{"id":91555,"date":"2025-12-08T16:21:25","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T16:21:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/udps-lamin-manneh-calls-seedy-keita-worst-finance-minister"},"modified":"2025-12-08T16:53:05","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T16:53:05","slug":"udps-lamin-manneh-calls-seedy-keita-worst-finance-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/udps-lamin-manneh-calls-seedy-keita-worst-finance-minister","title":{"rendered":"Udp\u2019S Lamin Manneh Calls Seedy Keita Worst Finance Minister"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span><b>Lamin Manneh, Deputy Secretary for External Affairs of the United Democratic Party (UDP), has strongly criticized Finance Minister Seedy Keita, describing him as the worst-performing finance minister in The Gambia\u2019s recent history.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u201cSeedy Keita is one of the worst ministers of finance, if not the worst minister of finance we have had in this country. The guy is a joke,\u201d Manneh said, taking aim at the minister\u2019s record on economic management and public finance.<\/p>\n<p>Manneh expressed deep concern over the continued depreciation of the Dalasi, noting that the currency has weakened significantly against major international currencies over the past several years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom 2022 to now, the dollar has lost at least 65% of its value. Last month, in November, the dollar was at D73; today it\u2019s D74. At the beginning of the year, it was at D69; today it\u2019s at D74. By the end of next year, it will be over D80,\u201d he claimed.<\/p>\n<p>According to Manneh, the currency\u2019s decline is driven by structural weaknesses in the economy. \u201cThe Dalasi is depreciating constantly and continuously because we do not have a real economy to sustain the dollar. We import every single thing in this country,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He criticized the government\u2019s reliance on imports and its limited export base, saying the country lacks meaningful production capacity. \u201cWe do not manufacture anything, we do not export anything; the only thing we export is groundnuts,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Turning to the tourism sector, Manneh highlighted growing challenges facing industry operators, particularly the impact of rising electricity costs. \u201cWhen you increase the electricity cost for the hotel industry by 47 percent, all the prices in the hotel industry go up,\u201d he said, arguing that such increases further undermine competitiveness.<\/p>\n<p>Manneh also questioned the introduction of new charges, including the airport security levy imposed on travelers. \u201cThey have put on this security port levy at the airport; the amount is not much\u2014it is D2,000, but it\u2019s the principle that puts off a number of those people,\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. Lamin Manneh, Deputy Secretary for External Affairs of the United Democratic Party (UDP), has strongly criticized Finance Minister Seedy Keita, describing him as the worst-performing finance minister in The Gambia\u2019s recent history. \u201cSeedy Keita is one of the worst ministers of finance, if not the worst minister of finance we have had [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":91554,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,10],"tags":[260],"class_list":["post-91555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-parties","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>Udp\u2019S Lamin Manneh Calls Seedy Keita Worst Finance Minister - Gambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Lamin Manneh, Deputy Secretary for External Affairs of the United Democratic Party (UDP), has strongly criticized Fin ...\" \/>\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\/udps-lamin-manneh-calls-seedy-keita-worst-finance-minister\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Udp\u2019S Lamin Manneh Calls Seedy Keita Worst Finance Minister\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Lamin Manneh, Deputy Secretary for External Affairs of the United Democratic Party (UDP), has strongly criticized Fin ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/udps-lamin-manneh-calls-seedy-keita-worst-finance-minister\" \/>\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=\"2025-12-08T16:21:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-12-08T16:53:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/12\/sm_1765200013.922578.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\/udps-lamin-manneh-calls-seedy-keita-worst-finance-minister#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/udps-lamin-manneh-calls-seedy-keita-worst-finance-minister\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Udp\u2019S Lamin Manneh Calls Seedy Keita Worst Finance Minister\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-12-08T16:21:25+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-12-08T16:53:05+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/udps-lamin-manneh-calls-seedy-keita-worst-finance-minister\"},\"wordCount\":360,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/udps-lamin-manneh-calls-seedy-keita-worst-finance-minister#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/12\/sm_1765200013.922578.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Gambia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"parties\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/udps-lamin-manneh-calls-seedy-keita-worst-finance-minister#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/udps-lamin-manneh-calls-seedy-keita-worst-finance-minister\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/udps-lamin-manneh-calls-seedy-keita-worst-finance-minister\",\"name\":\"Udp\u2019S Lamin Manneh Calls Seedy Keita Worst Finance Minister - Gambia\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/udps-lamin-manneh-calls-seedy-keita-worst-finance-minister#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/udps-lamin-manneh-calls-seedy-keita-worst-finance-minister#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/12\/sm_1765200013.922578.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-12-08T16:21:25+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-12-08T16:53:05+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"Lamin Manneh, Deputy Secretary for External Affairs of the United Democratic Party (UDP), has strongly criticized Fin ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/udps-lamin-manneh-calls-seedy-keita-worst-finance-minister#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/udps-lamin-manneh-calls-seedy-keita-worst-finance-minister\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/udps-lamin-manneh-calls-seedy-keita-worst-finance-minister#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/12\/sm_1765200013.922578.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/12\/sm_1765200013.922578.jpg\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":720,\"caption\":\"Udp\u2019S Lamin Manneh Calls Seedy Keita Worst Finance Minister\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/udps-lamin-manneh-calls-seedy-keita-worst-finance-minister#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Udp\u2019S Lamin Manneh Calls Seedy Keita Worst Finance Minister\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/\",\"name\":\"Gambia\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Udp\u2019S Lamin Manneh Calls Seedy Keita Worst Finance Minister - Gambia","description":"Lamin Manneh, Deputy Secretary for External Affairs of the United Democratic Party (UDP), has strongly criticized Fin ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/udps-lamin-manneh-calls-seedy-keita-worst-finance-minister","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Udp\u2019S Lamin Manneh Calls Seedy Keita Worst Finance Minister","og_description":"Lamin Manneh, Deputy Secretary for External Affairs of the United Democratic Party (UDP), has strongly criticized Fin ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/udps-lamin-manneh-calls-seedy-keita-worst-finance-minister","og_site_name":"Gambia","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2025-12-08T16:21:25+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-12-08T16:53:05+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1280,"height":720,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/12\/sm_1765200013.922578.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/udps-lamin-manneh-calls-seedy-keita-worst-finance-minister#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/udps-lamin-manneh-calls-seedy-keita-worst-finance-minister"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Udp\u2019S Lamin Manneh Calls Seedy Keita Worst Finance Minister","datePublished":"2025-12-08T16:21:25+00:00","dateModified":"2025-12-08T16:53:05+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/udps-lamin-manneh-calls-seedy-keita-worst-finance-minister"},"wordCount":360,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/udps-lamin-manneh-calls-seedy-keita-worst-finance-minister#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/12\/sm_1765200013.922578.jpg","keywords":["Gambia"],"articleSection":["all news","parties"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/udps-lamin-manneh-calls-seedy-keita-worst-finance-minister#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/udps-lamin-manneh-calls-seedy-keita-worst-finance-minister","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/udps-lamin-manneh-calls-seedy-keita-worst-finance-minister","name":"Udp\u2019S Lamin Manneh Calls Seedy Keita Worst Finance Minister - Gambia","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/udps-lamin-manneh-calls-seedy-keita-worst-finance-minister#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/udps-lamin-manneh-calls-seedy-keita-worst-finance-minister#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/12\/sm_1765200013.922578.jpg","datePublished":"2025-12-08T16:21:25+00:00","dateModified":"2025-12-08T16:53:05+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"Lamin Manneh, Deputy Secretary for External Affairs of the United Democratic Party (UDP), has strongly criticized Fin ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/udps-lamin-manneh-calls-seedy-keita-worst-finance-minister#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/udps-lamin-manneh-calls-seedy-keita-worst-finance-minister"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/udps-lamin-manneh-calls-seedy-keita-worst-finance-minister#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/12\/sm_1765200013.922578.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/12\/sm_1765200013.922578.jpg","width":1280,"height":720,"caption":"Udp\u2019S Lamin Manneh Calls Seedy Keita Worst Finance Minister"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/udps-lamin-manneh-calls-seedy-keita-worst-finance-minister#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Udp\u2019S Lamin Manneh Calls Seedy Keita Worst Finance Minister"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/","name":"Gambia","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91555"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91555\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/91554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}