Youth solidarity march slated Feb.19
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 Tuesday, February 15, 2011
A youth solidarity march designed to create oneness and understanding among
youths in the country is being planned as part of activities marking the
country’s 46th Independence Anniversary.

Slated for the 19th of February 2011, the event will be in a form of March
past from the July 22nd Square to Arch 22nd, where speeches will be
delivered. The solidarity march, described to be the first of its kind, is
also meant to create avenue for young people to put forward their agendas as
well as reflect on the numerous developments from 1994 to date under the
dynamic leadership of the Gambian leader, His Excellency Sheikh Professor
Alhaji Dr Yahya Jammeh, whose government continues to support the course of
young people in the country.

Speaking at a press briefing Monday at KMC, Pa Malick Ceesay, the secretary
to the organising committee of the solidarity march, explained that the
objective of the event is to call all the youth of this country, male and
female, irrespective of their political affiliations. “We want to show to
the nation and our people that the young people of this country are one and
really appreciate what has transpired from 1994 to date, as the country has
a youthful population of over 60 percent and there are a lot of youth
interventions and structures as well,” he said, citing the empowerment of
the youth in key decision-making and the NYSS, an institution meant to
empower young people with basic necessary enterprise skills to enable them
become gainfully employed.

Ceesay further stated that the National Youth Council (NYC) is also at the
forefront in organising and advocating for the rights of young people in the
country. “The National Youth Enterprise is also there to generate income for
themselves, their families and even communities and the nation,” he said,
while calling on young people to come out in their numbers to grace the
event.

For his part, Pierre Minteh, the chairperson of the organising committee,
described the event as timely in our political dimension looking at the
situation that the country is moving. He said: “We felt as young people that
it is our duty to rise up and pick-up the actual role and responsibilities
that is expected of us as young people of the country and to make sure that
we play our part in the development process of this country. So when we got
this idea, we deemed it fitting to invite other colleagues who are in the
area of youth activities to look at it and to work in unison.”

Minteh explained that the organising committees comprises of diverse people
from various areas saying the idea is meant to unite the youth folk. “We
thought it is important to come up with some strategic ideas and programmes
that we believe from now on, will create a gap between the government of the
day and the young people of the country,” he added.

He acknowledged that President Jammeh has been overhauling the young people
in the country to take up their rightful responsibilities so as to
contribute their quota towards the socio-economic development of the
country. “So, we felt it is time now for us to answer to that call in
diverse ways and the coming of this youth solidarity march is of great
importance.

The target is to mobilise more than 5000 youths and the event will be held
in Banjul,” he said, while calling on the host, youths of Banjul to come out
in their numbers to make the event a success. “So far the youths of West
Coast Region have been contacted and we are calling on everyone to come in
their numbers to make the event a success. It is a national event
irrespective of political affiliations, no matter where you belong to but as
long as you are a youth who want to see the nation moving, you should join
the march,” he concluded.

Seedy Njie, a nominated National Assembly member also echoed similar
sentiments, saying that the importance of this upcoming rally cannot be
overemphasised. He added: “We are living witness to the developments in the
country since President Jammeh took over in 1994 to date. He [President
Jammeh] has championed the cause of young people and women.

Now we deemed it fitting to come in our thousands as young people to express
our profound appreciations for his numerous developments in the country as
well as to reassure him of our commitment to work with his government in the
development of the country.” Other speakers at the press briefing included
Lamin Camara, a divisional youth mobiliser in KMC.
Author: *by Sheriff Janko*

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GOD BLESS SHEIKH PROFESSOR ALHAGIE YAHYA AJJ JAMMEH*
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