Gambia: NAMs React to the 2008 Budget

Although the Secretary of State for Finance and Economic Affairs, Musa Gibril Bala-Gaye, in his 2008 budget speech, on Friday, said the Gambian economy has a growth rate of 7 percent, the realization of the new trend by the ordinary person has been questioned by politicians.

Sidia Jatta, the National Assembly Member for Wuli West, said the fundamental question the government needs to answer is whether any nation can develop by depending mainly on taxation.

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