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NPP Alliance Defends Health Minister's Admission Of Error In Maternity Deaths – The Standard Newspaper

By Omar Bah Mai Ahmad Fatty, National Coordinator of the NPP-Grand Alliance, has mounted a robust defence of Health Minister Dr Ahmadou Lamin Samateh following his public admission of a data error in the figure of maternal deaths he gave to the National Assembly, describing the backlash against the minister as a dangerous “punishment of honesty.” In a strongly worded statement, Fatty said Dr Samateh demonstrated accountability and transparency b…
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By: Fatou Krubally Health Minister Dr. Amadou Samateh acknowledged an error in the presentation of maternal mortality statistics to the National Assembly, attributing the discrepancy to a data retrieval error from the Ministry of Health's information system. Dr. Samateh made this disclosure on Wednesday in response to an oral question from Banjul Central National Assembly (NAM) member Abdoulie Njai, who requested clarification on the maternal mo…

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The Standard Gambia broke the news in Gambia (the) on Friday, June 19, 2026.
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