Assalaamu alaikum Musa, Thank you for this wonderful fact,may Allah extend your knowledge and guide you. People like Taf need to be present to the public until everybody know`s that we have effective successful businessman. I know little bit about the developement Taf has builed in the Gambia. Taf construction and Santa Yallah Construction were working so hard for the developement of the Gambia. I worked for Santa Yallah construction company Ltd for three years and i was the purchasing officer,and i never had one butut missing from their money or materials. If Santa Yallah construction has the facility Taf have, i think they will also do the same as Taf. May Allah GIVE us twenty people like Taf or more. May Allah guide Taf and all those who have the intention to build the Gambia in both aspects. May Allah GIVE the Gambians the faith to build the country and guide us to the right part. "O Lord we beg You as one whose want has become intense whose strength has diminished and whose Sins are innumberable; We pray to You as one who finds none to forgive his sins except You, O possessor of Glory and Majesty. With the name of Allah!,besides whose mercy,we hope for nothing;we fear nothing save His justice,and trust nothing but His word,and do not cling but to His string. To You do we beg for shelter give the Gambia shelter O Lord of forgivsness and approbation,from tyranny and oppression,from the changes of time and succession of grief,and from a life ended without preparation. And to You do we beg for guidance in which there be reformation and improvement in the Gambia. And You alone do we pray for help in granting the Gambia success and satisfaction. O Allah! we request for the germent of safety and the granting of peace and it`s permanence. And we seek Your protection O Lord,from the suggestion of Satan,and with Your power guard ourself from the tyranny of kings. Therefore accept whatever be of our prayers and fast and let our tomorrow and thereafter be better than our present hour and day;and make us respected amongst our kindred and community;and guard us in our waking and our sleep;for You are the best preserver,and You are the most Merciful. Therefore,bless Muhammad,the best of Your Servants,the preacher of Your truth;and honour us with Your diginty which cannot be deminished,and watch us with Your Eye which does not sleep. The Most High,the Merciful. Let us all pray for the Gambia because is the best weapoon for us. Let us all pray,let us all pray for the Gambia. Thank you, one more time brother Musa. It is true what you said:It is not all hopeless! May your Today betterthan your Yesterday,and your Tomorrow betterthan your Today.....Ameen!!!!! Allahumma salli alaa saidina Muhammadin wa alaa alli Muhammadin. Samba Goddard (Pulo) Sunday, February 27, 2000 5:12 AM Musa Jeng writes: > All aspects of our lives (Gambian lives) are seen with the bifocal of a > developing country, or to be blunt, a primitive society. Most things > that are home made are looked at critically, and with suspicion. The > talk of a Gambian Businessman coming to chat with us about purchasing of > houses created more of curiosity more so than any serious expectation. > In the area of governance and managing of businesses, Gambians are known > to carry along with adjectives like: incompetent, mismanagement, > corrupt, disorganize and business failures. Two things are very factual > about our country, there has never been an honest an effective > government, or a successful businessman that has impacted the economy > and the community at large. > > I walked into the room to hear what Mr. Taf njie's presentation was all > about; unfairly, I thought my expectation was so low that this gentleman > was gonna meet my low expectation. To my surprised and to most of us, > Mr.njie was definitely a new breed of Gambian businessman. He was a > professional and came across with a superb knowledge of his product, and > the presentation was brilliant. This piece is not to promote his houses; > although, personally I will advise Gambians living in the Diaspora to > look into this deal. What this piece is to communicate to the G-L that > Mr. Taf Njie and entrepreneurs like him can be our only hope to rescue > our Gambian economy. They have what it takes to build businesses, create > employment and raise standards. Yes, even after achieving our main > objective of democracy, effective governance, accountability and justice > for all, we are also going to need businessmen like Mr.njie to build our > economy, create employment and take the country to the finish line. > > At least coming out of that presentation, I was proud to be a Gambian, > and there is a tiny glimpse that we might still pull it off in our time. > Thanks Mr.Mustapha Njie for reassuring us that it is not all-hopeless. > > Musa Jeng > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- > > To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L > Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------