{"id":92360,"date":"2025-12-19T06:23:39","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T06:23:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/darboe-accuses-barrow-government-of-obstructing-revenues"},"modified":"2025-12-19T06:48:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T06:48:08","slug":"darboe-accuses-barrow-government-of-obstructing-revenues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/darboe-accuses-barrow-government-of-obstructing-revenues","title":{"rendered":"Darboe Accuses Barrow Government of Obstructing Revenues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span><b>Yankuba Darboe, chairman of the Brikama Area Council, has accused President Adama Barrow\u2019s administration of obstructing the council\u2019s access to key revenue streams, including taxes and government transfers.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Speaking during the United Democratic Party\u2019s nationwide tour stop in Foni, Mr. Darboe alleged that funds intended for the council were being withheld. \u201cThe tax we are supposed to get at Brikama Area Council, we are not getting half of it because of President Adama Barrow,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Darboe, UDP\u2019s Deputy Admin Secretary for Media, pledged that if the party\u2019s flag bearer, Ousainu Darboe, wins the 2026 presidential election, the council would allocate 60 million dalasis to Foni in February 2027. He promised that each ward would receive 5 million dalasis, arguing that the sums would accelerate local development. \u201cIf one million takes time to bring about development, then five million would not,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He added that the allocations would continue annually but warned that such support would not be forthcoming under another Barrow administration. \u201cIf Barrow goes back to the State House after the 2026 election, you will not have the money, and things will not be available in this country,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Darboe urged residents to remain united and focus on improving the future for their children. He said the funds could be used to build hospitals, streetlights, gardens, and a storey building for the local market.<\/p>\n<p>He reminded the gathering that the council had already disbursed 5 million dalasis to Foni in 2024 and 10 million dalasis in 2025.<\/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. Yankuba Darboe, chairman of the Brikama Area Council, has accused President Adama Barrow\u2019s administration of obstructing the council\u2019s access to key revenue streams, including taxes and government transfers. Speaking during the United Democratic Party\u2019s nationwide tour stop in Foni, Mr. Darboe alleged that funds intended for the council were being withheld. \u201cThe [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":92359,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[260],"class_list":["post-92360","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>Darboe Accuses Barrow Government of Obstructing Revenues - Gambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Yankuba Darboe, chairman of the Brikama Area Council, has accused President Adama Barrow\u2019s administration of obstruct ...\" \/>\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\/darboe-accuses-barrow-government-of-obstructing-revenues\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Darboe Accuses Barrow Government of Obstructing Revenues\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Yankuba Darboe, chairman of the Brikama Area Council, has accused President Adama Barrow\u2019s administration of obstruct ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/darboe-accuses-barrow-government-of-obstructing-revenues\" \/>\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=\"2025-12-19T06:23:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-12-19T06:48:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/12\/sm_1766113871.106635.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\/darboe-accuses-barrow-government-of-obstructing-revenues#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/darboe-accuses-barrow-government-of-obstructing-revenues\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Darboe Accuses Barrow Government of Obstructing Revenues\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-12-19T06:23:39+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-12-19T06:48:08+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/darboe-accuses-barrow-government-of-obstructing-revenues\"},\"wordCount\":268,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/darboe-accuses-barrow-government-of-obstructing-revenues#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/12\/sm_1766113871.106635.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Gambia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/darboe-accuses-barrow-government-of-obstructing-revenues#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/darboe-accuses-barrow-government-of-obstructing-revenues\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/darboe-accuses-barrow-government-of-obstructing-revenues\",\"name\":\"Darboe Accuses Barrow Government of Obstructing Revenues - 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