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Elhajj Mustapha Fye <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 17 Feb 2004 15:55:44 +0100
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Jabou,
Thanks for your smart analyse! They cannot fool us!

Elhadj.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Jabou Joh" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2004 2:56 PM
Subject: Re: Oil , gas and heavy metals?Omar


> In a message dated 2/17/04 1:38:53 AM Central Standard Time,
> [log in to unmask] writes:
>
>
> > Folks, the relevant article carried by the Daily Observe newspaper
> > intimates
> > that President Jammeh did not give out the names of the companies that
were
> > engaged in the exploration. It therefore naturally follows that the
Jammeh
> > regime does not deem itelf duty bound to tell the Gambian taxepayers the
> > manner and style in which state revenue is expended. This Government
> > continues to behave as if the Gambia is a fifedom and Yaya Jammeh is an
> > absolute monarch presiding over our welfare.
> > Mr Jammeh has graciously asked gambians to embrace homogeneity on one
hand
> > and avoid sectionalism, tribalism and cronyism on the other. I very
> > respectfully beg the president when next he meets with members of his
> > cabinet to look around the table, and try to categorise them sectionally
and
> > tribally. It would be interesting to note how many of them belong to the
> > same tribe and come from the same region with him. He should then look
at
> > the percentage of his own tribe in our national population, and figure
out
> > whether their number in the cabinet is a fair representation of their
> > percentage in the national population. I have no doubt that this will
prove
> > his present cabinet one of the most geographically and ethnically
inbalanced
> > ones since independence.
> > In conclusion, Mr president, I urge you to do the job you are paid to
do,
> > and stop " TALKING LOUD AND SAYING NOTHING!".
> > Omar Joof.
>
> Yes indeed Omar Joof. And this regime and their sidekicks think they are
so
> clever at diverting people's attention from what is really going on but we
will
> see if that game is working and how far it will take those who engage in
> trying to pull the wool over people's eyes. The so-called friction between
Gambia
> and Senegal is also another attempt to distract people from the real games
> being played.
>
> Jabou Joh
>
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