Dr. Jaiteh:

You've got that right.

Naphiyo,
Comrade ML Jassey-Conteh

On Wed, 8 Jan 2003 11:27:09 -0500 Malanding Jaiteh <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> At a cost of D43,286 per Pilgrim, the total
> cost of sponsoring 100 Pilgrims
> is D4,328,600! I pray and hope that President
> Jammeh and his advisers
> realized that there are cheaper ways to buy
> popularity.
>
> As some would say the operation was successful
> but the patient died!
>
>
> Malanding
>
>
> 100 Benefit From APRC Hajj Package
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> The Daily Observer (Banjul)
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> January 7, 2003
> Posted to the web January 7, 2003
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> Lamin M Dibba
> Banjul
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> The deputy administrative secretary of the APRC
> party, Kebba Kinteh, has
> said his party will sponsor about 100 pilgrims
> for the 2003 hajj.
>
> In an interview with the Daily Observer at the
> APRC political bureau
> yesterday, Mr Kinteh said the selection of the
> pilgrims for the 2003 hajj
> package is coordinated by the divisional
> council of elders and supervised by
> divisional commissioners and mayors in all the
> districts countrywide.
>
> "The 100 sponsored pilgrims are going under the
> Presidential hajj package
> and therefore they should project the ever
> existing good image of The Gambia
> and its leadership. I would also want to tell
> them that in their prayers,
> they should remember the country and its
> leadership.They should be sharing
> and caring among themselves and help one
> another as one family." Alpha Omar
> Jallow, the Bakau APRC chairman who is also
> among the selected beneficiaries
> for the 2003 hajj said, "President Jammeh is a
> true Muslim and this is a
> clear manifestation that he has The Gambia at
> heart. He usually does the
> same for the Christians during their pilgrimage
> to Rome." Serigne Mboob,
> also a sponsored pilgrim from Panchang in the
> Central River Division urged
> all Gambians to rally behind President Jammeh.
>
> Fatou Mbenga, a native of Serrekunda, another
> beneficiary said all the women
> should rally behind President Jammeh for his
> generosity to the womenfolk.
> "He has helped women have their voices heard
> and to have equal opportunity
> in national development priorities." Saikou
> Jah, Yaya K Sanneh and Fah
> Ceesay all called on the Gambian people to
> support President Jammeh.
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