Delivering his annual New Year message to Gambians, the distinguished gentleman harped on the financial ill-discipline and the failures of all public corporations except GPA to make a contribution to government coffers or the much needed employment and other investments. He reminded us of the deploring and blatant human, economic and political rights abuses in The Gambia. 

What gave a lot of hope to well meaning Gambians reaching this paper, in his message on the launching of  Agenda 2011 projects and the fact that Gambian people have already taken up the initiative. 

The full story here 



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> Headline News                    Updated Last: Monday, Jan 04, 2010
> 19:48
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> Gambian president Yaya Jammeh raised the hope of improvised workers
> by declaring at the end of the new year message that salaries will be
> raised 20% across the board. This announcement came as a shock to
> observers as the annual financial budget report delivered by the
> country's finance minster last month made no mention of this
> increase.  The nation with 58% living in abject and acute poverty
> where most families cannot afford basic food and housing, with the
> price of a cup of sugar at D6. Commentators remarked that with the
> government expenditure exceeding budgetary limitations, this  promise
> is just empty, like the president's promise to enforce the letters of
> law in our country.  Other commentators were concerned that only one
> public cooperation is expected to pay dividend to its biggest or
> poorest shareholder, the government in 2010, with the rest, sold to
> the president and his cronies, making staff redundant and closing
> training schools. Gambians experienced a high cost of basic secondary
> education, which is free in all other countries in the whole
> sub-region costing the entire annual income of most families. 
> Read on 
> On Mon 04/01/10 19:28 , Malanding Jaiteh  wrote:
> > Niamorkono,
> > Don't mind President Zuma. He is still a wuss along side the young
> > King 
> > Mswati III of Swaziland with 14 wives and counting or his late dad
> > King 
> > Sobhuza II (70 wives with over 1000 grand kids).
> > Malanding Jaiteh
> > Fye samateh wrote:
> > > Folks President Zuma is still going on strong. What a man at 68
> > years.
> > >  
> > > Niamorkono
> > >  
> > >  
> > > 
> > > Reuters 
> > >  
> > >
> > >
> > > South *Africa's* President Zuma marries for fifth time 
> > > 
> > > Reuters
> > > NKANDLA, South *Africa* (Reuters) - South African President
> Jacob
> > Zuma 
> > > married for the fifth time on Monday, giving the Zulu
> > traditionalist 
> > > his third current *...*
> > > See all stories on this topic 
> > >  
> > >
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