>From: Beran jeng <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: FWD:24 Hours After Sacking Orders, Director Reinstated >Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2001 10:18:15 -0400 > >24 Hours After Sacking Orders, Director Reinstated > > > > >The Independent (Banjul) > >October 1, 2001 >Posted to the web October 1, 2001 > >Banjul, the Gambia > >All is certainly not well with The Gambia Radio and Television >Services >(GRTS) as reports reaching The independent confirm that Tombong >Saidy the >director general of the GRTS had been unceremoniously sacked, >reinstated, >sacked and now reinstated! > >His multiple marching orders came in the wake of an earlier letter >to him, >ordering him to pack up. He was later reinstated. > > >This latest sacking came barely twenty-four hours after the first >letter >last week Wednesday and an insider at the GRTS intimated to The >independent >that his short-lived removal resulted from a deteriorating >relationship >between him and Bakary Njie, board chairman of the GRTS over what >was termed >as a conflict of interest. > >The issue of the highly publicized but controversial Pajero raffle, >which >was never announced was another theory connected by sources to Mr. >Saidy's >troubles. > >Meanwhile sources also revealed to The Independent that Mr. Saidy's >reinstatement was made possible through the personal intervention of >the >vice president Isatou Njie-Saidy and Bora Mboge the GRTS programme >manager >who declined to comment on the issue. > >Tombong Saidy's who could not be reached for his own side of the >story was >appointed as Gambia's Ambassador to the United States immediately >after the >1994 coup, but was declared persona non grata by the US authorities >four >years later. > >He was later appointed deputy permanent secretary in the Office of >the >President and later redeployed as deputy permanent Secretary at the >Department of Trade and Employment. He succeeded Ebrima Sagnia as >GRTS >director. > > > > >_________________________________________________________________ >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. >----------------------------------------------------------------------------