Dear readers: The unedited e-mail below, as usual, came from an unimpeachable source in the heart of the Gambian Government. Ebrima Ceesay Birmingham, UK _____________________________________________________________ >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Foreign Investors Wising Up to Jammeh >Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2003 16:08:23 +0000 > >Coach, > >The Arab investor who expressed interest in investing in a 50 million >dollar hotel has put up conditions which Jammeh and his corrupt henchmen >would not like one bit. The business man who was treated to a state >banquet and airport reception by none other than Jammeh himself, informed a >disappointed Jammeh that 40% of the cost will have to be put up from by >Government, a proposal the government hardly expected given that everyone >knows that the Government is bankcrupt. To further complicate matters, the >businessman intends to finance his 60% share locally through local banks. >This disappointing news was met by stoney silence from Jammeh who was >expecting the businessman to come with a bag full of 50 million dollars. >Investors have drawn lessons from Babanding and Alimenta to name a few >investors who have been sent to the cleaners by the corrupt regime of Yahya >Jammeh _________________________________________________________________ MSN Messenger - fast, easy and FREE! http://messenger.msn.co.uk ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/CGI/wa.exe?S1=gambia-l To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~