President Adama Barrow has dismissed spending 150,000 dalasis on food on a daily basis at the State House describing the allegations as “untrue and meaningless” chatter that doesn’t warrant a respond. 

Speaking at a rally in Gunjur, Barrow said his critics are now playing dirty politics to tarnish his reputation.

“They are now playing dirty and foolish politics. They know President Adama Barrow has cornered them on all sides and they have no place to escape and they are now doing dirty politics,” he told supporters. 

“Now, they are saying the food president Barrow is consuming at the State House and these are issues not meaningful to the people of the country because even if you are not a president, you are eating your three-square meals every day,” he said.

The president went on to say some of the opposition figures will not be a president in the country, adding that some of them will be retired on December 4 presidential election.

“So, an elderly person who stands on platforms and says such untrue statements. It is not important for me to respond to such fake statements. I will not respond to this untrue statement because that’s why God made me a president in just three months. 

“But some people have been here wanting to be a president for 40 years, some for 22 years, some for 27 years and they cannot be a president. 

“And many of them will not be a president and some of them will be retired on the 4th of December and you will not see them in the political trails of the country and I will retire them,” he added.

He warned the people of Kombo to refrain from certain types of politics and called for unity among Gambians, adding he is the one who has constructed dozens of roads and brought electricity in various communities and promised to build 500 kilometre roads in the Kombos and KMC.

Reporting by Adama Makasuba