Gambia: Gid Boss - Immigration Never Sells Passports, ID Cards to Non-Gambians

The director general of The Gambia Immigration Department (GID), Pa Babucarr Mboob, has debunked news that the immigration officers are in the habit of selling Gambian national documents to non-Gambians.

"We are professional officers, and in fact we are well trained for that matter. If we want to sell passports or ID Cards, we will take it to the market and ring a bell so that people can come and we sell it to them. Gambians have to understand that we are doing everything possible to stop non-Gambians from acquiring our national documents. Documentation that support an individual to acquire passport does not come from the Immigration department," he noted.

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