Gov’t, GACH And Mining For Minerals: Where Are The $ Millions

In 2017, few months after assuming office, Adama Barrow-led government launched an inquiry into the ‘corrupt practices’ of exiled former president, Yahya Jammeh. The mining sector was a big part of that investigation. But even before the inquiry was wrapped up, the government awarded licence for resumption of mining and sold off the assets put on freeze. In 2018, when President Barrow faced questions about the awarding of mining licence, he claimed that he forgot the name of the company that was awarded the license. It turns out that company is GACH Mining, a limited liability entity whose de...