{"id":90925,"date":"2025-11-26T19:42:34","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T19:42:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/barrow-criticizes-busumbala-leaders-for-service-failures"},"modified":"2025-11-26T20:27:58","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T20:27:58","slug":"barrow-criticizes-busumbala-leaders-for-service-failures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/barrow-criticizes-busumbala-leaders-for-service-failures","title":{"rendered":"Barrow Criticizes Busumbala Leaders for Service Failures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span><b>President Adama Barrow on Monday sharply criticized Busumbala\u2019s National Assembly Member, the Brikama Area Council chairman, and local councillors, accusing them of failing to deliver basic development for their communities.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Speaking during a stop in Busumbala on his annual \u201cMeet the People Tour,\u201d Mr. Barrow told residents that their decision to elect opposition candidates had deprived the area of meaningful progress.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cListening to your concerns, there is not a single one that the opposition can address for you,\u201d the president said, arguing that voters in the Kombo region had made a \u201cmistake\u201d by electing opposition representatives to Parliament and local government positions. \u201cThey cannot give you water, electricity, roads or hospitals\u2014yet these are exactly the things you are asking for.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Barrow insisted that when communities choose leaders who cannot work with the central government, the consequences fall on the electorate. He accused the Brikama Area Council of failing to carry out some of the most basic municipal responsibilities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe developments they are meant to deliver, they cannot do,\u201d Mr. Barrow said. \u201cThey are supposed to construct roads and markets within your communities, but they have not. Even the simplest task\u2014waste management\u2014they cannot handle.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The president questioned what tangible benefits the opposition-controlled institutions had brought to the region, describing their leaders as individuals \u201cwho will not prosper and do not want others to prosper.\u201d He argued that genuine development would require cooperation between local authorities and the national government.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Barrow also criticized Busumbala\u2019s National Assembly Member for not attending the meeting and not communicating the community\u2019s needs to his administration. \u201cThis is a NAM who will not prosper and does not want others to prosper,\u201d he said. \u201cHe cannot do anything for you and does not want anyone else to do it for you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The president urged residents to reflect on the political choices that have shaped their current situation. \u201cThese are the situations you must be mindful of,\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 on Monday sharply criticized Busumbala\u2019s National Assembly Member, the Brikama Area Council chairman, and local councillors, accusing them of failing to deliver basic development for their communities. Speaking during a stop in Busumbala on his annual \u201cMeet the People Tour,\u201d Mr. Barrow told residents that their decision to elect [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":90923,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,7,12],"tags":[260],"class_list":["post-90925","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 Criticizes Busumbala Leaders for Service Failures - Gambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"President Adama Barrow on Monday sharply criticized Busumbala\u2019s National Assembly Member, the Brikama Area Council ch ...\" \/>\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\/barrow-criticizes-busumbala-leaders-for-service-failures\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Barrow Criticizes Busumbala Leaders for Service Failures\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"President Adama Barrow on Monday sharply criticized Busumbala\u2019s National Assembly Member, the Brikama Area Council ch ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/barrow-criticizes-busumbala-leaders-for-service-failures\" \/>\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=\"2025-11-26T19:42:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-11-26T20:27:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/11\/sm_1764176210.299298.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"985\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"654\" \/>\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\/barrow-criticizes-busumbala-leaders-for-service-failures#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/barrow-criticizes-busumbala-leaders-for-service-failures\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Barrow Criticizes Busumbala Leaders for Service Failures\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-11-26T19:42:34+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-11-26T20:27:58+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/barrow-criticizes-busumbala-leaders-for-service-failures\"},\"wordCount\":347,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/barrow-criticizes-busumbala-leaders-for-service-failures#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/11\/sm_1764176210.299298.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\/barrow-criticizes-busumbala-leaders-for-service-failures#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/barrow-criticizes-busumbala-leaders-for-service-failures\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/barrow-criticizes-busumbala-leaders-for-service-failures\",\"name\":\"Barrow Criticizes Busumbala Leaders for Service Failures - 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