This is a terrific initiation. Hope to see more of its kind emulated in
other constituencies.
Alieu
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>Subject: PRESS RELEASE ON THE WULI FUND
>Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 16:30:37 +0100
>
>PRESS RELEASE ON THE WULI FUND
>
>The Wuli Fund was established in January 1998 after the National Assembly
>decided to accept an income of D7000 for each member. The incomes of the
>Minority and Majority Leaders were put at D8000 per month. The President,
>Vice President and Secretaries of State were allocated incomes amounting to
>D26,000; D16,000 and D13,000 respectively.
>
>Since the sums allocated to the political representatives are derived from
>the tax money of the people, Sidia Jatta told the members of the National
>Assembly that they should show the people that they are in office not to
>enrich themselves at their expense but to serve the people.
>
>This is precisely the reason why he refused to accept the sum of D7000 for
>his own personal income. Instead, he declared at the National Assembly that
>he would only take D1500 from the sum received for his personal income and
>D1000 for transport allowance; that the rest of the sum, after income tax
>deduction, shall be put into a fund for the Wuli Constituency.
>
>Since January 1998, the sum of D7,000 received by Sidia Jatta on a monthly
>basis is spent as follows:
>
> Personal Income: D1,500.00
> Transport Allowance: D1,000.00
> Income Tax: D599.08
> Wuli Fund: D3,900.00
>
>
>SUM DEPOSITED
>
>A sum of D113,100 had been deducted from Sidia Jatta's income and put in
>the
>Wuli Fund.
>
>
>THE UTILIZATION OF THE FUND
>
>Two bureaux were opened in Wuli to coordinate work in the constituency. The
>bureaux have been instrumental in receiving complaints and providing
>disaster relief. They have facilitated the establishment of Disaster Relief
>Committees for fire and flood victims. Relief items such as food, clothing
>and other utensils had been provided to victims. The Wuli Fund has provided
>transportation and logistical support in the delivery of food items worth
>D3,490.00 in the aftermath of last year's flood.
>
>The Wuli Fund has been utilised to open up pilot adult literacy classes in
>Wuli East and West. It was envisaged that once the pioneering work is done
>other government or non-governmental agencies would take up the projects.
>This has not happened. Consequently, since 1998 five literary facilitators
>are being paid to run classes. Books have also been produced in the local
>languages for mass distribution. Other items such as blackboards, chalk,
>exercise books, pencils, rubbers, kerosene and gas lamps were provided to
>the literary classes. The village of Bajonkoto received D3000.00 from the
>Fund as emergency assistance to prevent a school building from collapsing
>for lack of a roof. The FOROYAA Relief Programme mobilised D2000.00 from
>the
>Taiwanese Embassy to combine it with D3000.00 from the Wuli Fund to provide
>corrugated iron sheets and nails for the school at Bajonkoto.
>
>A sum of D53,232.00 is now left in the Fund. This is to be handed over to
>the Committee established to manage the Wuli Fund. The Fund may be managed
>to provide grants, loans with interest or loans without interest. If the
>Fund is utilised as grant to give aid to persons and communities, it will
>neither be able to satisfy the demands of people and would exhaust quickly.
>On the other hand, if it is utilised to give loans to persons or the
>community without interest, it would be reduced gradually as different
>persons and groups receive their request and take their time in repayment.
>Finally, if it is utilised to give loans with interest, the Fund will
>increase. It is left to the villagers in the constituency to determine the
>policies regarding how the Fund is to be spent.
>
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