President Yahya Jammeh has used his New Year message 2014 to caution government officials managing agricultural and other social sector projects funded by Government loans and grants that the days of paper projects that yield no tangible results are over.
"We are sick and tired of projects that would spend millions of dollars on the purchase of cars, fuel and per diem for travels only to submit reports at the end of the day that gather dust on our desks without any impact on the livelihoods of our women and children," Jammeh said in his traditional New Year message to the nation.
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