{"id":86782,"date":"2025-09-26T08:16:32","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T08:16:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/gambians-view-corruption-as-endemic-urgent-reforms-needed"},"modified":"2025-09-26T09:06:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T09:06:10","slug":"gambians-view-corruption-as-endemic-urgent-reforms-needed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/gambians-view-corruption-as-endemic-urgent-reforms-needed","title":{"rendered":"Gambians View Corruption as Endemic Urgent Reforms Needed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span><b>A nationwide survey by Gambia Participates has revealed overwhelming public concern about corruption, with a vast majority of Gambians perceiving it as a serious and worsening challenge.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The survey, which interviewed 1,556 respondents across the country, shows that 67 percent believe corruption is \u201cvery high\u201d in The Gambia, while another 23 percent rate it as \u201chigh.\u201d Taken together, this means nine in ten Gambians view corruption as a pervasive problem.<\/p>\n<p>By contrast, only 6 percent described corruption levels as moderate, 2 percent saw it as minimal, and another 2 percent said corruption is nonexistent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese results underscore the deeply entrenched public concern about corruption, suggesting that it is perceived as a systemic issue,\u201d the report noted. It further stressed that the near-unanimous perception points to the urgent need for governance reforms, stronger accountability mechanisms, and visible anti-corruption measures to restore trust in public institutions.<\/p>\n<p>The findings also suggest that Gambians believe the problem is intensifying. A striking 81 percent of respondents said corruption has increased over the past year, while only 5 percent felt it has declined.<\/p>\n<p>Regional variations were also evident. In Banjul, the capital, public concern was highest, with 94 percent of respondents rating corruption as \u201cvery high.\u201d The trend was similarly strong in Brikama and Kanifing, where 72 percent and 68 percent, respectively, shared the same view.<\/p>\n<p>The survey paints a sobering picture of public sentiment and underscores a pressing demand for action to confront corruption at all levels of governance in The Gambia.<\/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. A nationwide survey by Gambia Participates has revealed overwhelming public concern about corruption, with a vast majority of Gambians perceiving it as a serious and worsening challenge. The survey, which interviewed 1,556 respondents across the country, shows that 67 percent believe corruption is \u201cvery high\u201d in The Gambia, while another 23 percent [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":86781,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,5],"tags":[260],"class_list":["post-86782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-economy","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>Gambians View Corruption as Endemic Urgent Reforms Needed - Gambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A nationwide survey by Gambia Participates has revealed overwhelming public concern about corruption, with a vast maj ...\" \/>\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\/gambians-view-corruption-as-endemic-urgent-reforms-needed\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Gambians View Corruption as Endemic Urgent Reforms Needed\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A nationwide survey by Gambia Participates has revealed overwhelming public concern about corruption, with a vast maj ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/gambians-view-corruption-as-endemic-urgent-reforms-needed\" \/>\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=\"2025-09-26T08:16:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-09-26T09:06:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/09\/sm_1758864947.651917.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"417\" \/>\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\/gambians-view-corruption-as-endemic-urgent-reforms-needed#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/gambians-view-corruption-as-endemic-urgent-reforms-needed\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Gambians View Corruption as Endemic Urgent Reforms Needed\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-09-26T08:16:32+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-09-26T09:06:10+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/gambians-view-corruption-as-endemic-urgent-reforms-needed\"},\"wordCount\":256,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/gambians-view-corruption-as-endemic-urgent-reforms-needed#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/09\/sm_1758864947.651917.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Gambia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Economy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/gambians-view-corruption-as-endemic-urgent-reforms-needed#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/gambians-view-corruption-as-endemic-urgent-reforms-needed\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/gambians-view-corruption-as-endemic-urgent-reforms-needed\",\"name\":\"Gambians View Corruption as Endemic Urgent Reforms Needed - 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