Reports reaching forGambia Thursday, say Mr. Omar Faye, the Gambian diplomat in Gulf Saudi Arabia was initially mentioned for the position of vice president in the just ushered-in cabinet reshuffle. Mr. Faye assumes Defense Secretary position in a belated cabinet shake-up in Banjul.

 The Barrow administration deliberately delayed the reshuffle we reported earlier as forthcoming, just to detach public trust from our delivery. Some slight changes were consequently made in an attempt to cater to that quest. Lamin Gano was earlier pointed for defense position, but due to his key role in the national security reform, the fulfillment of which the E.U is especially keen on, Sheikh Omar Faye had to step in, our sources said.

 Revelations added that Gano might still come later for the same position as defense secretary. It is also disclosed that Demba Sowe, the crime coordinator at police Headquarters in Banjul, was earlier poked at for IGP position.

Former IGP Landing Kinteh was also billed for the IGP position for a quick comeback, but has been appointed ambassador to Turkey. Some top NIA officials have been shortlisted for deployment at the foreign affairs department, reports relayed to forGambia say.

Juma Janneh, Deputy Protocol Officer at the Office of the President has been removed in Thursdays cabinet whirl. Also, to be replaced, according to our sources, is the agriculture secretary, Amie Fabureh. A major decision is forthcoming about three officials at the ministry of information, we can report with confidence.

The Barrow roundtable has to tweak some choices just to purposefully differ with initial plans. We gain nothing by revealing nuances of the nervous Barrow State House. We would rather see them prosper and report stellar strides in the prosperity of our dear Gambia. Where are those strides?

But since this administration thinks corruption, gross ineptitude, and daylight breaking of sworn promises is a commendable mantra, we will continue with our telescope, God-willing. Below is an excerpt of our story on the Barro government coming up with another cabinet reshuffle we reported on July 17^th 2019.

Very close sources to the Barrow administration, Tuesday said talks were on for another major cabinet shake in The Gambia’s soon-to-be three government. Vice president, Dr. Isatou Touray is billed to be replaced by a female whose name we choose not to disclose in this unconfirmed report.

Mr. Ebrima Sillah, current information secretary is expected to be touched by the coming reshuffle as are regime spokesperson Ebrima Sankareh, press secretary Amie Bojang Sissoho, Basic and Secondary Education secretary Claudiana Ayo Cole, Local Government Secretary Musa Drammeh, as well as Ebrima Camara, who, until his stroke last month has been Barrow’s Secretary General and Head of Civil Service. Camara’s position is being seen by Ebrima Ceesay who has been a secretary to the cabinet, office of the president. It is spoken that Camara may be replaced by Ceesay.

The same sources told forGambia News that talks have been going on for a possible come back of former vice president Fatoumata Tambajang to the Barrow round table. Her new position, if would happen, has not been revealed to us yet. We respect our source’s insistence that the name of the “female” to possibly replace VP Touray be kept confidential as we scoop to press.

Our sources further hinted that VP Touray, personality-wise or perfunctorily, is not a problem. But some very financially critical Barrow supporters in some provincial community (names withheld) in the Gambia are not comfortable with the vice president’s feminist and anti-FGM stance. Consequently, sources added, the same communities refuse to accord Touray much regard whenever she makes a presence in their regions. “They are traditionalists who don’t like Touray’s fifty-fifty [feminist] views. They also don’t like her anti-customs views,” sources say.

It is also reported that some UDP diasporans are being considered for both cabinet and diplomatic as well as foreign affairs positions by the Barrow administration in a snatch-away chess-board type of move in the wake of festering relations between the United Democratic Party (UDP) and the Barrow camp.

 Editor’s Note:

We expect the government to come out and dispute our report any way possible—or at least tweak the changes just to differ with the exactitude of this report. While we strive to help all Gambians make informed choices and decisions, we seek no harm against Dr. Isatou Touray or anyone cited in this report. We say that Dr. Touray has every right to crusade any traditional norm or be whatever she chooses. We also beg the Barrow administration to reconsider and be very careful with reshuffles, especially those as inefficacious to our common good as the one that jettisoned former VP Tambajang Jallow, O.J Jallow, D.A Jawo, etc.

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