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01/04/2025

HON SEEDY SK NJIE NEW SONG BY JALIBA KUYATEH

01/04/2025

KITIM JARJU IS BACK

HON KITUM JARJU ON NYAKAREH THE TERMINATOR

01/04/2025

SEEDY SK NJIE JE JEY JEY

NEW SONG FOR HON SEEDY S.A NJIE BY JALIBA KUYATEH

01/04/2025

JALIBA KUYATEH NEW SONG FOR W.C.R. GOVERNOR OUSMAN BOJANG

JALIBA KUYATEH IS BACK WITH A NEW SONG OUSMAN BOJANG W.R.C GOVERNOR

30/03/2025

May Allah accept all our fasts and prayers. May He grant us the opportunity to witness next Ramadan. EID MUBARAK

30/03/2025

Every year, our founder and CEO Alhagie Momodou Turo Darboe, continues to demonstrate his unwavering commitment to uplifting the lives of the less privileged by distributing Eid clothes and materials to those in need. This annual tradition, rooted in compassion and a sense of responsibility, is made possible through the Vision Development Foundation's relentless dedication to community support.
Eid is a time of celebration and gratitude for blessings is also a period that calls for generosity and solidarity with the less fortunate. In Islam, the essence of Eid is not only about personal joy and festivity but also about spreading happiness to others, particularly those who face challenges and hardships. By providing new clothing and essential materials to families and individuals in need, we ensure that everyone can partake in the spirit of Eid with dignity and pride.

28/03/2025

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25/03/2025

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I visited Fatou Saidy of Giboro Kuta, West Coast Region, Kombo East, and I felt very emotional about her condition.

25/03/2025

RESPONSE TO THE MINISTRY OF YOUTHS AND SPORTS

The Ministry and Minister of Youths and Sports’ latest response to concerns about the neglect of Gambian youths and the national football team, the Scorpions, regrettably prioritizes political deflection over addressing systemic failures. While the Ministry boasts of financial contributions to the Scorpions’ AFCON campaigns, which is their responsibility anyway, it sidesteps the urgent issue of the Scorpion’s three-year exile from home matches and the stagnation of critical infrastructure projects. Below, we dissect the Ministry’s claims and refocus the debate on accountability and action.

1. The Scorpions’ Exile: A National Embarrassment Unaddressed

For three years, the Scorpions have been unable to play a single competitive home match in The Gambia due to the unfinished renovation of the Independence Stadium. This is not merely an inconvenience; it is a national embarrassment. While the Ministry claims the stadium’s remodelling is “soon to be completed,” it has offered no concrete timeline or explanation for the prolonged delay. Blaming past administrations, including my role on the stadium board from 2011–2015, does not absolved the current government of its eight-year tenure since 2017. If the Barrow NPP KERENG KAFFO administration inherited a dilapidated stadium, why has it taken until 2025, and counting to resolve the issue? The Gambian public deserves answers, not excuses.

2. Broken Promises: Mini-Stadiums Launched, Never Delivered

Apart from the Independence Stadium saga, the Minister of Youth and Sports has ceremoniously laid foundation stones for multiple mini stadia across the country for past 3 years. To date, not one of these projects has been completed. These high-profile launches, accompanied by media fanfare, have become symbols of unfulfilled promises. If the Ministry insists on chastising local councils for inaction, it must first explain its own failure to deliver on its pledges. Empty gestures cannot substitute for tangible progress.

3. KMC’s Serrekunda West Mini StadiumProject: Who Sabotaged It?

The Ministry’s criticism of UDP-led councils ignores documented successes. For instance, the Kanifing Municipal Council (KMC), under a UDP Mayor, partnered with Africell to build public parks and initiated the upgrade of Serrekunda West Mini-Stadium to FIFA standards and succeeded in building 8 parks in totals, plus youths of KMC are enjoying these parks. The Serrekunda West Mini-Stadium project was abruptly halted. The critical question is: Who sabotaged it? The Barrow NPP Kereng Kaffo government deliberately withheld subventions to local governments to stifle their development aspirations and therefore exposed the troubling pattern of centralizing blame while decentralizing responsibility.

4. Local vs. Central Government: A Flawed Narrative

The Ministry’s attempt to shift blame to local councils is both ironic and disingenuous. While UDP councils like KMC have demonstrated initiative, even amid limited resources, the central government controls the bulk of public funding and oversees national projects like the Independence Stadium. Moreover, CAF and FIFA standards for stadium renovations are mandates that require centralized coordination and budgeting. To suggest that local councils bear equal responsibility for international-standard facilities is misleading. The current UDP led local governments are doing much better than the NPP KERENG KAFFO government is doing for the youths of this country. What did the Minister of Youths and Sport do for the youths while he was serving as the APRC Nominated Youth Councillor at KMC from 2008 to 2013? Nada.

5. AFCON Funding: A Distraction from Domestic Neglect

While the Ministry rightly highlights its financial support for the Scorpions’ AFCON campaigns, this does not offset its failure to invest in sustainable domestic infrastructure. The D230 million spent on AFCON participation could have been partially allocated to accelerate stadium renovations or complete mini-stadium projects. True sports development requires balancing international prestige with grassroots growth.

The Gambian youth and sports sector needs solutions, not scapegoats. We urge the Ministry to:

* Publish a clear timeline for the Independence Stadium’s completion and the Scorpions’ return.
* Accelerate work on stalled mini-stadiums to convert foundation stones into functional facilities.
* Collaborate—not clash—with local councils, supporting initiatives like KMC’s Serrekunda West project instead of obstructing them.

President Barrow’s KERENG KAFFO legacy in sports will be judged not by press releases but by whether the Scorpions finally play on home soil and whether Gambian youths gain access to the facilities they deserve. It is time to replace deflection with delivery. The Minister of Youths and Sports is a failure and should consider resigning. He failed the youths of this country.



TOMBONG SAIDY

UDP ADMINISTRATIVE SECRETARY FOR

MEDIA & COMMUNICATION

25/03/2025

Our interview with the lady soon

24/03/2025

RAMADAN MUBARAK FROM SENEGAL.

24/03/2025

COME CARE FOR AFRICA GO

24/03/2025

AFTER LISTENING TO THE STORY OF THE LADY, I COULDN'T CONTROL MY TEARS.

24/03/2025

IFTAR ALHAGIE ESSA GIGO BRIKAMA SANTO-SU

24/03/2025

CEO and founder, Alhagie Modou Turo Darboe, has once again launched his annual Ramadan charity initiative, a humanitarian effort that provides much-needed support to thousands of individuals and families across the country.

This year, the initiative is focused on empowering ward and village development committees, ensuring that the assistance reaches the most vulnerable members of Foni.

23/03/2025

MASJID ALHAGIE ESSA GIGO , IFTAR SATURDAY, 22ND MARCH 2025 @ BRIKAMA SANTO-SU RESIDENCE PART 2

23/03/2025

Ballanghar Armed Robbery: One of the armed robbers, who was shot in the leg but managed to escape, was found this morning hiding in a groundnut storage facility (secco). He was apprehended and handed over to the police. Hahahaha

23/03/2025

MASJID ALHAGIE ESSA GIGO , IFTAR SATURDAY, 22ND MARCH 2025 @ BRIKAMA SANTO-SU RESIDENCE PART 1