Finance Minister: D10 Billion Domestic Debt is Legacy Debt from Previous Regime
The Gambia’s Finance Minister, Hon. Seedy S. Keita, has revealed that approximately D10 billion of the country’s D52.91 billion domestic debt stock consists of legacy debts inherited from the previous administration of former President Yahya Jammeh. Our budget research reveals that this only accounts for 19% of the total domestic debt.
More in this news report from the Finance Minister’s Parliamentary Budget Implementation Report.
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