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.
Is Semlex Paying all its taxes?
Semlex was temporarily shut down by the Gambia Revenue Authority back in February 2020.
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