Mr. Sisay,

I concur with you. Giving tobaski ram loans to staff is not new in Gambia.
In fact I want to believe that it was started by some successful
parastatals such as Gamtel, Civil Aviation, the Ports Authority in their
glorious days. The interesting difference here as Dr. Jaiteh noted is the
ownership or politicization of the process.

I honestly wonder what pride President Jammeh has if he puts his name
against everything that belongs to the public. People who tend to take
ownership of public properties simply manifest that they had inherited
nothing that belongs to them thus they snatch as much as possible to boost
their lack and social status. This is what this President Manifest by
claiming to own GRTS cameras, giving cars by using public funds and taking
over holly places.

As the old fula proverb said "Wonna koh maieh tan yurmeknee" translation -
Not only the dead are worth sympathizing.

Thanks

Demba



On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 8:12 AM, Sainey Sisay <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>  eThis is nothing new; it used to be called one by six. One get a loan
> equivalent to one's one month salary payable over a period of six months.
> This was a benefit available to all civil servants, who choose to ultilize
> it. I wonder why Jammeh is taking a credit for it; it is reported as if he
> is the one provided the loan. One wonders where he is able to accumulate
> all that money.
> Sainey
>
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> Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2012 10:51:52 -0400
> Subject: [>-<] Fwd: Does the end justify the means?
> From: [log in to unmask]
> To: [log in to unmask]
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>
> You got to love Babili Mansa sometimes. It would be nce to know the
> interest rate on this loan. From president to a loan shark!, unbelievable
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: *Malanding Jaiteh* <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 10:07 AM
> Subject: Does the end justify the means?
> To: [log in to unmask]
>
>
>  This is getting very complicating for me.
>
> Courtesy of the Point Newspaper -
> http://thepoint.gm/africa/gambia/article/jammeh-offers-tobaski-rams-to-civil-servants-others-on-loan
>
> Malanding Jaiteh
>
> Jammeh offers Tobaski rams to civil servants, others on loan
> africa <http://thepoint.gm/africa/news>  $B"d (B gambia<http://thepoint.gm/africa/gambia/news>
>  Tuesday, October 09, 2012
>
> President Yahya Jammeh will provide Tobaski rams to civil servants and
> members of the armed and security services on loan payable within six
> months, a dispatch from the Office of the President said Monday.
>
> This, according to the dispatch, will be on a first come first serve basis.
>
>  $B!H (BCivil servants who are interested should contact their heads of
> department, while members of the armed and security services should get in
> touch with the ministry of defence or the army headquarters, $B!I (B the dispatch
> stated.
>
> According to the dispatch, all heads of departments should work with the
> treasury department so that the repayment can be properly effected.
>
> A special account, it said, will be created where all payments will be
> deposited.
>
> The dispatch noted that the list of all interested persons should be
> submitted to the Office of the President or the Secretary General not later
> than Thursday 11th October 2012.
>
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