Our condolence to Isatou Njie Saidy and the entire extended family. May his soul rest in perfect peace. Chi jamma, Bro Sheikh Tejan Jungle Sunrise wrote: > Posted by Volunteer on August 15, 2001 at 21:02:13: > > The death is sadly announced of Alhaji Jay Saidy which sad event > took place this afternoon at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Banjul, > The Gambia. > > Alhaji Jay Saidy is survived by his wife, Her Excellency Mrs. Isatou > Njie-Saidy, Vice President of The Republic of The Gambia and his > four children, Mrs. Kumba Sowe, Mr. Malang Saidy, Ms. Mariama Saidy > and Ms. Aminata Saidy. He is also survived by numerous relatives > and friends. > > Alhaji Saidy was currently the Chairman of The Gambian Chapter of > Transparency International. > > He has had a long and distinguished service as a renowned Journalist, > Historian, Culture Promoter and a Champion of Good Governance. > > As a journalist, Alhaji Saidy was the Editor In Chief of the Gambia > Daily Newspaper and later on he was the Editor at The Point Newspaper. > > As a Civil Servant, he was the State House Press Officer for several > years. > > As a Historian, he carefully researched and published several manuscripts > and papers on the historical aspects of The Gambia. His area of expertise > was in the recording of the History of his hometown of Janjanburey > in Central River Division. > > As a promoter of Cultural Values, he was one of the Founders of the > Janjanburey Cultural Society and was the Secretary General of the > society. > > Upto the time of his death, he was the Chairman of The National Council > on Arts and Culture. > > Alhaji Jay Saidy was born in February 1934. He was in his 68th year. > He will be interned tomorrow, Thursday at his hometown of Janjanburey. > > An Online Obituary and Condolence Book has been opened at the following > address: http://www.unique.gm/jaysaidy.html > > Condolence Emails should be sent to [log in to unmask] for > onward transmission to his family. > > A lengthier obituary will be published later. > > May his soul rest in perfect peace. > > Have a good day, Gassa. > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------