{"id":90939,"date":"2025-11-27T07:33:41","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T07:33:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/hamat-bah-blames-bad-journalism-for-misconceptions"},"modified":"2025-11-27T08:25:23","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T08:25:23","slug":"hamat-bah-blames-bad-journalism-for-misconceptions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/hamat-bah-blames-bad-journalism-for-misconceptions","title":{"rendered":"Hamat Bah Blames Bad Journalism for Misconceptions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span><b>Hamat NK Bah, the Minister of Local Government, Lands, and Religious Affairs, on Tuesday, accused sections of the media of fueling misinformation about the sale and disposal of assets belonging to former president Yahya Jammeh.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Testifying before the National Assembly\u2019s special select committee investigating the matter, Mr. Bah\u2014who previously served as tourism minister\u2014said he felt compelled to appear in order to \u201cshed light on the misconceptions, misinformation, and disinformation\u201d circulating about the management of Jammeh\u2019s properties.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it is very important that I came to this committee in order to shed light on some of the misconceptions, misinformation, and disinformation that have been spread around this issue of sales of Yahya Jammeh\u2019s assets and disposal,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Minister Bah argued that inaccurate media reporting contributed significantly to public confusion, warning that such misinformation poses risks to national security and unity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe that, firmly speaking, it is an outcome of bad journalism that has led us to where we are. After reading the Republican article, regarding the whole issue of Jammeh, I went through it, and I realized that there is a lot of misinformation regarding this, and that is the reason parliament got interested because parliament represents the people,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>He emphasized the critical role of legislative oversight in matters of national concern, noting that it is essential for Parliament to clarify issues and present accurate information to the public.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlthough the slow pace was not one of mine, I would have thought that in a month this committee would wrap up and inform the general public of the outcome of their investigation,\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. Hamat NK Bah, the Minister of Local Government, Lands, and Religious Affairs, on Tuesday, accused sections of the media of fueling misinformation about the sale and disposal of assets belonging to former president Yahya Jammeh. Testifying before the National Assembly\u2019s special select committee investigating the matter, Mr. Bah\u2014who previously served as tourism [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":90938,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[260],"class_list":["post-90939","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>Hamat Bah Blames Bad Journalism for Misconceptions - Gambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Hamat NK Bah, the Minister of Local Government, Lands, and Religious Affairs, on Tuesday, accused sections of the med ...\" \/>\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\/hamat-bah-blames-bad-journalism-for-misconceptions\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Hamat Bah Blames Bad Journalism for Misconceptions\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Hamat NK Bah, the Minister of Local Government, Lands, and Religious Affairs, on Tuesday, accused sections of the med ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/hamat-bah-blames-bad-journalism-for-misconceptions\" \/>\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=\"2025-11-27T07:33:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-11-27T08:25:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/11\/sm_1764219284.522516.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"474\" \/>\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\/hamat-bah-blames-bad-journalism-for-misconceptions#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/hamat-bah-blames-bad-journalism-for-misconceptions\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Hamat Bah Blames Bad Journalism for Misconceptions\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-11-27T07:33:41+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-11-27T08:25:23+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/hamat-bah-blames-bad-journalism-for-misconceptions\"},\"wordCount\":292,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/hamat-bah-blames-bad-journalism-for-misconceptions#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/11\/sm_1764219284.522516.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Gambia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/hamat-bah-blames-bad-journalism-for-misconceptions#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/hamat-bah-blames-bad-journalism-for-misconceptions\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/hamat-bah-blames-bad-journalism-for-misconceptions\",\"name\":\"Hamat Bah Blames Bad Journalism for Misconceptions - 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