>From: panderry mbai <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: [log in to unmask] >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: GAMBIA'S ENERGY CRISIS-JAMMEH IS NOT THE SOLUTION TO THE CURRENT >POWER PROBLEMS!!!!! >Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2005 22:10:50 +0100 (BST) > >Reading today's Point newspaper, President Yahya Jammeh is quoted as >having said that if he did not solve the country's ailing energy crisis >come the next July 22ND anniversary, he will woefully fail as a president >of The Gambia. It's late for Jammeh to realise that he had failed as a >president. > >THE FAILED PRESIDENT WITH HIS >BIG EMPTY PROMISES!!!! >Interesting times in The Gambia. Is Jammeh day dreaming? I'm compelled to >ask this question in view of his numerous promises to address the energy >crisis without success. Since he assumed that portfolio things are going >from bad to worst. It's reported that people living in the Greater Banjul >Area can hardly have now a days four good hours of uninterrupted >electricity. This resulted in many businesses closing down. They cannot >afford the exorbitant gas prices to maintain their generators. > >The same Yahya Jammeh promised Gambians four years ago that NAWEC'S >problems will be a thing of the past, since he Jammeh is presiding over the >affairs of NAWEC. Yahya Jammeh did constantly brags that the Rural >electrification project would be a success story. That poverty stricken >farmers will have access to 24 hours uninterrupted electricity supply. > > His promise attracted a swift reaction from the Niamina Dankunku loin >Lamin Waa Juwara, who vowed to join the APRC if Jammeh honoured his >promise of bringing electricity in his home village of Dankunku. Juwara >knew fully well that Jammeh was hell bent on lying to the electorates in a >bid secure votes in the past elections. Now the rest is history. > >We are witnessing more electric cuts today ever in the history of The >Gambia. Most government offices do not have stand by generators in the >event of power failure. If they do, then they must be using the few ones >left by the deposed PPP administration. How many times did we hear >civil servants saying "today there is no light and it means easy day for >us." Some will exploit the situation and secretly go home to drink the >usual tea "attaya." > >Yes, we cannot blame these folks to some extent. Their action is >compelled byYahya's reckless policies. What's the point of sitting in an >office, when there is no power to run computers, type writers and fax >machines? The few ones who stay in the offices spent the day by gossipping >their fellow associates. How can the Gambia develop under such a >situation? > >Staff morale is very low today in Gambia's civil service. For years, some >civil servants had not been raised in terms of salary and promotion wise. >Salaries are still stagnant and there is no indication that they will get >pay raise under Yahya's regime anymore. The funds are just not there. > >In view of these economic and political night mares hunting the civil >service, many civil servants no longer considered corruption as some thing >illegal. Some will openly take bribes to sign national documents that are >meant for free of charge. Failure to "give them money under the table" >will mean that you will not get what you wanted from them. > >Reading the Daily Observer, recently a local corporate lawyer Pa Badou >Conteh lamented about the bureaucracy and red tape taking place at the >Department of State for local government and Lands. Mr.Conteh raised >important points regarding the unnecessary delay on the side of local >government authorities in getting citizens lease documents signed. > >Indeed, lease documents have gathered dust at this Department of State for >a long, long time now. This had resulted some selfish "alkalo's to create >confusion in some localities. How can a piece of land be sold out to two >different individuals? The Lands ministry which should allocate lands to >citizens have shirk its responsibility by allowing greed, corruption and >nepotism to overshadow their expected roles as public servants. > >Walking into these offices, be it at the Immigration Department, Lands, >Police License office, ministry of health and local municipalities, the >first thing they will tell you is"Ndowkay ibay Jolang La deeh" meaning you >have to "pull out money" to get what you wanted. How many times have >these public servants complained about poor salaries to justify their >corrupt activities? To add insult to injury, they will tell you"Yeh Neso >sitti damen, abay Ballou la jay" meaning in short and plain language that >"wherever, you tide a cow that's where the cow survived." > >Are we today witnessing "survival of the fittest" in The Gambia? Why >exploiting our poor farmers, rural and urban folks under the cover of "poor >wages or salaries"? Let justice guide our action for the shake of the >common good. > >Some public servants will tell you if the "big man Yahya is eating, who am >i not to eat." Two wrongs cannot be right. If Yahya Jammeh is corrupt >that should not compel you to emulate him. His days are numbered and >anybody who aided and abetted him in his corruption schemes will certainly >face justice. The Gambia is ours and we should not allow some 'misguided >and greedy" politicians to wreck it. > >Corruption is today endemic in the Gambia. This had led to the total >collapse of governance and development. All major roads are in deplorable >conditions. Our health sector is no longer dispensing drugs due to lack of >drugs. Poverty stricken sick citizens cannot afford exorbitant drug fees. > Some will result to the slogan"harral ma harr Yallah" meaning let me wait >for God's decision since they cannot afford to buy malarial drugs. A sad >and worrying situation. > >Gambians are not interested with Jammeh's unfulfilled big promises for >better health care, energy and economic development. Our preoccupation now >is how to rebuild a new Gambia, free of corruption, nepotism, dictatorship >and rule of law crisis. There is life at the end of tunnel. Gambians >should not give up the struggle to free our dear country from the Jammeh >dictatorship hell bent on undermining our God given rights and freedoms. >Liberty must be restored sooner or later. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >--------------------------------- >Can't remember an address in your address book? Enter the first few letters >and Address AutoComplete will automatically finish it. 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