{"id":90982,"date":"2025-11-28T17:16:29","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T17:16:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/lands-minister-rules-out-compensation-for-salagi-residents"},"modified":"2025-11-28T19:03:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T19:03:08","slug":"lands-minister-rules-out-compensation-for-salagi-residents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/lands-minister-rules-out-compensation-for-salagi-residents","title":{"rendered":"Lands Minister Rules out Compensation for Salagi Residents"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span><b>The Minister of Local Government, Lands, and Religious Affairs, Hamat NK Bah, told the National Assembly on Wednesday that the government will not provide financial or land compensation to residents left homeless after the demolition of structures in Salagi.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn as much as this Government is interested in housing citizens throughout this country, I assure you that I will not contemplate even compensating them one dime because they did not own the land where they built these structures and did not obtain these development permits through due process,\u201d Minister Bah said.<\/p>\n<p>The minister said that the residential layouts for Salagi proper and Salagi extension were initiated by the government in 2003 and 2007, respectively, and included designated social and public spaces intended for community use.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnfortunately, these designated spaces meant for public good were encroached upon; as a result, the Department of Physical Planning and Housing served emergency stop notices, which were subsequently followed by demolition notices,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Minister Bah emphasized that obtaining a development permit does not confer ownership of land. \u201cA development permit is only one process leading to the construction of a house. Therefore, obtaining the development permit does not stop this Government from moving people who have occupied public places that we are moving for the public good,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He added that repeated notices were issued to residents, who \u201cdeliberately refused to adhere to them,\u201d leaving the government no choice but to enforce the law. \u201cRepeated notices were issued, and they deliberately refused to adhere to those notices; and the government must act. Law must be reinforced,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He added, \u201cI want to assure you due process was followed, repeated notices were issued, and they deliberately refused to adhere to those notices, and the government must act; law must be reinforced,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The minister also declined to comment on investigations into how residents acquired the land prior to demolition, saying that it falls outside the ministry\u2019s mandate. \u201cThat is not my business. It is the business of those who bought it and from whom they bought it,\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. The Minister of Local Government, Lands, and Religious Affairs, Hamat NK Bah, told the National Assembly on Wednesday that the government will not provide financial or land compensation to residents left homeless after the demolition of structures in Salagi. \u201cIn as much as this Government is interested in housing citizens throughout this [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":90981,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,7,12],"tags":[260],"class_list":["post-90982","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>Lands Minister Rules out Compensation for Salagi Residents - Gambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Minister of Local Government, Lands, and Religious Affairs, Hamat NK Bah, told the National Assembly on Wednesday ...\" \/>\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\/lands-minister-rules-out-compensation-for-salagi-residents\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lands Minister Rules out Compensation for Salagi Residents\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Minister of Local Government, Lands, and Religious Affairs, Hamat NK Bah, told the National Assembly on Wednesday ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/lands-minister-rules-out-compensation-for-salagi-residents\" \/>\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=\"2025-11-28T17:16:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-11-28T19:03:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/11\/sm_1764343724.590538.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"433\" \/>\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\/lands-minister-rules-out-compensation-for-salagi-residents#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/lands-minister-rules-out-compensation-for-salagi-residents\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Lands Minister Rules out Compensation for Salagi Residents\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-11-28T17:16:29+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-11-28T19:03:08+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/lands-minister-rules-out-compensation-for-salagi-residents\"},\"wordCount\":366,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/lands-minister-rules-out-compensation-for-salagi-residents#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/11\/sm_1764343724.590538.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\/lands-minister-rules-out-compensation-for-salagi-residents#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/lands-minister-rules-out-compensation-for-salagi-residents\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/lands-minister-rules-out-compensation-for-salagi-residents\",\"name\":\"Lands Minister Rules out Compensation for Salagi Residents - 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