His Excellency President Alhaji Dr Yahya Jammeh has received the Bishop Michael Moloney CSSP Memorial Award for Excellence. The award is in recognition of the President's strong commitment to the development of Gambian Education and above all for his great vision in establishing the University of The Gambia and its Medical School.

The award was presented to President Jammeh in December 2007 by the Fr. Joseph A. Gough Foundation in Banjul.