The value systems that are in place
I hold bachelor degree in arts and practice as a lawyer in Johannesburg for a number of years as an attorney. I am a convicted prisoner servering many years for INCITING the people to go on strike in May 1963.
I am prepaered to Die
"Nelson Mandela"
Words of Wisdom
[log in to unmask] wrote: Bro Oko,
A social thinker once observed that a society is like a work of art.
Just like how the sculptor carve a piece of wood or stone into a sculptor;
and just like how the artist with due diligence creates a work of art, a
society also can be moulded and guided in its change and transformation processes.
The development of the human being must take cognizance of the value
systems that are in place, and have been succintly formulated to guide the
cohesiveness and integrity of the social dynamics in its formation and cultures.
Our cultures, therefore, are replete with proverbs and figurative language
that tend to speak of the anomaly; and in its various functions decry greed
and vanity, and indeed all facets of the social fabric that has a tendency to
corrupt the social and moral imperatives. The dictum, OLLOF NJIE NE NA, begins
the self examination and critical component of most of these proverbs and
figurative language in wollof.
Therefore, our societies have always been mindful of the consequences
that negatively impact the structure of our social order. Today, most of the
things that are happening are alien to those whose value systems demand
respect, tolerance, pride, honesty, shamefulness and humility as the core
principles that underpins their social cohesiveness and milieu. And, fundamental to
the social cohesiveness should be the recognition of our conscience as an
integral part of the development of both the individual and social entity.
Our conscience, therefore, is not only our ability to recognize what is
wrong from what is right; but, it should also be a conscious determination
to will against anything that is wrong, and embrace everything that is right.
The individual is nurtured to follow the dictates of his conscience;
the social conscience should also be nurtured to promote the dictates of what
is just and proper. This can be done through various means, the least of which
should not be the "death of outrage." Through opinion leaders, academic
exhortations, literary criticism, journalistic activism, the media and various
other organs, voices of reason can shape and influence the evolution of a just
social order.
Most Gambians are familiar with our colonial history; the struggles
between the various parties before and after our independence. The
divisiveness, the acrimony, the tribal sentiments, the religious appeal and general
hostile environment in our political deliberations, did not augur well in our
disposition to build an independent and prosperous homeland. Our political
enterprise thrives on tribalism, individualism, self-centeredness; and while
keeping the people ignorant and poor, our country wallows in the nefarous act of
corruption and the deriliction of trust to public service. The failure to
develop an active and well informed citizenry, besides mobilizing and using people
periodically for elections, leads to a climate of stultification of the most
basic rights of the people.
Against this backdrop, the emergence of a new political entity with an
encompassing set of principles that will guide a new political dispensation
is most welcomed. The NADD MOU in my opinion, should form the core values
through which we interact; through which we govern and through which we guide
our social and political deliberations.
A council of economic advisers should be commisioned and tasked with
the job of reviewing all sectors of the Gambian economy; how well they are
performing, what are the contraints and what needs to be done to make them more
productive and sustainable. This council with the inputs of all other
sectors of the economy can draw a blueprint that will take into account the
investment needs, the job needs and the welfare needs of the Gambian people. This
blueprint will serve as a guide to dictate government policy.
The manifestoes and policy documents that are presently vying for the
people's attention, if and when they become a government policy, can
illuminate a bight future and when the dawn sets in a new day, the Gambia will awake
to a new reality and a new vision.
Rene
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