Gambia: Barrow govt. secretly awarded over $100million project to a Chinese contractor

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President Adama Barrow has been issuing secret Executive Directives to award multi-million dollar contracts to business owners without any formal tender, leaks from the State House have intimated. One of the Executive Orders issued has authorized a Turkish firm to oversee a multi-million power project for the Gambia. A Chinese road contractor has also been awarded a contract to build the Banjul Ports. The contract is over $100 Million United States Dollars.  The Secretary General Dawda Fadera has asked the Gambia Ports Authority Management to work with the Chinese contractor for the facilitation of the Banjul ports project.  None of the aforementioned projects have been tendered. 

The Barrow State House is also negotiating for a $1.5 billion Banjul/Barra bridge project. The said project has not been signed yet, but talks are underway to discuss the matter with the Chinese road contractor, including other stakeholders. Mr. Barrow recently mentioned the project during an interview with one of the media houses.
Below is a leak document from the Barrow State House. Some of the documents are not readable. The document was not properly scanned, but you will have a hint about the ongoing efforts spearheaded by the State House to run some backroom contract deals. Please read on..



Editors note: The Barrow State House could not be reached for immediate comment at the time of going to press. Thanks for your attention. drop your comments below...

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