(JollofNews) – A spokesman for the Gambia’s former governing Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction (APRC) party has told JollofNews that his arrest on Friday was politically motivated.
Seedy Njie, a former nominated National Assembly Member was picked up by some plainclothes officers of the previously unknown State Intelligent Unit and taken to their office at State House, where he was questioned for hours over comments he made about the arrest and continuous detention without charge of one his party’s supporters.
Mr Njie said the officers were pandering to political pressure and he is considering filing a police complaint for harassment and intimidation.
“The police were not even aware of my arrest. They were looking for me,” he told JollofNews in an exclusive interview.
“I have done nothing wrong by calling for the release of an APRC supporter.”
Meanwhile in a letter to the online Freedom Newspaper, Mr Njie wrote: “I woke up this morning Friday 19th January 2018(after 7am) saw four plain cloth men one of them a driver standing close to my vehicle waiting to arrest me.
The officers rushed to me and claimed to be police officers informing me that “Hon sir, we are police officers acting on directive from the office of the President to get you” said one of them who later told me his name is Lamin Darboe. They further told me that “we are taking you to police headquarter in Banjul”. I asked them to go and will join them but they insisted taking me then I decided to get back to my house to change my dress.
The officers whisked me away in a double cabin pick-up to state house NIA office where Muhammed Kanteh Director of Intelligence President office was waiting with other officers. “The reason why you are brought here is in connection with your recent call for the release of your supporter Landing Manneh and you (Seedy) also said that ” what the country need is national reconciliation and unity not violence” these words should not come from you as a political leader.
Landing is arrested by the security how can you say that he should be released. The interrogation/confrontation lasted for about two hours or more and was asked to report back on Monday to the same office .I told the team that I will continue to call for his release and any other detainees.”
Seedy njie writing to freedom news paper will not help be sure of onething who so ever want to bring destability in the will be chewed into pieces no matter which party belong to,because this is becoming too much we need peace either by hock or krook
This is Africa, the state forces are contaminated are working for the government not for the citizens
A big shame
Njie is a Yahya apologists and a disgrace to all that is decent and just in our society and I do not have sympathy nor do I have any respect for him or the likes of him. What I do care about is a peaceful and just Gambia, where the lives, freedom and liberty of all citizens is protected regardless of their political affiliation and conviction. What I and I wish and hope all Gambians must stand against is arbitrary arrest and illegal detention of our citizens just because we do not agree with their ideology or support their political position. Njie like any Gambian has a right to utter any nonsensical opinion when he choose and has the audacity to make a complete fool of himself. That is not a crime. What is a crime is the so called law enforcement agencies depriving him of his freedom. This juvenile conduct must stop.
God Bless The Gambia.
Seedy Njie, I will urge you to stand firm against any intent of menace to reduce your capacity and rights as a citizen of our beloved country that you have tirelessly worked for during the president Jammeh days. Don’t allow any unscrupulous political decision to cow your bravery and your sense of purpose to continue working for that great Party, The APRC.
They may detain you, falsely accuse you but NEVER bow down to their intimidations.
I salute you!
Jack,
Telling me about his maturity. Telling me about insults on mothers.
You see how you are accustomed to flagrant insinuations and LIES. The truth is always yours, isn’t it? I have always pointed my finger at your dysfunctional and INEPT administration who I deliberately insult. That’s my business and the administration that represents the Gambian people. What you and others who insult me personally, have taken upon themselves the defence of this USELESS administration. So don’t expect any other thing than my swift and harsh response in any form and shape to your unruliness.
How and when did you manisfest your maturity? My maturity lies in inextricably defending my credentials and convictions. I’m not living to satisfy your aspirations. Who are you after all?
Yes, of course, I’m a diehard APRC and Jammeh supporter on my personal credentials and convictions. I don’t care to receive your insults, criticisms and false allegations. They will NEVER change an iota in my beliefs, convictions and views. I’m a DEMOCRAT!
My deepest condolences to the Femi Peters family and all his loved ones. I learnt he vehemently opposed President Jammeh and stood by his convictions in spite of all misgivings. R.I.P
Your statement.”you might be older than me but I’m more matured than you “. How can you quickly, perhaps wilfully, forget your own written statement? That’s the Jack nature, self-exonerating and righteous, isn’t it?
Women who live in my district, region, work(ed) with me, my great wife, lovely daughters, sisters, aunts, grannies and all that female gender group know Babu’s stance in defence of women. Your false allegation can never mar my reputation.
Babu Soli
Reputation! What reputation? You have a reputation for bruteness(read your tribute note to Mr.Peters – I learnt you were vehemently opposed to Yahya Jammeh……………..) what a fake ass pretender you are. You have a reputation for POMPOSITY( I professor this, i professor that. My great job this, my great job that. My great wife this, my great wife that. My great daughters this, my great daughters that. I loaned money to my villages this and that) You have a reputation for double standard. You can’t accept any allegations of wrongdoings by Jammeh or his cohorts, but branded all members of Barrow’s government as corrupt. You rejoiced at the demised of Solo Sandeng, the student protesters and many other innocent Gambians, branding their deaths as deserved but show grievances at the death of Kanilai protester Jatta. You have a reputation for dishonesty and lying something easily proven by your litany of dishonest and false accusations against all except Yahya Jammeh, his cronies and his criminal APRC party.
You have a reputation of peddler of profanities against women. You have no clean reputation to protect against brother Jack’s allegations. You are not a reputable human being and you will never be. You think the world revolve around you but failed to notice that the bus to the promise land departed with you.
Correction
The bus to the promise land departed without you Babu.
Jack,
This reminder is for you.
Natty Dread,
I’ll get back to you at sunrise. In Sha Allah.
Natty Dread/Jack
Those who prophecy on decisions belonging to the Almighty Allah (SWT) are KAFAROLU. “The bus to the promised land departed with(out) you” is your delusionary prophecy which symbolises the behaviours of a KAFIRO.
If it’s your promised land, I’ll ask the Almighty Alla (SWT) not to take me along with you, because it will lead me to Hell Fire!
I should/must have some amount of pomposity and self-recalling reputation. This is what uncouthed Gambians like you deserve hearing from people they wantonly vilify for their diverse opinions. All along I have demonstrated that I don’t belong to your useless school of thought and that I firmly hold onto my conviction not to be swayed by uncultured people, whatever they say or think about me.
I have on several occasions reiterated the need to probe into the wanton, brutal and merciless killing of over 800 of our innocent citizens in 1981 by the invading Senegalese forces commandeered by Ex-President Jawara and his co-legionaires. But you always brush aside that gruesome episode in our history as unimportant and minimal and stress on what happened in the President Jammeh era. If the Jawara era is past, the Jammeh era is equally in the past. They should all be judged as episodes in the past.
I have achieved a lot with our rural women and that alone counts billions on the good I did for the women in my district. I don’t care your opinion about that, but I have a strong stance in favour of women, not unruly women like Natty Dread who believe their erroneous views should shelter in every quarter.
We are now talking about the present; your bitty, USELESS and CORRUPT administration that continues to squander our people’s resources without paying heed to their own enablers and surrogates like you and Jack.
Just fancy the first class plane tickets to the USA for the incumbent ambassador Fadera and wife!
Look, if the 14th April students were killed, it should be investigated and I believe the present commissions are looking into that. It is obvious, however, that they took the laws into their hands which you never want to accept. Nonetheless, as a DEMOCRAT, I have nothing to say about cases in the courts until there is a ruling. But what about the cold-blooded killing of our 800 innocent Gambians in 1981 and the summary execution of Mustapha Danso? History is ever present to narrate!
If Solo Sandeng was killed for taking the laws in his own hands, that should be investigated. And I believe the investigations are underway. Again I have nothing to say until there is a ruling.
But what about the cold-blooded murder of Haruna Jatta by the Barrow administration?
“Summary execution of Mustapha Danso!!!” Are you sure you remember that case? As a reminder, Mr Danso was serving a death penalty for the cold blooded murder of his superior officer, Commander Mahoney. He was tried in a court of law, found guilty and sentenced to death. He was in prison, waiting for the President (Jawara) to sign his execution order, when he joined the Kukoi rebellion. How could you describe his execution as “summary”, when he was fully tried, convicted and sentenced to death; a sentence that may never have been carried out if he didn’t leave prison and take up arms against the state in that 1981 rebellion.
Babu, people died in 1981, and there is no dispute about it, but there is a huge difference between those deaths and the ones that occured under Jammeh. You need to be serious in a arguments and demonstrate a bit of sincerity.
I mean, “you need to be serious in your arguments…..”
Babu Soli
The replies from my learned esteemed brethren to more of your lies and cooked up history is enough for me not to warrant a response.
1981, 1981,1981 always we want hear something new soli
Thanks brother/or you could be my father because 1981 coup I was a little boy at that time,I think guys like you who Gambia very should give a through lesson for this babu soli because he understands the Gambia history that much .
Babu, shortly after rearrest Mustapha Danso was said to have admitted ‘to purposefully killing Eku Mahoney for being in the act to paving the way for the 1981 rebellion bloodbath; because he (Mahoney) was the only major obstacle on their path to access the state weapons to be issued in the overthrow…’; additionally, they (rebel-criminals) used the treasonous occasion to go after business people & others, looting & killing anybody caught up along in their tracks; what ‘law’, if any, have the defenseless children ‘taken in their innocent hands’; except for their inalienable God-given constitutional entitlement; in ‘freedom of assembly & association’ in the April 2000 students’ demonstrations that warrant their cold demonic massacres in cold blood…?
Even Lucifer (Ibliza) the chief-devil has disciple followers too; who believe equally, that they too are entitled to opinions…
You can ‘bite your own nose’ all you like as dethroned alkalo, Babu, & please do us all a favour; tell that evil runaway despicable kanilai thing in hiding on the equator to come back to Gambia & see what happens…
Baba,
Tell me the difference between the deaths. Don’t get lopsided. Mustapha was caught in the mangrove swamps near Banjul, seriously tortured and battered by the Senegalese forces and sentenced to death which was heinously taken as anger meted out by Jawara and the Senegalese. How can you exonerate the intrusion of foreign forces in our national matters?
Will Senegal ever ask Gambia to infiltrate their borders however serious a matter they have at hand? Then they would have called our forces to assist in quelling the Cassamance rebellion. But the Senegalese simply despise us!
What is your term/definition for seiousness in arguments?
Babu….
Lets get a few things straight first:
1. Mustapha was not convicted after the rebellion. He was already a DEATH ROW PRISONER awaiting execution for the murder of Commander Mahoney.
2. Former President Jawara is not known for signing Execution Warrants and he would probably have left Mustapha to die a natural death in prison, if he didnt join the rebellion.
3. Mustapha was not executed for taking part in the rebellion, but for killing his commander; a crime for which he was tried, found guilty and sentenced to death.
Many who were convicted for that crime in 1981 were eventually pardoned by Jawara. None that I can remember was executed for the 1981 rebellion. I hope you and I can agree on these facts, but you can correct me if I’m wrong.
Of course, people were tortured in detention, and of course we have to condemn that, but I doubt if these were carried out on instructions from Jawara. You will be right to blame hom for that, as he was the President, but the circumstances of the situation should not be ignored. Jawara was assisted by a force whose daily operational command did not probably emanate from him. The Senegalese Forces were not answerable to Jawara and their departure at the end made That very clear. That was the context which should give us a proper perspective into those events.
“Will Senegal ever ask Gambia to “infiltrate” their borders however serious a matter they have at hand?”
First Babu, your question is flawed because using the word “infiltrate” to describe the involvement of Senegal in 1981 is inappropriate. Senegal was invited by the legitimate and democratically elected government of The Gambia, to assist reinstate the government and restore law and order in the country. This is in accordance with International Law, as states have the right to invite others to help with difficult national situations.
Second, whether to invite Gambia to help with their situation or not depends entirely on the Senegalese Government, but from my own view point, I do not think Gambian Army, in its current state, can add anything militarily to Senegalese Army’s efforts to deal with Cassamance. So what will be the point of inviting Gambia into the Cassamance conflict? Gambia can help from within our own borders more effectively than inside Cassamance.
“Senegalese simply dispise us” is the most telling and revealing statement from you. You (anti-Senegal fanatics) have tried to create bad blood and suspicion between our two countries but you have failed and will continue to fail. Gambia and Senegal are ONE PEOPLE, living in two states and our strenght lies in closer ties.
What are the differences, you asked? Well, in 1981, Jawara had the misfortune of losing control over much of the country to a bunch of diluded criminals, who not only engineered a state of lawlessness, but also irresponsibly released some very dangerous prisoners and handed guns to every Tom, Dick and Harry. They created a very brief, but disastrous period of mayhem, and much of the death and destruction happened duting this period.
The catalyst of that disastrous situation was the influence of alcohol, when Banjul Breweries was broken into and alcohol flowed like water. Drunk and fully armed rebels, looters and people out just to settle old grudges were everywhere.
This was the environment in which the Senegalese Forces intervened and to blame them or Jawara for the deaths is to be dishonest and lacking seriousness. No deaths that I know of occurred after the stabilisation of government that could be directly linked to the intervention. I wasn’t everywhere but if you know any, please tell us.
Simply put, Jawara was not in control so he couldn’t be held responsible for all deaths, especially when many were either rebels or looters;. What you and I can agree on is that none was engaged in the exercise of constitutionally guaranteed and universally recognised RIGHTS at the time of their deaths.
The same cannot be said about Yaya Jammeh. At no time in his 22 years did he ever lose control of even a district of the country. All the deaths under his rule, except the armed incursions, were people either exercising their rights, doing their jobs or have just fallen out with him. Some were summarily executed after arrest, like Ndure Cham, Daba Marenah, etc, whilst others like Solo Sandeng, were tortured to death, with others like Deyda Hydara, cowardly assassinated in “broad day light”: meaning in full public view.
And in view of our knowledge and experience of Jammeh’s rule, and given his total control over the security forces, we can say with confidence that the order to kill or torture emanated from him: whether it’s the Ghanaians, Marcy Jammeh, Jasaja Kujabi, Deyda Hydara or Chief Manneh, they could not have suffered their fates without Jammeh’s direct involvement.
Simply put, Jammeh, who had the reigns of power tightly under his control throughout his 22 years, cannot be excused for many deaths under his watch, whereas Jawara can be excused for the deaths in 1981, because he briefely lost power during that period.
Just in buttress, Bax; (as the court preceding was religiously followed by all, as one of the strangest at the time) Mustapha Danso’s response to prosecution in court was that, he ‘killed Mahoney, & if he (wakes) got up again where he (Mahoney) lay dead, he will kill him again!’ …
Senegal & Ecowas – Ecomig have mandatory obligations from the peasantry population, through executive mandated channels; Babu can fabricate whatever figures he alleged died due to his murderer-idol but reasons for majority of the deaths were factually known to everyone…
Babu, how then did Old boy Jawara & other regional leaders managed to send Ecomog & Gambia soldiers too in selfless sacrifices for humanity into Liberia, for example, which shouldn’t have been his business in your myopia…?
Babu were you commenting on here before as Radiokankang…?
Mustapha Danso’s prosecution went through legitimate legal channels; his subsequent execution warrant after the 1981 carnage, was appended to, signed by then justice minister Saho…
Babu one thing am begging from you please accept the new government as you always Gambia is ours as I have been a keen follower of your comments you made the past five years which am seeing as baseless full of hatred and insults, I think to argue in politic is normal but in a constructive and civilise manner please I beg for Allah’s shake stop the insult and have nice arguments with other it’s through the argument we can learn and ratify our past mistakes,one thing you have to accept is there is no everlasting government, yaya jammeh is gone barrow just came so come on join this new train and help the Gambia go forward and please stop causing people’s elders, I hope you heed to this little advice I have for you .Thanks
Good morning first sorry for as i do sometime under it seem you living in Holland if that true then we are neighbour because am living in germany.Lets be one please
Baba
I’m happy that you have been following my postings in the last five years and I sincerely acknowledge your brotherly advice.
One thing I hate about it is your biasness and failure to tell those who insult me to stop doing so. My postings and insults have always been levied on the government not on individuals except when those individuals take the onerous responsibility in defending the Barrow administration to insult me personally. Then I respond to their insults because most Gambians have taken tones in politics of insults. Have you ever told them to stop that?
Have you ever told those who insulted President Yahya Jammeh and family for 22 years to stop the politics of insulting?
I just want to make it crystally clear that I am a diehard opposition to the BAD Barrow administration. I don’t want that administration to stay in power and I will work hand in gloves with all opposition parties/groupings/individuals to see the ousting of that dysfunctional CORRUPT, TRIBALIST and INEPT administration. That’s my political will and desire.
Does everyone have to belong/support this EVIL administration to make the Gambia work? Why do you in your democratic mind believe that we all have to belong to the same administration? Isn’t the opposition part of the citizenry and working for the betterment of the country?
When you perceive the opposition as enemies of the country, then you are frivolous and lack the serious democratic virtues to know that people should hold diverse opinions.
Just check my postings and the postings of all those who personally address me and see where insults emanate from. I leave you to judge!
Baba,
We are neighbours. I have my elder cousin brother with family in Hamburg. I have two childhood friends in Kohln. I sometimes visit them. Normally in June before my summer vacations. Let’s keep in touch and would definitely see you on one of my trips.
It may help the false insinuations that I am not Babu Soli a Manswanko from the URR and a mother from the CRR. This is what one people fail to believe.
Natty Dread,
What responses can you give if your completely EMPTY? Empty of information on the subject. Besides, who wants to read your information?
Babu Soli
Empty of information on which subject? The subject of your arrogance,pomposity and lies? The subject of your cooked up history? I know who read my information and that is none other than Babu Lying Soli.
Thanks so much for your respond ,first I live in Hamburg for 18yrs now,one thing is, am not bias between you and those who offended you by causing your parents am sorry for that but feel let me get to you first I am not defending anyone of this guys
I just want peace to prevail between Gambians at all times as you always said before, that you are a man of peace, and from this statement gives me the courage to talk you first, please if you can heed to my advice ignor anyone who so ever insult your parents let everything in God hands. I am not a politician neither nor political anaylizer but I do enjoy your debates with this other guys without fouls words,I learned a lot from this debates especially the 1981 coup because this time I was a very small,but thanks a lot for respond I appreciate it and I will give myself a time to talk to others.stay bless and healthy
Babu, as always, you are a deceit cunningly jumpy, playing & claiming ‘the victim’ whenever someone’s words tend to tentatively wake you up occasionally in your head-buried slumbers….
I think you have something wrong in your head; in which case may/could rather be your heart in your case; whatsoever may be the case; love/loathe it, you aren’t coping well enough with your dethroned-alkalo status which is a reality; the Gambians have spoken together collectively regardless of whatsoever anyone else thinks…
Who killed Marcie & Haruna Jammeh, Jasarja kujabi & other jolas, Ndongo Mboob & all others, for example, ‘because of tribalism?’ why are landmines killing people in Foni? How many people does yaya devil killed & still even continues to kill in absentia; the latest being Honourable Femi Peters (God bless him & us all)….?
You refuse to answer my question; do remember you caused my parents on here sometime back, if you were Radiokangkang, because I mentioned something about evil kanilai yaya devil’s girlfriend on the occasion; I had to reply to you in like-term; linking you to some of the ungodly activities going on at yaya devil’s freebies kanilai parties in endless wastage squanders on our meagre resources; twisting as you always remain, you claimed I insulted everyone who were frequenting those freebies; while my responses were specific for you alone in deterrent; you see how devisive you are; like your devil kanilai Evilness…
Nobody, besides yourself & the yaya kanilai Evilness are the most tribalist elements one could find in every corner of the planet & will stop at NOTHING, even burning down their collective home, including their very own bedrooms if not for their selfish Ibliza services only; just follow your own comments & utterances tracks on here all along…
The whole Gambia in our numbers, including Mandinka, wholeheartedly embraced the deceitful kanilai Murderer in our fervent yearn for change & progression for better; only for the kanilai Dracula & your likes playing the ‘twisted victim’ in tribalist devilings; where then was yaya claiming the political votes from, which evidently were always more than its ethnic supporters…?
When were you just turned this ‘democratic’; claiming rights to opinions (as you equally are entitled to, definitely) when your idol devil yaya molested, kidnapped, tortured, maimed, rapped women, disappeared & killed others who exercised just that very same rights in cold blood for 22 blood-soaked years; yaya Evileness fought all & sundry, including some of its very own diehard disciple sycophants, both in life & equally EVEN in death too; denying some the God entitlement for unconditional decent burials on the homeland…?
Where is your Godly moral ground, if any you can claim for yourself, for labelling those victims all the insults & names you (called) rained on them…?
Rectification please – you cursed my parents – not caused…
Thanks..
We must imagine if yaya jammeh was still in power how would Gambia will be look like today ? Currently he wish being home (gambia), now he realised the mistake and the abuses he conducted, you see gambia we are a small nation bound to know each other even related to each other, this is the line yaya jammeh cross.
Baba,
I will heed to your call. When I take my final decision, it will be binding.
Then I will not respond to the recalcitrant and degenerated Natty Dread, Jack and Bajaw. One thing I’m certain about is their deliberate hypocritical and deceitful attitude in refusing to accept the gruesome episode of July 1981 and the achievements of President Jammeh.
Nonetheless, Baba, I’ll indeed answer your humane call to despise this bunch of deceitful people.
Good night Baba.
I’m sure Adolf Hitler, Josef Stalin and Benito Mussolini all registered some notable achievements too, but the gravity of their crimes meant only shameless, inconsiderate people dare talk about those.
Jammeh’s crimes against the people, never mind the doubt over value for monies taken on our behalf, negate whatever achievements he may have registered.
Even his Military Council Members couldn’t say what happened to the US $35million taken from Taiwan. Everything was shrouded in secrecy, in true “DIRIMO-DICTATORSHIP” fashion. Do us a favour please Babu and stop treating us like mopeds.
Babu Soli
As i said in my previous piece the folly of Babu Soli in thinking that the world revolve around him. If you are certain about our deliberate hypocritical and deceitful attitude in refusing to accept the gruesome episode of July 81 and the achievements of Yahya Jammeh, you must also be certain of your own beastly self importance, ignorance, pomposity and idiocy in refusing to accept or acknowledge the wrongs done by Jammeh and his evil killers and the true historical facts behind the July 81 episode. Your inhumane and dishonest nature wouldn’t permit you to see the light despite of all the reminders, warnings and lectures from the esteemed learned brethren like brother Jack, Bajaw, Bax and many others. A heartless little man who rejoice at the demise of his fellow country men. A myopic fool who can’t see good in fellow men. A lying self proclaimed professor who cooked up events to boost his fallen ego.We don’t give a damn to be despised by somebody like You Babu Soli who despised himself, his decent country men and women but in bed with all the brutes, the killers, liars, thieves and cowards. History will never exonerate your wickedness.
Guys am out because am a Gambian like any of you am just trying to discourage insults nothing more ,am not writing in favour of anyone but to discourage such painful languages against each other. One can argue base of facts and educative I thing that will help some many Gambian like me who doesn’t know how the 1981 coup came and how serious was it,i am sorry if i should hurt anyone by advising babu to not insult other people mom but I have to give advices to those causing his mom otherwise I will be unfair ,so everybody stoooooop the insults.thanks
Bax,
What did we achieve in 30 years of Jawara’s misrule? What developments did we benefit from in 30 years of Jawara’s misrule?
Just chronicle a few and stop playing the blame game, blowing the hypocrite’s trumpet and conforming as a puppet.
A regime that denies the most minute amenity of development is UNDEMOCRATIC, DICTATORIAL, CORRUPT and SELFISH. These are the best accolades for the PPP regime!
Babu.
You aren’t able to see Jawara’s development because you either have a very narrow and simplistic understanding of the term “development”, or you apply different yardsticks to measure developments under Jawara and Jammeh. Your approach, either way, is unbefitting of an educated and enlightened mind.
I don’t cheerlead for Jawara and his PPP Admin, but surely, you cannot be serious that The Gambia has enjoyed no development (change) under Jawara for 30 years. The problem with you Babu, is that you are inconsistent in your assessment of the two administrations, because whereas you use the state of the country at the point where Jammeh took over from Jawara to gauge his (Jammeh’s) performance in 22 years, you don’t accord Jawara the same treatment. To be consistent, you have to gauge Jawara’s performance by looking at the state of the country in 1965 when he took over, and if you do, it would be crystal clear to you that his achievements are not comparable to Jammeh’s.
Now to your challenge to “chronicle” a few Jawara developments.
For a start Babu, let’s agree that “development” is both a PROCESS and an OUTCOME, and as such, what OUTCOME has been achieved under one admin, may have been the culmination of a PROCESS which began well before that particular admin.
Let me give you an example: Here in the UK, it is reported that work has finally begun last year (2017) on HS2, a high speed rail project connecting London to the North, which is reported to have been first proposed in 2008/9 under the Labour Government of PM Gordon Brown, and the first phase will be complete in 2027. It is very unlikely that the government in 2027 would be the Tory Government of PM Theresa May (current PM). Therefore, a development project that started in 2008 under PM Gordon Brown, could culminate in 2027 under a different PM, but it will be ignorant to give all credit to whoever will be the PM in 2027 for the achievement of that phase of HS2.
In The Gambia, every important institution and structure necessary for the survival and viability of the state was either created/established, or strengthened and equipped by the Jawara Admin.
In the economic/financial sector, the Jawara Admin established or strengthened and equipped all institutions of accumulation and structures for management. They created the National Currency, the Dalasi and established the Central Bank to control financial and monetary flows; In education, they developed the first National Education Policy (1976-86) strengthened and expanded the Ministry of Education, equipped and resourced it, expanded teacher training, established specialised institutions (like NARI & GTTI) and began implementing a strategy towards establishing a university. In the security sector, they expanded the Police Force and established the Gambia National Army. In Health, infrastructure, Agriculture, etc, they have brought change from whay they ingerited.
Bajaw,
Stop playing the self-righteous game. When did I insult your mum first without your prior vituperative language on me? When? Give me the precise date and time. When it comes as true that I was the first offender, I know what steps to take. I look forward to receiving your swift response.
bax,
Stop beating about the bush. May I repeat the same questions? I just need a paradigm of Jawara’s development achievements in 30 years. Just list them. SIMPLE.
Babu, I was just laying down the foundation of my argument, so that you don’t misunderstand me. Let me ask you this question Babu: Have you been to Yundum Airport in the ’70s? Would you say it was in the same state when Jammeh seized power in 1994? If “NO” (and the answer is definitely “NO”), then what happened to it or what happened there? Is it called “development” by any chance?
Have you journeyed from Banjul to Basse in 1965? How long did it take you? I haven’t (for your info) but my granddad, who was a trucker had, and his experience wasn’t a pleasing one. It took them days to negotiate the poor and treacherous road (South Bank Trunk) and many a trucker and their goods laden trucks have perished at the Jakhali Konko hill, just outside Mansakonko.
By 1994, you could eat breakfast in Banjul, have lunch in Basse and dinner back in Banjul. A very good quality road was built from Soma to Basse, cutting through Jakhali Konko, thus saving lives and properties and considerably cutting journey time.
What do you call that Babu? Could it be development by any chance?
Look at the Banjul Seaport expansion Project: who initiated it, Yaya Jammeh? When the then PWD compound was moved to give way to the port expansion, Yaya Jammeh was still eating “Pongse'” (soaked bread in sweetened water) in Bakau or Yundum Barracks.
I think I have chronicled enough for you.
Bax, not he small letter on your name. Sorry for that!
Babu, you did curse my parents sometimes back when you were Radiokangkang on two occasions on here; I ignored you once on your first occasion; you did shortly again on another when I mentioned something about the kanilai Evileness’ girlfriend on that occasion; you defended yourself in the act argue-claim that Murderer yaya Devil was your elder; I had to deter you with a ‘like fire’ back which sunk & made you stop; although you continued to insult anyone habitually at personal levels, like you do to everybody else; swears & insults on my person doesn’t make me flinch an inch as anyone will notice; what you definitely lack is the fact to understand that beyond (after/pass) God Almighty, it is the (our) venerable parents next; (mother first & father second & grandparents & elderly) who follows immediately after a (Believer’s) person’s Creator; while I won’t be able to dig into Jollof news achieves into that much long for the past years for your request, I don’t have to go any far back to have a most recent evidence right here; Jack mentioned about being young during Kukoi 1981 deviling, for example; you decided to abuse his parents in inference insinuations by involving, in reference to his glorious mother…?
Babu, despite (we) all agreed that Old boy Jawara’s development efforts were inadequately short as expected; the fact of securing independence for the rebirth of the Gambia in the first place, was in itself an achievement unequalled in parallels…
At the time of our independence, political commentators were said to have assumed that the Gambia on it’s own, can’t (won’t) cope by itself; some proceeded & even suggested that the Gambia to be integrated into Senegal, in a form of federation sort; because they feared the country would fail to make it as an independent country standing on own legs….
Jawara & the selfless citizenry set up & laid the foundations to establish what became the nation community, to prove the pessimistic wrong in their assumptions at the time; some of developments were which Bax dilate here upon; until the advent of the Evil kanilai Murderdom Devilish interval Dark Age period; throwing us some half a century back in the murderous deviling in the political, economic & social retardation in terms of the possible progression we expected assumingly….
But what’s development in effect, when the people whose sweat & meagre resources were being thieved & looted in sabotage; while being murdered at same time, in the coldest of manners in their numbers; just for exercise of their very rights to opinions on our communal concerns, some of which (rights) you yourself are relying on & claiming for, right now…?
Yes, Jack; of course, as per the scred teachings; Babu & anyone else who happens to ever wrong Bajaw are all forgive in my heart whether I express (say) it explicitly or not…
Humans are all fallible beings; I hereby also take this opportunity in seeking forgiveness from all & sundry (everybody); whosoever I may have ever offended; knowing & unknowingly; deliberately & unintentionally…
Only to clarify that; Bajaw got no sweets but only bitter-cola to share with us all & sundry in our collective searches in efforts to progress the homeland for all humans, for both the citizenry & other nationals; & won’t ever mind to step on each other’s toes for mother Gambia…
God bless Gambia; Ameen…
Rectification please – as per the sacred teachings…
Thanks
Bajaw,
I was awaiting more concrete justifications to your allegations of my insults. Nonetheless, I wish to tell you that from hence, Babu has decided to desist from exchanging words with Bajaw on any terms and manners.
If you still feel offended, I wish to tender my sincerest apology!
Bax,
I’ve read through your chronology of the Jawara era activities which you referred to as “achievements”. Fridays are just hectic for me. I have a staff meeting which consumes most of my time. When I get back home, though late, I might find time to write back. If not at the weekend which is also a “time out” for my family life.
Anyway, be rest assured to receive something on or before Monday 29th Jan.
Just to forward some arguments. You have written about activities that took place from:
1) 1963…..when we attained self internal government with David Kwesi Jawara as Premier
2) 1965….when we attained full political independence with Dawda Kairaba Jawara as Prime Minister
3) 1970….when we attained Republican status with Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara as President
You are referring to 31 years of Jawara rule, mark you! Compared to:
a) 2 days of Kukoi Samba Sanyang
b) 22 years of President Jammeh
c) 1 year of Adama Barrow’s on-going poor administration
Don’t compromise work and family life for anything Babu. Enjoy the weekend and I will read your response on Monday.
Babu, honestly you are already forgiven as I have expressed earlier on; I can bet for the Day of Judgment that a Radiokangkang cursed my parents in the encounter I relayed on here some years back; please let’s argue on facts & leave vulgar language out; especially for our innocent elderly parents who have nothing at all, with it all…
Everybody knew how yaya Evileness Jammeh abused our parents & its own parents as on records already; which is the main reason why the evil kanilai killer’s Bojang mother is away on the equator because of a devil-son; ‘thinking of tit for tat?’ as everyone unconditionally have their own individual row of crops (meaning – in terms of bad omen) to tend to, on the (Satan) Devil’s farm’; according to the infamous Manding adage; otherwise, the poor woman deserves a rest at her home; remember, I can never refer to the evil kanilai devil in human terms…
Now, you want some realistic debates; let’s put the kettle on; & please bring it on…