Events of tremendous significance are gripping the nation yet little or
perhaps no attention is given to it by the ruling APRC, it is clear that the
Gambian people are crying for help, the cost of living and accelerated
poverty cannot be sustained by the people any longer, from Banjul to koina
the predicament is the same. The ordinary people cannot afford the costs of
the increments and scarcities that has become a daily routine. The situation
is  so worst left unattended it can lead to seriously social upheavals that
could easily lead to disintegration. The government seemed to run out of
ideas they no longer show  any capacity or initiative to redress this
harrowing menace. Initially the President did attempt to intervene to ensure
economic stability, but since this was an unrealistic economic measure the
demons did not go away, price rise and continued depreciation of the dalasi
is even gettinfg worse. Many busineemen are either hoarding goods creating
scarcity or they are dievesting into none priced control commodities, this
is accelerating an already baed situation, but then the government has to
take the responsibility because it seems they have run out of ideas to
handle this economic contradiction. The best they could do is to expand the
productive base of the economy hence reduce quite substantially the
importation bill which is partly responsible. another measure is to reduce
quite substantially per-diems an reduce travels as well as delegates
accompanying the president. To lead by example Jammeh should freeze his
allowances till further notice, these measures coupled withe targeting
taxation on none essential items may not take off all the burden but mit
will go a lomng way helping. I hope a national forumb will be convened to
allow input from people all the country and abroad to chip with ideas that
way a way forward could be carved to postpone the inevitable economic gloom.


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