Former Managing Director of the Social Security and Housing Finance Corporation (SSHFC), apart from being a novice in politics, his intellection, and rare skillsets as a seasoned administrator, in private and in public administration are prepared for delivery at the point where Julius Caesar found himself on January 10, 49.[Read More…]
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Poetry Corner With Aisha JARJU: People Wear Paper Masks
People Wear Paper Masks They’re invisible to the naked eye but I can assure you that they’re there. These paper masks hide the truth. The truth about these paper feelings. The paper feelings are delicate. They can slip when you least expect it. So they make sure their paper masks[Read More…]
Alagie Saidy-Barrow: Making Of A President: Yaya’s Advise (2)
Yaya: Alfa, I am not in the room. I am still in Equation Guinea. Maputo to be precise and waiting for Senegal to leave before I make my next move. Dr Brussels, how are you. My daughter looks up to you. The small matter we had was just a misunderstanding.[Read More…]
Njundu Drammeh: A Lost Revolution And A People Under Siege
Bulwarks against Executive tyranny, malfeasance and corruption: strong Parliament, independent Judiciary, formidable opposition, fearless media and efficient civil society. A weakness in any of these fronts would spell disaster for good governance, enjoyment of human rights and establishment of a prosperity society…. The last nail in the coffin is hammered[Read More…]
Alagie Saidy-Barrow: Making Of A President: Yaya Calls To Offer Advice (1)
All my coalition partners were present. Secretary to the coalition, Fernando, announces that our important caller is on the phone: Yaya: Hello my brothers and Sisters. This is his Royal Excellency Sheikh Professor Doctor Alhaji Yaya AJJ Jammeh, Esteemed Guest of The People of Maputo, Guinea Conakry. Zainab (In background):[Read More…]
Madi Jobarteh: NAMs Must Reject The Stories By Finance And GPPA
Let us not be carried by the self righteous high sounding slogans of Mamburay Njie and his PS Buah Saidy and GPPA’s Abdoulie Tambedou. With all their high sounding statements about their integrity and professionalism the point is The Gambia Government has always been corrupt, inefficient and unresponsive to the[Read More…]
Alagie Saidy-Barrow: Making Of A President: Forming A Coalition
When the results were announced, I came out first defeating all my opponents. Unfortunately, I didn’t have more than 50% to be able to become president. But my victory was quite a feat. I was one step closer to the seat of power. I could smell the afra at statehouse[Read More…]
Alagi Yorro Jallow: Gambia: A Country Of Jobless Youths (Part 2)
Ray Douglas Bradbury, an American author’s fictional “All Summer in a Day” book story of a class of children who migrated to Venus nearly approximates the situation of the Gambia’s generation of youths to whom existence is a daily struggle against the elements of a nation of hopelessness and jobless[Read More…]
Madi Jobarteh: Elite Capture Of State Power In The Gambia
There is no doubt that the incidence of a few powerful people, aka the ‘Elite’ have hijacked the Gambian State to serve their own selfishness at the expense of the masses of the people. Known as ‘Elite Capture’, this practice, existing since the beginning of Independence, has now been perfected[Read More…]
Alagie Saidy-Barrow: Making Of A President: The Campaign
My team got together to work on the logistics of the campaign. Our campaign manager wanted to be in charge of the finances and decide what was spent where and when. One of my advisers, a childhood friend, told me I was going to be the president and I should[Read More…]
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