Dr. Jaiteh:

To put it bluntly, the "honorable" minister is lying.  The numbers he quoted are not consistent with Gambia's 2010 MDG progress report, nor is it consistent with his department's most recent household survey.  If the stats from his household survey are to be believed, 60% of Gambians wallow in poverty and the number goes up to 75% in the rural areas.  

The figures of the MDGs achievements he also mentioned is not in line with the last MDG assessment the UN did for Gambia.  Gambia is shown to be making insufficient progress in MDG 1; so what is this minister on about? 

If the honorable minister is incapable of reading figures from the field work that his department does around the country, then maybe he is better off just shutting the hell up. 

Thanks,
Matarr

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