Bro Habib Diab Ghanim, Thank you very much, for your last paragragh. These words are fruits for digestion Jabou Joh skrev: > Thank you Habib for this contrubution,and it is good to hear from you again. > You are indeed right when you remind us that we cannot take anything with us > when we die. > > Jabou Joh > > In a message dated 7/5/2001 10:36:51 AM Central Daylight Time, > [log in to unmask] writes: > > << Jabou,</DIV> > This is an issue that is so complicated that even the government does not > have the right answers. Lands office (to the best of my own personal > knowledge) controls only "Tubab Banko" ie post colonial era where the > Europeans colonizers set up their colonial rule. The rest is up to the local > chiefs who controlled their districts. There were a few citizens who were > given "free hold lands" from the colonial masters which means that the state > no longer has any say in those lands except some proprty taxes. This is > different with the" leasehold lands " which is state owned and they are > usually leased only for 99 years which most people in Banjul and the kombos > currently have. The State Government has a right to reassign or renew the > leased land after that 99 years lease expires but it cannot do so with Free > hold land owners.<DIV></DIV> > It is complicated when you have third parties who purchase properties without > renewing the old lease from the previous owners ( who may have used up 30 or > 50 years from the original 99 years) .<DIV></DIV> > On a final note , this land issue has caused tribal wars in Africa, the > Arabian peninsula, and many parts of Asia when the current settlers claim > land that belong to the original tribes because they have been around for a > substantial period of time. The issue of "Surgas" who work on your farm land > for free and can use a portion for themselves as pay is another gray area > that is a potential bomb if the children of those "surgas" grow up and become > part of the village.<DIV></DIV> > In Nigeria almost all the tribal wars in Ogoni land vs the neighboring Uroba > tribe erupts almost every year when it is time to clear up the bushes for new > farm land.<DIV></DIV> > I hope you can see the picture more clearly but I welcome any contributors > who can add or correct me if I am wrong. <DIV></DIV> > My take on this is basic and I hope that some on the G-L would nt feel > offended by the religious remark I am about to make. I feel that if we follow > the Quran and the laws of God in all the main religions and accept the fact > that we do not really own anything in this world and just passing through a > lot of this land issue would not be so controversial because when we die we > do not take anything with us not even the land we are buried on. > I commend your on all your contributions and due to my busy travelling > schedule I am no longer active on the G-L because of time constraints. > With best regards, > Habib Diab Ghanim > >> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------