Lamin B. Dibba

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Lamin B. Dibba (* 20th century) is a politician in the West African state of Gambia . From February 1, 2017 to March 16, 2019, he was Minister of Forestry, Environment, Climate Change and Natural Resources in the Adama Barrow cabinet .

Life

Dibba is involved in the National Convention Party (NCP). He previously worked as director for NGO affairs in the Ministry of the Interior. On February 1, 2017, the newly elected President Adama Barrow appointed Dibba to his cabinet as Minister of Forest and Environment .

On March 16, 2020, Dibba was dismissed from office by President Barrow, along with other ministers who were believed to be confidantes of the dismissed Vice President Ousainou Darboe .

criticism

The Washington, DC- based environmental organization, the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA), released covert footage of timber traders in the Gambia alleging that Dibba was directly involved in the illegal trade in rosewood . The protected precious wood trees would be felled in neighboring Senegal , smuggled to Gambia and exported to China with Dibba's knowledge. Dibba denied all allegations.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gambia's New President appoints 10 Cabinet Ministers - GAINAKO . In: GAINAKO . February 2, 2017 ( gainako.com ).
  2. ↑ 10 new Gambian ministers sworn-in - The Fatu Network . In: The Fatu Network . February 1, 2017 ( fatunetwork.net ).
  3. ^ Meet Gambia's new Ministers - The Standard Newspaper . In: The Standard Newspaper . February 2, 2017 ( standard.gm ). standard.gm ( Memento of the original dated June 11, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / standard.gm
  4. ↑ Musa Saidykhan: 10 Gambian Ministers Take Oath. Cairo News, February 1, 2017, accessed March 10, 2020 .
  5. ^ Mildred Europa Taylor: Gambian leader Adama Barrow replaces Veep with woman. Face2Face Africa, March 16, 2019, accessed on March 10, 2020 .
  6. ↑ Umaru Fofana: The million-dollar trade in trafficked rosewood trees. BBC News, March 10, 2020, accessed March 10, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Dibba, Lamin B.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Gambian politician
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century