Gambia: Buried Hills Canada Comes Again *Email*<http://allafrica.com/sendpage.html?ref=http://allafrica.com/stories/200609111042.html>This Page *Print* <http://allafrica.com/stories/printable/200609111042.html> This Page *Visit* <http://www.thegambiajournal.com/> The Publisher's Site The Gambia Journal<http://allafrica.com/publishers.html?passed_name=The%20Gambia%20Journal&passed_location=Banjul>(Banjul) September 11, 2006 Posted to the web September 11, 2006 The Gambian President Yahya Jammeh has signed an agreement with a controversial Canadian company Buried Hills that give the company exploration rights to two blocks of supposed oil fields in the country on Friday 8th of September. The company's owner and Chief Executive Roger Hills, accompanied by a former Canadian Prime Minister, Mr.Chretien, met Mr. Jammeh on his campaign trail at Basse to sign the said agreement. Mr. Fafa Sanyang, who last month succeeded Mr. Ousman Bojang as Petroleum Commissioner. Praised Mr. Jammeh for his "foresight and commitment to Gambian development Speaking on the occasion, Hon. Edward Singhateh, a Secretary of State in the Jammeh Government, said for three years people have believed that all the "oil thing" as hoax, but the signing of the agreement has proved President Jammeh right. After the signing of an earlier agreement between the two parties in February this year, the Gambia Journal ran a series of articles exposing the Gambian leaders corrupt links with international crimes. The series carried an article that particularly exposed Mr. Roger Hills and his obscured Buried Hills company's dubious record of dirty deals in the international energy sector. The article also touched on Mr. Chrienten's use of his previous position as Canadian head of government to promote and support deals entered with foreign governments by a person with the reputation of Mr. Hill's. Recently the former Canadian leader accompanied Roger hills to cut a deal that caused a major diplomatic uproar between Canada and an East European country. The deal was on oil fields which were the cause of unsettled disputed between two former Soviet states. Mr. Hill himself had been quoted as saying that he had told President Yahya Jannmmeh before that oil in the country were of no commercial and viable quantities. President Jammeh promised Gambians that oil production was to start "latest December 2004/" But, as many suspected no production started. No word was then heard of the oil till in February 2006 when official news reported the signing of contract between the Gambia Government, represented by President Jammeh and Roger Hills, representing the Buried Hills Energy company. The company had since its inception been classified that to the shadier side of Canada's corporate energy community. Buried Hill's questionable reputation is known as far as Norway. Some observers fear that deal between President Jammeh aims at only cashing on the mere rumors of Gambian oil. They think the two hope to raise funding whose possibility would be facilitated by the rumors but whose ultimate destination would be diverted. The former Canadian leader was the object of fiery criticism for accompanying Mr. Hills to meet with the intolerant head of a pariah East European state. The other aggrieved state's government had threatened to cut of diplomatic relations with Canada. ------------------------------ *Copyright* <http://allafrica.com/copyright.html> (c) 2006 The Gambia Journal. All rights reserved. Distributed by AllAfrica Global Media ( allAfrica.com <http://allafrica.com/>). 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