Haruna. Some of these gimmicks are so off the wall for me, I generally
ignore it. But my ever-ambitious Cous Fakoo Fakoo is attracted to these
gimmicks. Some economic planner we got at the Feds!!

Cousin, we may be going for a new economic paradigm (Jammehnomics)... Give
it a few more years, every nation will adopt a four-day work week, create a
credit union for their cabinet, - you name it :)


On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 10:00 AM, Haruna <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> And instead of 0.5 million, I'd say 1/2 a million. And I'd fire the editor
> at this outfit. Again!
>
>  Haruna.
>
>  -----Original Message-----
> From: Haruna <[log in to unmask]>
> To: GAMBIA-L <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Tue, Jan 22, 2013 9:55 am
> Subject: Re: [G_L] President Jammeh kick-starts Cabinet Fund with D0.5M -
> BABILI MANSA ALWAYS AMAZING!
>
>  (':! Caesar you're good. All I can say is - Cabinet watch your
> ever-lighter wallets. I would give cabinet a raise and a line of credit
> instead. Let the institution begin a credit union of its own if it so
> desires. The president should have no hand in that jar. The hand that
> bringeth is the hand that taketh!
>
> Haruna. Some of these gimmicks are so off the wall for me, I generally
> ignore it. But my ever-ambitious Cous Fakoo Fakoo is attracted to these
> gimmicks. Some economic planner we got at the Feds!!
>
>  -----Original Message-----
> From: Ousman Ceesay <[log in to unmask]>
> To: GAMBIA-L <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Tue, Jan 22, 2013 9:46 am
> Subject: Re: [G_L] President Jammeh kick-starts Cabinet Fund with D0.5M -
> BABILI MANSA ALWAYS AMAZING!
>
>  You learn something new everyday. This is one of those early morning
> edumacation session for moi. I didn't know you could run credit unions out
> of a bank. All along I thought there are competitors to banks not services
> offered by a bank.
> Sent from Yahoo! Mail on Android
>
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> * Subject: * [G_L] President Jammeh kick-starts Cabinet Fund with D0.5M -
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>  Tuesday, January 22, 2013
>  *The president of the Republic has donated D0.5M to Cabinet as a
> kick-start for the establishment of a Credit Union for ministers, at a
> presentation ceremony on Monday at the Cabinet Room in State House.*
> Presenting a Trust Bank Savings Account book to Aja Dr Isatou Njie-Saidy,
> the vice president and minister of Women’s Affairs, His Excellency Sheikh
> Professor Alhaji Dr Yahya Jammeh advised the ministers to make the mostof
> the initiative, saying it is a fulfillment of a pledge he made a few days
> ago.
> “It is inline with my pledge to make sure that the Cabinet also has a
> credit union just like any other institution, I hereby present to the
> Cabinet through you, the [vice president], this Savings Account book with a
> sum of five hundred thousand dalasi to kick-start operating a Cabinet
> Credit Union,” he told them. He also urged the ministers to work with the
> vice president and put up a mechanismof contributing monthly to the union’s
> account.
> President Jammeh added: “The idea of a credit union is a wonderful one;
> however for any credit union to survive, when you borrow, you must carry
> forward and pay. If you borrow without paying, the credit union will be
> dead. Sometimes in Cabinet, you have unexpected occurrence where we need to
> put funds together, assist one person or the other. Because of the lack of
> such a fund, sometimes it is difficult for members to contribute
> meaningfully. I think with this fund, you will be able to take care of any
> eventualities comfortably without any hardship.”
> *Membership*
> The Gambian leader stressed that membership of the union is for all
> ministers whether they are in Cabinet or not. He said in the event that a
> minister is no more in cabinet and owes the union, his or her money will be
> deducted from what he/she contributed and the balance will be given back to
> him/her.
> He added: “We are not taking anybody’s money. It is a credit union, if you
> leave whatever is not used, your balance will be given back to you and
> still you can be a member of the union because once a member you are always
> a member, whether you are out of Cabinet or not because we are not supposed
> to friends when you are here and enemies when you leave unless you have
> other motives. In the event that you leave, the choice is yours. If you
> want, you take your balance, if you want, you leave it and continue being
> part of it.”
> Speaking earlier, the Attorney General and Minister for Justice, Lamin
> Jobarteh, said they [Cabinet] are very happy and appreciative ofthe
> president’s gesture. His words: “You are one unique president who cares
> for the welfare of not only your Cabinet but the entire populace of The
> Gambia. We pray for your long life, success and we further pray that God
> help you in reaching the apex of all the things that you desire for the
> welfare and advancement of the beautiful Gambia.”
> The vice president and minister of Women’s Affairs, Aja Dr Isatou
> Njie-Saidy, joined other speakers to thank the Gambian leader on behalf of
> the Cabinet for spearheading the move. “We are grateful once again to you
> for your continuous generosity. We as a Cabinet and as a nation are proud
> of you for your benevolence and for caring and sharing,” she stated.
> She assured President Jammeh that they would not fail him and he will see
> the result from this particular initiative. “We promised you that we will
> continue to follow your leadership by example in not just farming but in
> other spheres of development,” VP Njie-Saidy added.
> The minister for Energy, Teneng-Mba Jaiteh, also spoke at the ceremony
> moderated by Mariama Njie, the deputy secretary to Cabinet.
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