The mother of the president of the Republic has said that she wants her son to go on a tour of the country to express gratitude to the electorate for giving him a five-year mandate to rule The Gambia.

Aja Ashombi Bojang was speaking  during an interview  with Kamakalorr, a GRTS Jola programme aired  Wednesday evening.  Speaking in Jola, Aja Ashombi said: “I am not saying he [President Jammeh] should campaign, but rather go on a ‘thank you’ tour in order to thank the electorate for giving him a five-year mandate.”

She noted that many Gambians always say ‘thanks’ to the president each time he does something good for them.  “So I thought it is prudent that he too should do the same,” she added.

Aja Ashombi disclosed that just last week dozens of beneficiaries of the President Alternative Treatment Programme (PATP) were in Kanilai to assist the president in his farm as a way of thanking him for the free treatment given to them.

She added: “I am emphasising that my son should go on a ‘thank you’ tour.  I have to again emphasise that I am not saying he should go and campaign. The five-year mandate given to him is coming to an end, so he should go and thank the electorate.  This is my wish as a mother.”