{"id":93202,"date":"2026-01-25T09:36:26","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T09:36:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/udp-claims-barrow-administration-raised-national-debt-d101b"},"modified":"2026-01-25T10:05:30","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T10:05:30","slug":"udp-claims-barrow-administration-raised-national-debt-d101b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/udp-claims-barrow-administration-raised-national-debt-d101b","title":{"rendered":"UDP Claims Barrow Administration Raised National Debt D101B"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span><b>The United Democratic Party (UDP), the main opposition party in The Gambia, has accused the government of President Adama Barrow of increasing the country\u2019s national debt by D101 billion since coming to power in 2016.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>In a statement issued on Thursday, the UDP said that after 30 years of independence, The Gambia\u2019s total national debt stood at D3.47 billion in 1994.<\/p>\n<p>According to the party, during the 22-year rule of former president Yahya Jammeh, an additional D46.30 billion was contracted, bringing the country\u2019s debt stock to D49.77 billion by 2016, after 52 years of independence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBetween 2016 and 31 December 2024, the Barrow-led NPP administration contracted a staggering D101 billion in just nine years,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>The UDP added that as of 31 December 2024, The Gambia\u2019s total national debt stood at approximately D150.77 billion, noting that debts incurred in 2025 were not included in the figure.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe numbers speak for themselves. The critical question is: what do Gambians have to show for this level of borrowing?\u201d the party asked.<\/p>\n<p>The opposition party said it is offering what it described as a clear and credible alternative to the current government, stressing that its flagbearer, Ousainu Darboe, has pledged to serve only one term if elected president.<\/p>\n<p>According to the UDP, Darboe intends to focus on adopting a new Constitution, stabilising the economy, undertaking comprehensive security sector reforms, and reforming the civil service to restore efficiency and integrity.<\/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 United Democratic Party (UDP), the main opposition party in The Gambia, has accused the government of President Adama Barrow of increasing the country\u2019s national debt by D101 billion since coming to power in 2016. In a statement issued on Thursday, the UDP said that after 30 years of independence, The Gambia\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":93201,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,7,10],"tags":[260],"class_list":["post-93202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","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 Claims Barrow Administration Raised National Debt D101B - Gambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The United Democratic Party (UDP), the main opposition party in The Gambia, has accused the government of President A ...\" \/>\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-claims-barrow-administration-raised-national-debt-d101b\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"UDP Claims Barrow Administration Raised National Debt D101B\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The United Democratic Party (UDP), the main opposition party in The Gambia, has accused the government of President A ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/udp-claims-barrow-administration-raised-national-debt-d101b\" \/>\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=\"2026-01-25T09:36:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-01-25T10:05:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2026\/01\/sm_1769322797.170528.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\/udp-claims-barrow-administration-raised-national-debt-d101b#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/udp-claims-barrow-administration-raised-national-debt-d101b\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"UDP Claims Barrow Administration Raised National Debt D101B\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-01-25T09:36:26+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-01-25T10:05:30+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/udp-claims-barrow-administration-raised-national-debt-d101b\"},\"wordCount\":252,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/udp-claims-barrow-administration-raised-national-debt-d101b#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2026\/01\/sm_1769322797.170528.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Gambia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"head lines\",\"parties\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/udp-claims-barrow-administration-raised-national-debt-d101b#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/udp-claims-barrow-administration-raised-national-debt-d101b\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/udp-claims-barrow-administration-raised-national-debt-d101b\",\"name\":\"UDP Claims Barrow Administration Raised National Debt D101B - 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