>From: Malanding Jaiteh <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: new heads roll in the Gambia Civil Service? >Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 14:35:03 -0500 > >Ousman, >This is where I beg to differ with you. > >I believe that Gambian people's right to know about who Jammeh fires or >hires and why must supersede any right Jammeh has vested in him. Also as far >as the service of the Government and the people of the Gambia is concern, >there is no place for personal reasons when it comes to hire and fire. It >should be for reasons of national interest plain and simple. > >Even where there is no specific requirement for him to consult with the >public he should go out of his way and do so. It can only strengthen the >people's confidence in him and his government. Afterall, a principled CEO >must have and present compelling reasons before the shareholders (in this >case the citizens) before hiring or firing executives. This is in accordance >with common sense good practice. > >As regards the civil servants, I hope we recognize each time a senior civil >servant with a degree or two and a decade or more experience is fired, the >Gambia lose millions of Dalasi both in terms of money spent on training and >loss of productivity. Furthermore the colleagues they leave behind would be >even more reluctant to give all they have for one simple reason: "eat drink >and be merry for tomorrow you may ....". > >A Ramadan Kareem. > >Malanding > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list >[mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of [log in to unmask] >Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 12:30 PM >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: new heads roll in the Gambia Civil Service? > > >Gassama, >Once again, thanks a lot for your clarifications. I hope we as Gambians >understand that changes are not always bad. For one reason or another, our >intellectuals are so much afraid of change, or should I say fear of >challenges at times. What is wrong in changing ministers some of whom have >served for atleast 4-5 years? Most well educated people are so proud to >leave after serving at such capacities to be able to go on and add that to >their resumes. I have witnessed family members and friends mourning after a >relative/friedn has been removed from ministerial positions, but I >ceratinly cannot understand that. Can't such people do other trhings like >teaching or even work for NGO's and international compabies? Come on now, >no condition is permanent we are alwys thought. >I do not subcribe to removing ministers for reasons which could be criminal >without explaining to the nation. None the less, I think the president have >the right to hire/fire any misiters he thinks fits him. He does not have to >explain if it is his personal reason. They could just be asked ro resign. >On the civil servants, i think a different measuring stick need to be used. >No civil servant should be fired for jsut persoanl reasons being political >or not. I think such affected folks should be able to challenege such >actions unless if they thought or knew that they did something really bad. >And for some reason, I am very skeptical when such people do not even come >forward in public to talk. Then I think there mihgt be soemthing wrong, and >I may be wrong. >The Gambia-L is well known for making so much noise when any changes in >ministerial levels are made. Again, knowing the compostion of the >subcribers I am not surprised. I think if any of us here were the leader of >that nation, we would also fire anyone whom we do not think is ready to >work and promote our program of national development with us. And this goes >to any nation or leader on the face of the earth. > >Ousman Jallow Bojang. >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface >at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html >To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: >[log in to unmask] > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~