Bro Habib Diab Ghanim,
Thank you very much, for your last paragragh. These words are fruits for digestion

Jabou Joh skrev:

> Thank you Habib for this contrubution,and it is good to hear from you again.
> You are indeed right when you remind us that we cannot take anything with us
> when we die.
>
> Jabou Joh
>
> In a message dated 7/5/2001 10:36:51 AM Central Daylight Time,
> [log in to unmask] writes:
>
> << Jabou,</DIV>
> This is an issue that is so complicated that even the government does not
> have the right answers. Lands office (to the best of my own personal
> knowledge) controls only "Tubab Banko" ie post colonial era where the
> Europeans colonizers set up their colonial rule. The rest is up to the local
> chiefs who controlled their districts. There were a few citizens who were
> given "free hold lands" from the colonial masters which means that the state
> no longer has any say in those lands except some proprty taxes. This is
> different with the" leasehold lands " which is state owned and they are
> usually leased only for 99 years which most people in Banjul and the kombos
> currently have. The State Government has a right to reassign or renew the
> leased land after that 99 years lease expires but  it cannot do so with Free
> hold land owners.<DIV></DIV>
> It is complicated when you have third parties who purchase properties without
> renewing the old lease from the previous owners ( who may have used up 30 or
> 50 years from the original 99 years) .<DIV></DIV>
> On a final note , this land issue has caused tribal wars in Africa, the
> Arabian peninsula, and many parts of Asia when the current settlers claim
> land that belong to the original tribes because they have been around for a
> substantial period of time. The issue of "Surgas" who work on your farm land
> for free and can use a portion for themselves as pay is another gray area
> that is a potential bomb if the children of those "surgas" grow up and become
> part of the village.<DIV></DIV>
> In Nigeria almost all the tribal wars in Ogoni land vs the neighboring Uroba
> tribe erupts almost every year when it is time to clear up the bushes for new
> farm land.<DIV></DIV>
> I hope you can see the picture more clearly but I welcome any contributors
> who can add or correct me if I am wrong. <DIV></DIV>
> My take on this is basic and I hope that some on the G-L would nt feel
> offended by the religious remark I am about to make. I feel that if we follow
> the Quran and the laws of God in all the main religions and accept the fact
> that we do not really own anything in this world and just passing through a
> lot of this land issue would not be so controversial because when we die we
> do not take anything with us not even the land we are buried on.
> I commend your on all your contributions and due to my busy travelling
> schedule I am no longer active on the G-L because of time constraints.
> With best regards,
> Habib Diab Ghanim
>   >>
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