{"id":90720,"date":"2025-11-22T14:59:29","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T14:59:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/provincial-communities-suffered-50-years-of-neglect"},"modified":"2025-11-22T17:02:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T17:02:08","slug":"provincial-communities-suffered-50-years-of-neglect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/provincial-communities-suffered-50-years-of-neglect","title":{"rendered":"Provincial Communities Suffered 50 Years of Neglect"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span><b>President Adama Barrow has described provincial Gambian communities as having suffered decades of neglect, saying past governments left them at a significant disadvantage.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Speaking to the media in Banjul on Wednesday night after returning from his Meet-the-People-Tour, the President says his administration is now actively reversing that trend.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe provinces were at a disadvantage for more than 50 years. Resources were not decentralised, and definitely, it was not fair on their side,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>President Barrow called the tour a \u201csuccess,\u201d noting large turnouts and the appreciation of residents for government projects in the provinces. He highlighted progress in road construction, clean drinking water provision, health projects, schools, and improved civil service pay scales, describing these achievements as unprecedented in the country\u2019s history.<\/p>\n<p>Barrow also outlined ongoing projects, including plans to connect 90 percent of Gambians to electricity by the end of 2025 and ensure universal access by the close of 2026, calling the electrification initiative a personal priority.<\/p>\n<p>He emphasized that despite challenges, his government was committed to decentralisation, expanding infrastructure, and delivering services equitably across the country. \u201cThis is a working government. We are ambitious and we aim very high,\u201d he added.<\/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 described provincial Gambian communities as having suffered decades of neglect, saying past governments left them at a significant disadvantage. Speaking to the media in Banjul on Wednesday night after returning from his Meet-the-People-Tour, the President says his administration is now actively reversing that trend. \u201cThe provinces were at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":90719,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,7,12],"tags":[260],"class_list":["post-90720","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>Provincial Communities Suffered 50 Years of Neglect - Gambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"President Adama Barrow has described provincial Gambian communities as having suffered decades of neglect, saying pas ...\" \/>\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\/provincial-communities-suffered-50-years-of-neglect\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Provincial Communities Suffered 50 Years of Neglect\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"President Adama Barrow has described provincial Gambian communities as having suffered decades of neglect, saying pas ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/provincial-communities-suffered-50-years-of-neglect\" \/>\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=\"2025-11-22T14:59:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-11-22T17:02:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/11\/sm_1763815197.509963.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\/provincial-communities-suffered-50-years-of-neglect#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/provincial-communities-suffered-50-years-of-neglect\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Provincial Communities Suffered 50 Years of Neglect\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-11-22T14:59:29+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-11-22T17:02:08+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/provincial-communities-suffered-50-years-of-neglect\"},\"wordCount\":209,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/provincial-communities-suffered-50-years-of-neglect#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/11\/sm_1763815197.509963.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Gambia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"head lines\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/provincial-communities-suffered-50-years-of-neglect#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/provincial-communities-suffered-50-years-of-neglect\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/provincial-communities-suffered-50-years-of-neglect\",\"name\":\"Provincial Communities Suffered 50 Years of Neglect - 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