do you all know that miss sallah of glouster st in banjul was the chief "gewel " of jawara? >From: abdul aziz drammeh <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: abdul aziz drammeh <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Jammeh meets opinion leaders >Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 14:46:00 +0100 > >culled from GRTS page. > > > > > >Opinion leaders in the country yesterday held a private meeting with the >President Yahya Jammeh to pay their condolences to him following the death >of12 people in the April 10th and 11th incidents. The group which include >chiefs and alkalolus drawn from the seven administrative regions is the >latest in series of consultations with President Jammeh, since he returned >from the G77 Summit in Cuba. The group's Spokesman Seyfo Alhaji Tabora >Manneh of Lower Niumi informed our reporter that President Jammeh was shock >and saddened by the number of casualties and the destruction to public and >private property during the riots. The President is reported to have >implored Opinion leaders to preach peace, sanity and social cohesion in >their communities and inculcate into their children respect, tolerance and >discipline. Speaking on behalf of her colleagues Aji Fatou Sallah of >Banjul told our reporter that the government has promised to conduct full >investigation into the causes of the deaths and take strong measures to >avert a re-occurence of such incidents in the Gambia. Mrs Sallah called on >parents to train their children by teaching them love and patriotism. > > > ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------