Transportation in the country continues to be a problematic issue as commuters struggle each day to find their ways to and from work, school or other engagements they need to attend to.

The country’s transportation system gets worse by the day. The roads are always busy even during weekends than it used to be before.

Commuters would have to spend hours before reaching their destination due to various factors such as traffic jam, shortage of vehicles and drivers refusing to go directly to places which leave commuters no option but to take two to three vehicles to reach their various destinations.

One commuter explains that one of the reasons behind drivers acting in such a way is because the government has not placed much concern.

“The government has not put in a lot of concern in our transport sector, they should get more buses and look for ways to construct or expand roads if not we will continue to suffer and it will be worse in the next year or two to come,” he says.

Another says it is because there is no more control in the country and everyone gets to do what they want.

“People now are free to do whatever and however they want. Prices in the market are increasing by the day, drivers no longer have mercy because everyone is looking out for themselves,” he says.

Biggest cocaine seizure in Gambian history!

One Banta Keita, a French-Gambian, is wanted for smuggling 118 bags of cocaine into the country.

The drugs, which were found in shipping containers, originated from Ecuador and transhipped at Antwerp, Belgium then Las Palmas, Spain and finally arrived at the Banjul ports on the 27th December.

Banta was born in 1984. He owns a house in Fajara, where he lives with his family.

The seizure is the largest ever by the Drug Law Enforcement Agency. The 118 bags of cocaine have an estimated total street value of about D4.5 Billion.