D13.5 Million Saved Monthly After Payments to “Ghost Workers” Stopped Temporarily
The Minister for Public Service, Hon. Baboucarr Boye revealed that he saved D13.5 million monthly after temporarily stopping salary payments to ‘ghost workers’. According to Hon. Boye, his ministry has discovered 2,700 ‘ghost workers’ after 2,142 were uncovered from the Ministries of Health, Basic and Secondary Education, and Agriculture in 2024. More in this feature report.
FactCheck: Will Government Wages for Lowest Grade Increase to a Minimum D6K in 2025?
On the same week of the 2025 Budget Speech, two of the highest-profile officials from the Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs (MoFEA) have announced that the lowest wage (take home) of civil servants will increase to D6,000 for the lowest Grade 1.1 from January 2025.
Our FactCheckers went to work and sought additional confirmation from the Ministry Of Finance and Economic Affairs Gambia - MOFEA who confirmed our figures for this publication.
FactCheck: Did Total Salaries Increase by 110% Under President Barrow’s Leadership?
During the tabling of the 2025 Executive Budget, Finance Minister Hon. Seedy Keita claimed wrongly that salaries have increased by 110% during President Barrow’s tenure. Our FactCheckers have investigated this and verified calculations with a senior government official and an economist showing this to be inaccurate.
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