SHIEKH-TEJAN, FIL HAAJA TAKMINUL HURRIYA!!
IT IS UTTERLY IRRESPONSIBLE FOR YOU TO INJECT TRIBALISM INTO THE QUARREL BETWEEN THE LANDOWNERS OF BRUFUT OR AT LEAST THE COMMUNITY AND THE LANDS OFFICE. THE QUESTION HERE IS NOT WHETHER THE LAND WAS ALLOCATED TO TAF CONSTRUCTION, BUT WHOSE IS IT TO ALLOCATE? AND WHAT END USE WILL THE LAND BE PUT TO. WE MUST CONSIDER THE EFFECTS OF SUCH USE ON THE COMMUNITY AND COMPENSATION TO THE DISPOSSESSED OR DISENFRANCHISED.
I WOULD ADVISE MR. NJIE TO DIALOGUE WITH HIS FUTURE NEIGHBORS, BETTER EXPLAIN WHAT HIS PLANS ARE, AND HOW THE COMMUNITY WILL BE ENRICHED BY HIS DEVELOPMENT-NOTWITHSTANDING HIS BEING ALLOCATED THE LAND BY GOVERNMENT. THAT CONTRACT OR RAISON D'ETRE WILL BE REVISITED AT ANOTHER TIME.
CAN THE STATE PROVE OWNERSHIP OR IMPLIED EASEMENT TO THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION? BY WHAT INSTRUMENT DOES THE STATE ASSIGN ITSELF LAND RIGHTS-BE IT KOMBO, BANJUL, OR KEUR NJOGOI?
STAY CALM. I THINK TAPHA HAS AN ENGINEERING BACKGROUND AND I'M SURE HE WILL NOT TAKE ADVANTAGE OF A ROGUE GOVERNMENT AND ALIENATE HIS NEW NEIGHBORS. I WANT TO BE SURE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT DE-VE-LOP-MENT AND NOT REGRESSION.
OTHERWISE, WE LIKE YOU MR. NYANG. TRIBALISM OR ITS INJECTION IN SUCH MATTERS AS LAND OWNERSHIP AND RIGHTS IS TOTALLY INDEFENSIBLE. ARE YOU SAYING THAT IF TAPHA WERE A FULA, JOLA, MANDINGO, SARAHULE, MANJAGO, OR KARONINKA, THE AFFECTED COMMUNITY WILL NOT OBJECT TO THE SEIZURE AND ALLOCATION OF THEIR LAND WITHOUT THEIR PRIOR CONSULTATION? LAST TIME I CHECKED, BRUFUT IS A MULTI-TRIBAL COMMUNITY, EVEN WITHIN THE KABILO THAT CLAIMS OWNERSHIP RIGHTS BY VIRTUE OF BIRTH AND IMPLIED EASEMENT BY VIRTUE OF PAST CONTINUOUS USE AND IMPROVEMENT.
SONS-OF-AFRIKA. ENGINEER CORPS