Yerro,

You couldn't have put it any better. Sometimes you wonder what people are
thinking when they come up with such silly ideas.

On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 8:30 AM, Y Jallow <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>  Cherno,
>
> Thanks for sharing. This topic itself scared me. I thought the new year
> was going to usher new styles and better approach to things especially the
> unstable political temperiment in the Gambia.
>
> Dying for who? I thought my ears are not deaf yet.....
>
> Thanks,
> Yero
>
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> Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2013 08:12:54 -0500
> From: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: [G_L] Dying for President Jammeh campaign’ launched - VERY
> IMPRESSIVE :)
> To: [log in to unmask]
>
>
> Dying for President Jammeh campaign’ launched
> <http://observer.gm/africa/gambia/article/dying-for-president-jammeh-campaign-launched#map>
> Africa <http://observer.gm/africa/news> » Gambia<http://observer.gm/africa/gambia/news>
>  Wednesday, January 02, 2013
>
> *Some people in Basse in the Upper River Region have launched a campaign
> dubbed ‘Dying for President Jammeh Campaign’.*
>
> The initiative, according to organisers, is meant to show the whole world
> and those they perceive as detractors that they love President Jammeh as
> Gambians and are ready to die for him, just as he [Jammeh] declared to die
> for them in his 2011 presidential election victory speech.
>
> “The campaign is in response to Western negative propaganda being
> perpetrated by their allies and puppets in The Gambia, especially some of
> the opposition and so-called intellectuals,” Ebrima Sorrie Bah, a member of
> the group, told Daily Observer in an interview.
>
> According to him, the campaign shall seek 100, 000 signatories to its
> declaration defending the image of His Excellency Sheikh Professor Alhaji
> Dr Yahya Jammeh, a man he described as selfless Pan-Africanist who leaves
> no stone unturned for his people.
>
> “That is why we found it duty bound to initiate the campaign, designed in
> such a way that volunteers are invited for bicycle riding beginning from
> Basse to the State House gate through Kanilai. It is a true test of the
> Gambian people’s love for President Jammeh,” Bah further enthused.
>
> The Basse-born local resident enthusiastically expressed his group’s
> unshakable resolve in supporting a leader who they say have sacrificed his
> life to liberate The Gambia on the July 22nd in 1994. “In so doing, he
> [Jammeh] promised us development, accountability, transparency, probity,
> reconciliation, security and safeguarding The Gambia’s constitution and
> sovereignty. Fifteen years on this promise became a reality and The Gambia
> became a dignified state with unprecedented socio-economic development
> which used to be a dream for Gambians,” he said.
>
> “President Jammeh’s 18 years of administration saw more development than
> British 400 years of colonialism,” Bah further stated, noting that until
> 1994, The Gambia was ranked among the most backward countries of the world
> in terms of development. This, according to him, has become historic,
> citing the significant development projects brought by the APRC government.
> He stressed that this is worthy of commendation and celebration.
>
> “Cognisance of these huge achievements registered in this past 18 years,
> we the provincial people deem it worth celebrating to manifest to the whole
> world that we are appreciative of our president and we are ready to die for
> him,” he added.
>
> Commenting on the significant achievements in both the education and
> health sectors, Bah pointed out that Bansang Hospital and the Royal
> Victoria Teaching Hospital were the only major hospitals before the 1994
> Revolution, while there was only one rural high school (Armitage) before
> 1994.
>
> He continued: “The rest of the few high schools were not only private but
> all located in the Greater Banjul Area. But today, it is difficult to count
> the number of hospitals and major health centres across the country. This
> has resulted to a significant drop in child mortality and Gambians
> especially children no longer leave their regions to find school in the
> urban area. Interestingly he has subsidized school fees for girls that make
> them compete boys in their academic pursuit never like before.”
>
> Bah also cited the establishment of the University of The Gambia (UTG) as
> one major achievement registered by the APRC government.
>
> “He could be remembered as the first Gambian leader who championed the
> energy sector and for boosting the food production,” he added.
>
> According to him, the cost of living is cheaper in The Gambia compared to
> other countries in the sub-region, even though President Jammeh’s critics
> blame him and his policies for what they consider a high cost of living in
> the country.
> Author: *by Musa Ndow*
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