The following article was posted 2 week ago. It may still be relevant.

Thanks to the management of the L for eventually tracing it.

BMK

>From: Bakary Kanteh <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: Re: This year's groundnut trade: Questions
>Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2002 18:23:01 +0000
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>From the Point Newspaper: "Sallah revealed that in six weeks time good
>refined Gambian oil will be available."
>If this is fulfilled, it does not necessarily represent a positive
>development. In order for Gambians to gauge its cost-effectiveness, the SOS
>for Agriculture needs to reveal how much was spent from public funds
>towards
>establishing the refinery project? Is it an entirely public enterprise? If
>not, what is the private sector's involvement?
>If the private sector is involved, what is the agreement on the ownership
>of
>its assets and the share of liabilities and profit or loss?
>The SOS also needs to spell out how viable the oil refinery will be in the
>face of massive oil imports into the country? What measures will be adopted
>to make it viable? Are costs towards its operation going to be subsidised?
>and if so, to what monetary extent or timescale? or is it going to
>protected
>through import volume and tax controls OR is it to both protected and
>subsidised?
>In the dispensation of public business, it is the public's right to know
>how
>so-called development projects are executed through the disclosure of
>financial and agreement reports. Fulfilment of the public trust is not
>limited to getting things done but making it known to the taxpayers how
>such
>objectives were realised.
>If parliament is truly representing the interest of the public, they must
>individually and collectively insist that this is done; the media also has
>an important role to play in bringing this about but it is the ultimate
>responsiblity of the citizenry to ensure that all public stewards are
>accountable because the final say should be ours.
>
>Finally, the Point should try to verify the accuracy of the following from
>the Senegalese Government: "A caller told this paper that Senegal this year
>produced 1.2m tons of groundnut but was only able to market 400, 000." I
>don't beleive this to be true at all but if the Point is really interested
>in getting to the point in this regard, they need to ascertain what
>happened
>to the balance of 800, 000 tons of Senegalese groundnut that could not be
>marketed either by Senegalese farmers or their government.
>
>The yoke of oppression must be shattered!
>
>BMK
>
>
>
>>From: Jungle Sunrise <[log in to unmask]>
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>>To: [log in to unmask]
>>Subject: This year's groundnut trade.
>>Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2002 09:28:07 +0000
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