Ous,

Just like Mr. Sanneh intimated, this is a very important milestone in US-
Gambian relations and offers us a lot of opportunities. I hope all the
players, particularly The Gambian Government and Gambian Business persons
would do all they can to take this further. I am very much convinced that
even the government's best spokesperson could not have delivered a better
speech. I like both the tone and content of the speech and I hope critics
of the government would take cue from the speech and have a re-think about
their perception of the government and how to engage it possitively for the
good of all.

Like I have always said, development is a process and not an event. It
takes time, hardwork and also needs our collective effort. Already the
construction of the new airport and all the improvements and additions
being done have resulted in more flights into the country, thus creating
more jobs and more revenue in terms of landing fees for the GCAA.

Mr. Sanneh, I know both Ambassador McDonald and Mr. Abdoulie Touray mean
very well for the country and they seem to get on well. However people like
you can still continue to urge them on. Please extend my best wishes to
your family.

Have a good day, Gassa.


> Jungle,
> Thanks for that fwd. Mr. Sidi Sanneh made a very good point. We should
> take advantage of such a good gesture from the US and make the best use
> of it. I am sure the government did envision such coming. I remember
> when the new airport was built, a lot of noise was made why such an
> expensive airport. After three years, the world had changed and our
> airport is today rated among the most secured and best landing ones in
> the subregion. Flying to the Gambia today from the US is probably more
> easier than flying to any where in the subregion.
> Now the government is engaged in other infrastructures and that is the
> only way to build our nation. Having businesses trust our system to
> invest in would be the best that could happen to our nation.
> We as Gambians have a lot of stake here and the way we take advantages
> of such without ripping ourselves apart will be a test to the
> leadership and the people.
>
>
> Ousman Jallow Bojang.
> Original Message:
> -----------------
> From: Sidi Sanneh [log in to unmask]
> Date: Sat, 28 Sep 2002 16:21:43 -0500
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: US Ambassador Sees Positive Trends in Gambia
>
>
> Pa Modou,
>
> Amb. Jackson McDonald has demonostrated significant goodwill towards
> Gambia and its people.  We must act in unison to build on this
> goodwill.  I would have liked very much to participate in the business
> forum which I discussed with the Ambassador and Abdoulie Touray during
> my abbreviated stay in Banjul recently. The success of the forum,
> meanwhile, will be measured by the number of business partnerships that
> are consumated as a result. Thanks for the post.
>
> Sidi Sanneh
>
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