{"id":89726,"date":"2025-11-09T11:37:33","date_gmt":"2025-11-09T11:37:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/gpap-leader-dr-papa-faal-criticizes-subsidy-policy"},"modified":"2025-11-09T13:07:52","modified_gmt":"2025-11-09T13:07:52","slug":"gpap-leader-dr-papa-faal-criticizes-subsidy-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/gpap-leader-dr-papa-faal-criticizes-subsidy-policy","title":{"rendered":"GPAP Leader Dr Papa Faal Criticizes Subsidy Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span><b>Dr. Papa Faal, Secretary General and Party Leader of the newly registered Gambian People\u2019s Advancement Party (GPAP), has sharply criticized the government\u2019s approach to subsidization, questioning its effectiveness in reducing the cost of essential commodities.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Speaking on Brunch on Saturday, Dr. Faal challenged the government\u2019s claim of subsidizing basic goods, noting that the prices of key commodities continue to rise despite such measures.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat kind of subsidy is that? If things keep on going up?\u201d he asked. \u201cAs a government, if you give a tax break to a supplier for the price to come down, and the supplier did not abide by that and you know it, but ignored it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Faal also recalled that when President Adama Barrow\u2019s government assumed office, a bag of cement cost between D75 and D85. \u201cWhat incentive, what discount, is the government putting into these products to justify and say they are doing something?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He argued that a true subsidy should reduce prices, not increase them. \u201cThings are supposed to go down, not up. For example, if you are giving a 35% subsidy of D100, then you will pay D65, and I will pay D35. So if I am paying more than D100, then you cannot tell me that you are giving me subsidies. Then they are fooling us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The GPAP leader also warned of worsening global economic conditions, predicting that prices could double over the next decade due to rising geopolitical tensions.<\/p>\n<p>He cited potential conflicts, including a possible war between Israel and Iran that could draw in the United States and Europe, as factors that may disrupt global trade and drive up costs.<\/p>\n<p>He said that while they remain hopeful for the best, the current signs are worrying, emphasizing the need to safeguard citizens by ensuring access to sufficient food supplies and sources. \u201cSo they do not have to depend on the outside,\u201d he asserted.<\/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. Dr. Papa Faal, Secretary General and Party Leader of the newly registered Gambian People\u2019s Advancement Party (GPAP), has sharply criticized the government\u2019s approach to subsidization, questioning its effectiveness in reducing the cost of essential commodities. Speaking on Brunch on Saturday, Dr. Faal challenged the government\u2019s claim of subsidizing basic goods, noting that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":89725,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[260],"class_list":["post-89726","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>GPAP Leader Dr Papa Faal Criticizes Subsidy Policy - Gambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Dr. Papa Faal, Secretary General and Party Leader of the newly registered Gambian People\u2019s Advancement Party (GPAP), ...\" \/>\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\/gpap-leader-dr-papa-faal-criticizes-subsidy-policy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"GPAP Leader Dr Papa Faal Criticizes Subsidy Policy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Dr. Papa Faal, Secretary General and Party Leader of the newly registered Gambian People\u2019s Advancement Party (GPAP), ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/gpap-leader-dr-papa-faal-criticizes-subsidy-policy\" \/>\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=\"2025-11-09T11:37:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-11-09T13:07:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/11\/sm_1762681044.0735.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\/gpap-leader-dr-papa-faal-criticizes-subsidy-policy#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/gpap-leader-dr-papa-faal-criticizes-subsidy-policy\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"GPAP Leader Dr Papa Faal Criticizes Subsidy Policy\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-11-09T11:37:33+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-11-09T13:07:52+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/gpap-leader-dr-papa-faal-criticizes-subsidy-policy\"},\"wordCount\":336,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/gpap-leader-dr-papa-faal-criticizes-subsidy-policy#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/11\/sm_1762681044.0735.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Gambia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/gpap-leader-dr-papa-faal-criticizes-subsidy-policy#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/gpap-leader-dr-papa-faal-criticizes-subsidy-policy\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/gpap-leader-dr-papa-faal-criticizes-subsidy-policy\",\"name\":\"GPAP Leader Dr Papa Faal Criticizes Subsidy Policy - 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