Saffie Lowe Ceesay is a Gambian politician and civil servant who was the Minister of Health and Social Welfare in Adama Barrow's cabinet.
Career
Ceesay worked in the Personnel Management Office (PMO) and was a senior personnel officer there in 2003. [1] In 2013, she was deputy permanent secretary at the PMO. [2] In August 2016, Ceesay said she was "delighted" that Zeinab Jammeh's Operation Save the Children Foundation was working with the ministry. [3] Ceesay was the permanent secretary at the Ministry of Health and Social Care. She was arrested by plainclothes policemen on 19 November 2016 and later detained at the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) headquarters. [4] Ceesay was appointed as Minister of Health and Social Welfare by Adama Barrow on 22 February 2017. [5] In a major cabinet reshuffle on 29 June 2018, she left the cabinet, with her future role to be in the Foreign Service. [6]
References
- ^ "List of participants" (PDF). UNPAN. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
- ^ "In-service training course for records personnel underway". The Point. 22 August 2013. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
- ^ "First Lady's initiative heart patient returns". Louhew. 19 August 2016. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
- ^ Jallow, Mustapha (27 November 2016). "Saffie Lowe-Ceesay Detained at NIA for 4 Days". Foroyaa. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
- ^ "More Cabinet Ministers Appointed". Jollof News. 23 February 2017. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
- ^ "Gambia: Updated Version of the Cabinet Reshuffle Press Release!". Freedom Newspaper. 2018-06-29. Archived from the original on 2018-06-29. Retrieved 2019-08-26.
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Saffie Lowe Ceesay is a Gambian politician and civil servant who was the Minister of Health and Social Welfare in Adama Barrow's cabinet.
Career
Ceesay worked in the Personnel Management Office (PMO) and was a senior personnel officer there in 2003. [1] In 2013, she was deputy permanent secretary at the PMO. [2] In August 2016, Ceesay said she was "delighted" that Zeinab Jammeh's Operation Save the Children Foundation was working with the ministry. [3] Ceesay was the permanent secretary at the Ministry of Health and Social Care. She was arrested by plainclothes policemen on 19 November 2016 and later detained at the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) headquarters. [4] Ceesay was appointed as Minister of Health and Social Welfare by Adama Barrow on 22 February 2017. [5] In a major cabinet reshuffle on 29 June 2018, she left the cabinet, with her future role to be in the Foreign Service. [6]
References
- ^ "List of participants" (PDF). UNPAN. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
- ^ "In-service training course for records personnel underway". The Point. 22 August 2013. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
- ^ "First Lady's initiative heart patient returns". Louhew. 19 August 2016. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
- ^ Jallow, Mustapha (27 November 2016). "Saffie Lowe-Ceesay Detained at NIA for 4 Days". Foroyaa. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
- ^ "More Cabinet Ministers Appointed". Jollof News. 23 February 2017. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
- ^ "Gambia: Updated Version of the Cabinet Reshuffle Press Release!". Freedom Newspaper. 2018-06-29. Archived from the original on 2018-06-29. Retrieved 2019-08-26.
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