Dr. Jaiteh: You've got that right. Naphiyo, Comrade ML Jassey-Conteh On Wed, 8 Jan 2003 11:27:09 -0500 Malanding Jaiteh <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > At a cost of D43,286 per Pilgrim, the total > cost of sponsoring 100 Pilgrims > is D4,328,600! I pray and hope that President > Jammeh and his advisers > realized that there are cheaper ways to buy > popularity. > > As some would say the operation was successful > but the patient died! > > > Malanding > > > 100 Benefit From APRC Hajj Package > > > > Email This Page > > Print This Page > > > > > The Daily Observer (Banjul) > > January 7, 2003 > Posted to the web January 7, 2003 > > Lamin M Dibba > Banjul > > The deputy administrative secretary of the APRC > party, Kebba Kinteh, has > said his party will sponsor about 100 pilgrims > for the 2003 hajj. > > In an interview with the Daily Observer at the > APRC political bureau > yesterday, Mr Kinteh said the selection of the > pilgrims for the 2003 hajj > package is coordinated by the divisional > council of elders and supervised by > divisional commissioners and mayors in all the > districts countrywide. > > "The 100 sponsored pilgrims are going under the > Presidential hajj package > and therefore they should project the ever > existing good image of The Gambia > and its leadership. I would also want to tell > them that in their prayers, > they should remember the country and its > leadership.They should be sharing > and caring among themselves and help one > another as one family." Alpha Omar > Jallow, the Bakau APRC chairman who is also > among the selected beneficiaries > for the 2003 hajj said, "President Jammeh is a > true Muslim and this is a > clear manifestation that he has The Gambia at > heart. He usually does the > same for the Christians during their pilgrimage > to Rome." Serigne Mboob, > also a sponsored pilgrim from Panchang in the > Central River Division urged > all Gambians to rally behind President Jammeh. > > Fatou Mbenga, a native of Serrekunda, another > beneficiary said all the women > should rally behind President Jammeh for his > generosity to the womenfolk. > "He has helped women have their voices heard > and to have equal opportunity > in national development priorities." Saikou > Jah, Yaya K Sanneh and Fah > Ceesay all called on the Gambian people to > support President Jammeh. > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > > Make allAfrica.com your home page > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > > Top | Site Français | Site Guide | Who We Are | > Advertising > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > > Copyright © 2002 The Daily Observer. All rights > reserved. Distributed by > AllAfrica Global Media (allAfrica.com). Click > here to contact the copyright > holder directly for corrections -- or for > permission to republish or make > other authorized use of this material. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of > postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface > at: > http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html > To contact the List Management, please send an > e-mail to: > [log in to unmask] > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~