It is indeed quite concerning that the Cabinet has expressed objection to the draft constitution on the issue of presidential term limit that it discriminates and targets Pres. Adama Barrow. That statement by the Cabinet is utterly false, irresponsible and a threat to peace. The Gambia does not belong to[Read More…]
Opinion
Alagi Saidy-Barrow: The Cabinet That Keeps On Wanting More And More
I remember meeting a few individuals that were high up in the Yaya Jammeh evil machinery they called a government. In hushed tones, they tried to convince me that while they were working within the evil machinery, they did everything they could to lessen the evil in various ways. One[Read More…]
Njundu Drammeh: Leadership Desiderata: Character, Congruence And Competence
Never betray “trust”, in relationships or leadership. It is the foundation on which these two are built. You can’t betray people’s trust and expect to keep their confidence. As a matter of fact people can tolerate honest mistakes but when you betray their trust you might never be given a[Read More…]
Alagie Saidy-Barrow: “Discrimination” In The Draft Constitution
“While the government fully endorses section 100 on the term of Office of the President, it is the government’s considered view that section 5 of Schedule 3 is retroactively discriminatory in its effect because it only affects and is intended to only affect the incumbent President,” Cabinet observed ~ (The[Read More…]
Alagi Yorro Jallow: Will Muhammed Manjang Cross The Rubicon?
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…]
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…]
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…]
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: Muhammed Manjang: The One Who Dared To Be Different
I don’t know Manjang and I have never directly interacted with him. Like many people, I only came to know of him through his hiring at SSHFC. From the various thieves and thief-helpers that came before the Janneh Commission, I thought the SSHFC was a poisoned chalice for the many[Read More…]
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