Thanks for the forword AbdouKarim.
The Independent newspaper is doing a good job showing us the true colors of Jahya Jammeh who is ruling Gambia as his own,
Yet he never admitts his failure to the Gambian people but instead insulting them for been lazy.(YJRTS) Yahya Jammeh Radio
and Television service i will call it is one of his private properties in the Gambia not to the nation at large.This is how dictators rule
they are mad people and at same time their egocentric attitudes rules over their moral principles.Yahya is the only successful
farmer in the country and by archiving that he is using poor farmers to work for him free,Who cannot even farm their own but
can work for him and yet he calls them lazy men.Yahya is introducing slavery in Gambia or neocolonialist concepts and that goes
to every area in the Gambian soceity including his TV station.Few talks and the majority dares to say nothing whiles they suffers
and will suffer more since Yahya with his tycoons cares themselves but not the people.Is sad to see Gambia drowning into economic
dissaster and the only solution is to get rid of this government for the better.Is time the Gambian people rise up without delay of any political party and vote these people out.What about the farmers who never get paid,The young lads slaughted,Dumo et al in jail unjustly
ministers fired and recently feul crises.What next folks? Yahya is going to sell Gambia to the private sector and the people gonna be
second class citizens.Nevertheless we have any hatred for the man but our people deserves better than this and is time Yahya stop
playing smart and not been clever,Gambians need results not empty words.
For Justice
Fye Niama
"I have nothing new to teach the world. Truth and non-violence are as old as the hills".
(Mahatma Gandhi, the father of passive resistance)
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The Independent (Banjul)
December 19, 2002
Posted to the web December 17, 2002
Banjul
President Yahya Jammeh has built a reputation of being the best farmer this country has ever had, or at least that is how Gambia Radio and Television Services have portrayed him. Hardly a day goes by nowadays without images of his farming feats being shown on television.
He is always shown on his farm in Kanilai, usually with several people, assumed to be giving free labour, because it is hard to imagine that he would be able to pay for the services of all those people work on his farm.
While there is no denying the fact that President Jammeh is a dedicated agriculturist, but it may not be quite correct to portray him as the best farmer in this country. I have no doubt that there are people in this country who given half the opportunity and facilities he has would have done equally well, if not better than he is doing. It is a well known fact that he has access to modern farming equipment and other facilities, including no doubt abundant free labour on a daily basis. We have all heard about his supporters and other sycophants, no doubt with ulterior motives frequently mobilising people from all parts of the country to go and work on his farm. Therefore, anyone who has such an opportunity would no doubt be in a position to make a successful farmer.
It is therefore important that those at the GRTS who inundate our TV screens with images of President Jammeh as the best farmer should also be honest enough to point out those obvious facts, rather than continually showering praises on his extra-ordinary knowledge about agriculture. It is certainly becoming too boring and monotonous to be constantly showing us images of President Jammeh on his farm as if there are no other agricultural activities going on elsewhere in this country.
While there is no denying the fact that President Jammeh is a good example of a successful farmer, barring the vast opportunity and facilities available to him, but certainly showing frequent images of his farming activities are not the best examples that would promote Gambian agriculture.
I cannot see what lessons there are for ordinary Gambian farmers in the village who have neither the machinery nor the abundant free labour available to him. Therefore, GRTS would have been of better service to Gambian farmers rather than always showing us President Jammeh's farming activities. Apart from the monotony and boredom this frequent images create, GRTS is also beginning to create a cult syndrome around President Jammeh, making him appear like an extra-ordinary person.
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