{"id":84788,"date":"2025-08-26T06:22:54","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T06:22:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/lawyer-assan-martin-criticizes-government-handling"},"modified":"2025-08-26T06:43:41","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T06:43:41","slug":"lawyer-assan-martin-criticizes-government-handling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/lawyer-assan-martin-criticizes-government-handling","title":{"rendered":"Lawyer Assan Martin Criticizes Government Handling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span><b>Lawyer Assan Martin has raised strong concerns about the state of governance in The Gambia, criticizing President Adama Barrow\u2019s administration for what he described as mismanagement and slow progress.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Speaking on The Grand Bantaba, a weekly public affairs program, Martin said the government\u2019s mistakes are stalling national development.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is left to the Gambian people if they want to keep Barrow, let them continue. The reality is the way the world is moving, The Gambia is at a slow pace,\u201d he remarked.<\/p>\n<p>The outspoken lawyer questioned whether the country is functioning effectively, citing the inability to issue national identity cards for nine months as an example of institutional failure.<\/p>\n<p>Martin further accused the government of \u201cmortgaging the country\u2019s assets\u201d to foreign companies and issuing fishing licenses to foreign trawlers, which he said is devastating local communities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA country you cannot mortgage all our assets to foreign companies. We have to have prestige. There are things we have to keep for our country. Look at our sea, people are suffering.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Recounting a recent visit to Tanji fish market, Martin noted that a small pan of fish now sells for between D1,000 and D1,500, while higher-quality fish are being exported abroad.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd they are telling us good quality fish are packaged and leaving the country but Gambians are struggling in their markets.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to Martin, the administration has yet to produce a meaningful success story, stressing that much more needs to be done. He urged state institutions to be more responsive to citizens\u2019 concerns.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGovernance is a temporary position,\u201d he emphasized. \u201cEvery citizen has a voice in determining the country\u2019s direction. What we want is for The Gambia to move forward and prosper.\u201d<\/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. Lawyer Assan Martin has raised strong concerns about the state of governance in The Gambia, criticizing President Adama Barrow\u2019s administration for what he described as mismanagement and slow progress. Speaking on The Grand Bantaba, a weekly public affairs program, Martin said the government\u2019s mistakes are stalling national development. \u201cIt is left to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":84786,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[260],"class_list":["post-84788","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>Lawyer Assan Martin Criticizes Government Handling - Gambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Lawyer Assan Martin has raised strong concerns about the state of governance in The Gambia, criticizing President Ada ...\" \/>\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\/lawyer-assan-martin-criticizes-government-handling\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lawyer Assan Martin Criticizes Government Handling\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Lawyer Assan Martin has raised strong concerns about the state of governance in The Gambia, criticizing President Ada ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/lawyer-assan-martin-criticizes-government-handling\" \/>\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=\"2025-08-26T06:22:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-08-26T06:43:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/08\/sm_1756177949.839168.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\/lawyer-assan-martin-criticizes-government-handling#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/lawyer-assan-martin-criticizes-government-handling\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Lawyer Assan Martin Criticizes Government Handling\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-26T06:22:54+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-08-26T06:43:41+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/lawyer-assan-martin-criticizes-government-handling\"},\"wordCount\":303,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/lawyer-assan-martin-criticizes-government-handling#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/08\/sm_1756177949.839168.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Gambia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/lawyer-assan-martin-criticizes-government-handling#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/lawyer-assan-martin-criticizes-government-handling\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/lawyer-assan-martin-criticizes-government-handling\",\"name\":\"Lawyer Assan Martin Criticizes Government Handling - 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