Barrow, you wrote:
“You may ignore me all you want but that shall not deter me. I
just abhor sycophants and Ramadan will not make me turn the other
cheek. Such childish banter from you does not
faze me either. You are the one with the rope around your neck.
I am a free man that travels to my country whenever I
want to. You cant do the same. You have messed up big time
and cream-puff opposition will not mitigate your circumstance.
Just like Kebba Joke and Tombong, you shall be a victim of your
own irrational exuberance.“
Victim of what, Exuberance? Are you for real Barrow? Let me tell you,
Barrow, that if you believe for one moment that you love or care for this
country more than I do, then you need to have your head examined. I have
said it here over and over again that whereas there are a lot of things that
can be improved within the country, I also believe in the fact that this
change must be managed rationally. Extreme anger and arrogance cannot and
will not bring about any of the meaningful changes that some of you claim to
want in our country.
Unlike you, who have access to a constant supply of safe and clean drinking
water, well equipped hospitals, good public transport, excellent roads etc,
etc, we in The Gambia don’t have those privileges. All we can pride our
selves with are our virtues and our common desire for peaceful co-existence.
To that end, we shall do the little we can and welcome any ideas from any
one. However while we welcome ideas for the further improvement of our lot,
we will not take it from any Tom, Dick and Harry in the Diaspora who assumes
that because we live in this miserable state, we don’t have a clue as to
what we want. We are equally educated and have traveled extensively enough
to know what we are missing. All we ask of those of you in the Diaspora is
not only to criticize for the sake of criticism, but to do so with
suggestions as to how we can do things better. I am personally sick and
tired of some you whining every day about what we are not doing right while
not offering any suggestions as to how we can do things better. To me that
is plain hypocrisy, period. How dare you call us names for appreciating some
of the good things that the government is doing in terms of putting in place
structures to help us to alleviate the abject poverty we live in? How dare
some of you to dismiss all the socio-economic development projects as white
elephant projects when you’ve all witnessed the deplorable state the country
was in before July 1994? How can you even imagine that we are naïve when we
show any form of appreciation of these improvements? How can we not
appreciate the greats strides that we are taking in terms of education,
access to health facilities, good roads, a revamping of the agricultural
sector by providing modern farm implements etc, etc? How can we not
appreciate anything that will help this and any future government to
facilitate the eradication of the hunger and ignorance in our midst by
building those infrastructures that we all know should have been built by
the previous government during their 30year misrule? My friend, get real!
Like I have always said, hate Jammeh as much as you want, but that does not
change the fact that most Gambians appreciate what he is doing.
It is high time that we get rid of the narrow minded-ness and arrogance that
has become some of us and discuss Gambian issues with respect. Forums like
this should be a place for all Gambians to share their concerns while at the
same time, share ideas for the development of our country. It should not be
used as a forum for insults, hate and the proliferation of personal views
and opinions that nobody should scrutinize or question. With the above in
mind, I will finish this by quoting Eva Strittmatter, who wrote:
“We have all lost very much, don’t fool yourself; me and you also. We were
born open to the world, now we keep the doors closed to him and her and
them”
Have a good day, Gassa.
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