{"id":89538,"date":"2025-11-07T06:24:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T06:24:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/barrow-defends-development-record-and-criticizes-detractors"},"modified":"2025-11-07T06:32:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T06:32:07","slug":"barrow-defends-development-record-and-criticizes-detractors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/barrow-defends-development-record-and-criticizes-detractors","title":{"rendered":"Barrow Defends Development Record and Criticizes Detractors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span><b>President Adama Barrow has dismissed criticism of his administration\u2019s performance, describing claims that his government has not delivered on development as \u201cbaseless.\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Speaking on Sunday at a National People\u2019s Party (NPP) welcoming ceremony for new defectors in Bundung, President Barrow said that while people are entitled to their opinions, it is unfair to deny the government\u2019s achievements over the past eight years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the last eight years, you can say you don\u2019t like Adama Barrow or you don\u2019t like the NPP, but to say the NPP government is not working or that we are not practicing democracy\u2014you are just saying what you like,\u201d the president remarked.<\/p>\n<p>Barrow emphasized that the NPP remains the party trusted by Gambians to lead the country\u2019s development agenda.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the party of The Gambia, and this is the party that Gambians have faith in to move the country forward. Anybody who joins this party is doing what the Gambian people want. I came to help the country and take it forward,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The president also reiterated his government\u2019s commitment to nationwide development, urging citizens to focus on unity rather than protests and divisive rhetoric. \u201cWe will not rest day and night; we are working on the development of the country. All this noise and these protests have no benefit. What will benefit us as a country is unity and working together to move The Gambia forward,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p>Barrow concluded by calling on NPP members to welcome defectors with open arms and collaborate for national progress. \u201cLet us welcome them with open hands and work hand in glove to advance the country,\u201d he said.<\/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. President Adama Barrow has dismissed criticism of his administration\u2019s performance, describing claims that his government has not delivered on development as \u201cbaseless.\u201d Speaking on Sunday at a National People\u2019s Party (NPP) welcoming ceremony for new defectors in Bundung, President Barrow said that while people are entitled to their opinions, it is unfair [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":89537,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,7,12],"tags":[260],"class_list":["post-89538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","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>Barrow Defends Development Record and Criticizes Detractors - 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