Ous, I believe it will render Gambians more and better opportunites. Minos >From: Ousman Jallow Bojang <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Dual Gambian Citizenship >Date: Tue, 22 May 2001 18:09:28 EDT > >Sanyang, > Thanks for that culled from the POINT “A citizen of the Gambia who >acquires >the citizenship of another country may, if he or she so desires, retain his >or her citizenship of the Gambia.” >This means that Gambians can now enjoy dual, citizenship and it was a >section that did not attract so much debate unlike some other sections >during the amendment process." > I have been lobbying for this underground and heard that it was going to >be >done soon. This was since last year and to see it becoming part of the >constitution gives some of us in the diaspora not to loose our Gambian >citizenship by obtaining citizenships of our residning countries. This will >also be a plus to our kids born outside the country to call Gambia home. >There are some Gambians in this subscription that makes this possible >through >their personal contacts in the legislation and the executive. I was going >to >point the few out, but I am not sure they will take that very well. > >Ousman Jallow Bojang. _________________________________________________________________________ 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 You may also send subscription requests to [log in to unmask] if you have problems accessing the web interface and remember to write your full name and e-mail address. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------