{"id":91929,"date":"2025-12-13T06:42:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-13T06:42:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/udp-leader-criticizes-senior-officials-pay-raises"},"modified":"2025-12-13T07:03:20","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T07:03:20","slug":"udp-leader-criticizes-senior-officials-pay-raises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/udp-leader-criticizes-senior-officials-pay-raises","title":{"rendered":"UDP Leader Criticizes Senior Officials&#8217; Pay Raises"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span><b>Ousainu Darboe, leader of the United Democratic Party (UDP), has sharply criticized the government for raising salaries of senior officials while leaving groundnut farmers to contend with stagnant prices, arguing that the country\u2019s agricultural backbone is being neglected.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Speaking at a political meeting in Niumi Jinack, Mr. Darboe said that over the past three years, the prices paid to farmers for groundnuts have remained fixed at D38,000 per ton, even as the salaries of the president, vice president, cabinet ministers, and permanent secretaries have steadily risen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe livelihoods of farmers have not changed,\u201d he told supporters, contending that the government\u2019s budgetary priorities do little to address rural hardship. He urged residents to consider a UDP administration, promising what he described as a more prudent use of public funds.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Darboe pledged that, if elected, his party would redirect spending from what he called the \u201cextravagant\u201d annual Meet the People Tour. He claimed the tour received D53 million this year and said a UDP government would cut that allocation to D10 million, using the savings to purchase fertilizer for farmers at no cost.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe president just returned from a tour that cost more than 60 million,\u201d he said. \u201cUnder a UDP government, the tour will happen, but the spending will not be as excessive as that of the Barrow administration.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added that D52 million has already been earmarked for the 2026 edition of the nationwide tour. By comparison, he said, allocations for similar tours under former President Yahya Jammeh \u201cnever surpassed D6 million,\u201d questioning why the figure had risen so dramatically under President Adama Barrow.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Darboe argued that removing Mr. Barrow and his allies from government was necessary for the country to \u201cbe freed,\u201d accusing the administration of repeatedly failing to honor its promises.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing local development needs, he assured Jinack residents that a UDP government would improve water access\u2014including desalinating water for farming purposes\u2014saying such measures were \u201cachievable commitments\u201d that his party is prepared to deliver.<\/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. Ousainu Darboe, leader of the United Democratic Party (UDP), has sharply criticized the government for raising salaries of senior officials while leaving groundnut farmers to contend with stagnant prices, arguing that the country\u2019s agricultural backbone is being neglected. Speaking at a political meeting in Niumi Jinack, Mr. Darboe said that over the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":91928,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,10],"tags":[260],"class_list":["post-91929","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 Leader Criticizes Senior Officials&#039; Pay Raises - Gambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Ousainu Darboe, leader of the United Democratic Party (UDP), has sharply criticized the government for raising salari ...\" \/>\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\/udp-leader-criticizes-senior-officials-pay-raises\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"UDP Leader Criticizes Senior Officials&#039; 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