceesay-calls-barrow-administration-committed-to-corruption\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ceesay Calls Barrow Administration Committed to Corruption\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Information Minister Dr. Ismaila Ceesay has described President Barrow\u2019s administration as the most committed governm ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/ceesay-calls-barrow-administration-committed-to-corruption\" \/>\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=\"2025-07-27T16:11:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-07-27T17:14:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/07\/sm_1753623806.246541.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=\"2 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\/ceesay-calls-barrow-administration-committed-to-corruption#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/ceesay-calls-barrow-administration-committed-to-corruption\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Ceesay Calls Barrow Administration Committed to Corruption\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-27T16:11:33+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-27T17:14:39+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/ceesay-calls-barrow-administration-committed-to-corruption\"},\"wordCount\":263,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/ceesay-calls-barrow-administration-committed-to-corruption#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/07\/sm_1753623806.246541.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Gambia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/ceesay-calls-barrow-administration-committed-to-corruption#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/ceesay-calls-barrow-administration-committed-to-corruption\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/ceesay-calls-barrow-administration-committed-to-corruption\",\"name\":\"Ceesay Calls Barrow Administration Committed to Corruption - 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