Mayor Lowe Faces Scrutiny Over D1.29 Million LED Lights Deal in Breach of Procurement Laws – Foroyaa Newspaper

Mayor Lowe Faces Scrutiny Over D1.29 Million LED Lights Deal in Breach of Procurement Laws – Foroyaa Newspaper

By Yankuba Jallow The Local Government Commission of Inquiry on Monday, 14 July 2025, subjected Mayor Rohey Malick Lowe and former Banjul City Council (BCC) Chief Executive Officer Mustapha Batchilly to intense scrutiny over the controversial procurement of LED street lights from Senegal costing D1.29 million, which auditors and the Gambia Public Procurement Authority (GPPA) flagged as a serious breach of procurement regulations. The procurement…

Mayor Lowe refutes involvement in D20M land deal

During her testimony, Mayor Lowe insisted that she only knew of a D2 million payment made directly to the Banjul City Council (BCC) by Sharbel. “What Sharbel has with Nandu, I don’t know. I’ve never heard of the D5 million or D20 million until it was mentioned by the CEO,” she told the Commission. The Mayor further denied Nandu’s claim that he informed her each time he paid money to Sharbel. “He may have said it, but I never received such calls,…