{"id":87851,"date":"2025-10-12T06:40:40","date_gmt":"2025-10-12T06:40:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/udp-secretary-questions-barrows-2021-asset-declaration"},"modified":"2025-10-12T07:36:50","modified_gmt":"2025-10-12T07:36:50","slug":"udp-secretary-questions-barrows-2021-asset-declaration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/udp-secretary-questions-barrows-2021-asset-declaration","title":{"rendered":"UDP Secretary Questions Barrow&#8217;S 2021 Asset Declaration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span><b>Lamin Manneh, the United Democratic Party\u2019s (UDP) Administrative Secretary for External Affairs, has raised serious concerns about President Adama Barrow\u2019s 2021 asset declaration submitted ahead of the presidential elections.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Manneh questioned the legitimacy of the figures declared by the president, particularly Barrow\u2019s claim of holding over D200 million in Gambian bank accounts, alongside nine landed properties and multiple vehicles. He argued that such wealth was inconsistent with the president\u2019s official earnings.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor a person who over the five years could have earned a maximum D30 million, he was paid half a million a year. Assuming he saved everything because we buy everything for him. That is D6 million in a year, D30 million in five years. How did he get D200 million in his account? How did he get all those vehicles?\u201d Manneh asked.<\/p>\n<p>The UDP official further criticized what he described as a worrying signal to the public. \u201cYou know what, it\u2019s a free-for-all. I\u2019m doing it, you can do it and everybody does it and nobody is taking into account for that.\u201d Manneh said.<\/p>\n<p>Manneh also questioned the First Lady\u2019s travel expenditures, alleging that she received over $700,000 for trips abroad. He argued that such spending was unjustifiable, given that the First Lady does not hold an official government position. Manneh asked, \u201cWhy do we have to pay for that, she is not a functionary.\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. Lamin Manneh, the United Democratic Party\u2019s (UDP) Administrative Secretary for External Affairs, has raised serious concerns about President Adama Barrow\u2019s 2021 asset declaration submitted ahead of the presidential elections. 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