Baba:
Our good old professor was only laying the ground work, he was well aware of his intention to go back home and do his thing. What I cannot understand is why trying to elbow Gambians in the Diaspora, or was that just another calculated choice of the right poltical zinger for our president. I had the opportunity to listen to the professor three years ago in Chicago, I think you were there as well, during his presentation, I turned to Banka and said - watchout for this one. Why does the good old professor had to put the emphasis on us to forget about politics. I commend him for heading back home to make a difference, and we should all emulate his move, but please save us the self righteous BS, especailly when the whole charade is about you and your dreams.
Good luck
Thanks
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From: Baba Galleh Jallow <[log in to unmask]>
> Right Mr. Darboe. I did share a podium with Professor Gomez at last year's
> Chicago conference. When he persisted in repeatedly quiping about the need
> for Gambians to forget about politics, I couldn't resist the urge to shoot
> back that talk of forgeting about politics is nothing but empty polemics. I
> said exactly what you say here: that politics is the soil in which the seeds
> of national development are sown. The poorer the soil, the worse the
> harvest. And as you rightly say, by calling on Gambians to forget about
> politics, he is being very political himself. And I think he very well knows
> it. Talk about getting into the good books of those that matter for good
> business.
>
> Baba
>
>
> >From: Lamin Darbo
> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list
> >
> >To: [log in to unmask]
> >Subject: Re: Fw: Professor Gomez Challenges Gambians
> >Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2007 18:54:29 +0100
> >
> >Mr Jallow:
> >
> > No surprise whatsoever. Indeed I expected this kind of sycophancy at the
> >formal launch of Banutu Business College
> >
> > I've read Ba Banutu-Gomez's exit interview with Gainako and the remarks
> >attributed to him in the instant article appears to be an extension of
> >views therein expressed, if implicitly.
> >
> > By demanding that junkies de-emphasise "politics" for "national
> >development", he was being political himself. It is unbelievable that
> >supposedly learned people have such great difficulty in appreciating that a
> >lawless public environment is the functional equivalent of barren land in
> >its incapacity to promote growth, much less anything approximating
> >meaningful sustainability.
> >
> > I know a Gambian who said his parents broke down when he informed them
> >he was returning home to make a living. As I understood it, the parents
> >were less concerned about the foreign exchange than about his personal
> >safety. That person has as good a potential as Ba Banutu-Gomez to make a
> >comfortable living in the Gambia
> >
> > Who wants to see your child falsely accused, arrested, detained,
> >tortured, and may be killed - with impunity - for mere non-conformity to
> >the lawless political dogma of the Republic and its Great Leader?
> >
> > Ba Banutu-Gomez shared a podium with Baba Galleh Jallow about this time
> >last year. I wonder if he told him about his impending book, and to at
> >least commit him to purchasing a copy. In my view, he is certainly not one
> >of Mandela's Other Children
> >
> > As an informed observer of Gambian public affairs is wont to quip in the
> >context of readiness by many to dine at the table of atrocity, we are light
> >years away from prime time readiness.
> >
> > How sad!
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > LJDarbo
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >Abdoulie Jallow wrote:
> > All power and blessings of the lord to you Prof. Gomez. You are doing a
> >noble deed indeed for fellow Gambians and I pray to the Almighty Allah to
> >pave a smooth path for your success in this endeavor. Your challenge is
> >heard loud and clear, but conscience, experience and circumstance dictates
> >yours truly to see you through for some time. Skepticism has taken the
> >better part of me on this one prof. sorry but no thanks for now. I'd rather
> >be away and support your call in various forms including specific help to
> >your students. Just let us know when you set up Online Classes. I
> >can certainly venture 3-4 early hours of some of my mornings with your
> >students to share the little experiences i've had in life from my safe,
> >free, fair and hassle-free abode.
> >
> >And what is it that you think politics is all about? Do you think there can
> >be any meaningful risk taking for development without the right political
> >environment? Just curious.
> >
> >God be with you prof and I wish you every success in your endeavor.
> >
> >-Laye
> >
> >===============================================================================
> =======================
> >
> >
> >Professor Gomez Challenges Gambians
> >Thursday 23rd August 2007
> >
> >By Abba A.S. Gibba & Ya Sainey Gaye
> >
> >Professor Ba Banutu-Gomez, the proprietor of the newly built Bantu Business
> >College, has called on all Gambians outside The Gambia to stop focusing on
> >politics, and instead focus on developing the country regardless of any
> >political ideology one may have, adding that if the country is the centre
> >of
> >our hearts and thinking, we can work together even though we may have
> >different political ideologies.
> >
> >On the occasion of the inauguration of the College, Professor Bantu-Gomez
> >said, "It is indeed expensive to invest on quality education, but we feel
> >The Gambia deserves a quality business college to help citizens better
> >their
> >lives and their families".
> >
> >"I challenge any Gambian, if you care about your own people, your own
> >country, then you should come back and invest in your own country, not only
> >in education but in any form.
> >
> >"It's with great pleasure that I am finally ready to return home and engage
> >in national development and sustainability at this stage in the history of
> >our beloved country, The Gambia. I feel energized, excited and more
> >committed than ever, to return home and work directly with my fellow
> >citizens. This great opportunity for me and my wife has served as a
> >variable
> >for motivation to return home," he added.
> >
> >He made this statement at the grand opening ceremony of Banutu Business
> >College at Lamin village, Kombo North.
> >
> >Professor Banutu-Gomez revealed that Banutu Business College "plans for
> >Academic year 2005 to 2009 is to enter the education market and offer
> >Bachelor of Science Degree in all the disciplines in our programmes. By the
> >academic year 2009 to 2010 we will offer Masters Degrees and PhD Programmes
> >here in The Gambia," he added.
> >
> >"We believe in marrying and theory and practice and Banutu Business College
> >is a Teaching and Research college. Banutu Business College is being
> >established to provide quality business education based on North American
> >Education, for students in The Gambia," he stated.
> >
> >He revealed that the college would initially embark on Diploma, Advanced
> >Diploma and Associate of Science Degrees in the following subjects:
> >Leadership and Management, Accounting, Office Administration, Finance and
> >Banking, Human Resources Management, Tourism Management, Management
> >Information Systems, Entrepreneurship, Marketing and Sales, Public
> >Administration, Gender Business Development, Economics, and International
> >Business.
> >
> >In conclusion, Professor Gomez called on all foreign embassies to work with
> >them to assist their students and faculty for Visas when the need arises
> >for
> >them to attend academic conferences or to present research papers.
> >
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