President Barrow's Misstep Over The Jammeh Asset Scandal – The Standard Newspaper

President Barrow's Misstep Over The Jammeh Asset Scandal – The Standard Newspaper

By Rtd Lt Colonel Samsudeen Sarr In what should have been a defining moment of leadership, President Adama Barrow’s national address on May 14, 2025, concerning the controversial sale of former President Yahya Jammeh’s forfeited assets, has instead deepened public mistrust and fanned the flames of national outrage. Rather than extinguishing the scandal, the president’s statement has ignited fresh questions, revealing a government fumbling for co…

By: Fatou Krubally The Edward Francis Small Centre for Rights and Justice (EFSCRJ) has accused President Adama Barrow of failing in his leadership following his national address on the sale of former President Yahya Jammeh’s properties. In a strongly worded public statement issued Thursday, the centre said Barrow’s remarks on Wednesday presented “misleading and contradictory” positions, noting that the president’s claim to have learned of the co…