Mballow was first appointed Minister of Interior by President Barrow in October 2018 before he was redeployed to the Kingdom of Saudia Arabia in August 2019.
Mballow, until his demise, believed in diplomacy and was influential in the bilateral relations between Saudi Arabia and The Gambia, thus discussing many mutual developmental engagements including the hosting of the OIC Summit.
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