Musa, thanks for this forward.  Corrupt leadership in Africa is the main
reason for our underdevelopment.  Only Africans can stop this criminal
activity.  Our donors only pay lip service to the issue of corruption.  The
US, EU, UK, etc. have embassys in The Gambia and see Jammeh dishing out big
ticket items for seven years, yet still they are wealing and dealing with
him everyday.  We have to face the truth, our donors are not interested in
fighting corruption in Africa.  Most of the aid/loans they give to Africa
helps to keep their own economies going.  They give us a loan/aid and 75% of
it goes back to them in the form of materials, service, advice, etc.  To
borrow from Chinua Achebe, we have to make corruption very expensive and
costly for these African criminals.

Chi Jaama

Joe Sambou


>From: Musa Amadu Pembo <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list
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>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: Jammeh Bankrole The State & Vive versa.
>Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2002 09:21:02 +0000
>
>Members Of G-L,
>Here is a quote that will probably set you thinking.
>Chinua Achebe,in his book The Trouble with Nigeria,wrote,
>" It is totally false to suggest,as we apt to do,that Nigerians are
>fundamentally different from any other peoplw in the world.Nigerians are
>corrupt because the system under which they live today makes corruption
>easy
>and profitable;they will cease to be corrupt when corruption is made
>difficult and inconvenient....The trouble with Nigeria is simply and
>squarely a failure of leadership.There is nothing basically wrong with the
>Nigerian Character.There is nothing wrong with the Nigerian land or climate
>or water or air or anything else.The Nigerian problem is the unwillingness
>or inability of its leaders to rise to the responbility,to the challenge of
>personal example which are the hallmarks of true leadership...... I am
>saying that Nigeria can change today if she discovers leaders who have the
>will,the ability and the vision."(Chinua Achebe,The Trouble with
>Nigeria{Oxford:Heinemann,1983}).See Also "This house has fallen:Nigeria in
>crisis by Karl Maier...Published by Penguin Books"Things have continued to
>fall apart.Ofcourse,focusing on leadership alone misses the point.As Ishola
>Williams,a liberal-minded retired Nigerian general who now works with the
>Berlin-based  anti-corruption group Transparency International,notes " A
>leader does not come from heaven;he comes from a group of people.If the
>people are good followers,they will choose the right leader." Preface  page
>xxvii.
>Again look at the story below and ask yourself the question again again
>what
>is wrong with Mother Africa?
>
>Wednesday, 27 March, 2002, 18:08 GMT
>Zambia's most expensive divorce
>
>
>Does Frederick Chiluba have a spare $2.5 billion?
>
>The ex-wife of former Zambian president Frederick Chiluba is claiming more
>than $2.5 billion - about three-quarters of the country's Gross Domestic
>Product - as part of a divorce settlement.
>Vera Chiluba, whose marriage of 33 years was annulled last year, is also
>claiming a share of the couple's concrete assets, which she says include
>six
>houses and a farm.
>
>In addition, she is demanding that Mr Chiluba hand over 400 cows cattle,
>sheep and goats.
>
>Vera Chiluba says her former husband can afford such a settlement and that
>she can prove it.
>
>The case is due to come to court in early June.
>
>The BBC's Richard Lee in Lusaka says few Zambians will believe that their
>former president accumulated such vast wealth during his decade in office.
>
>But our correspondent says the claim is likely once again to focus
>attention
>on whether Mr Chiluba should be stripped of his immunity as an
>ex-President,
>in order to answer allegations of corruption.
>
>Mr Chiluba left office last December, after failing to muster enough
>support
>to contest an unconstitutional third term as head of state.
>
>Earlier this month, a judge ordered him to stop using government-owned
>facilities and personnel.
>
>He had to give up his Mercedes, a number of other vehicles, the keys to a
>government-owned house, as well as security guards and domestic staff.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>With the very best of good wishes,
>Musa Amadu Pembo
>Glasgow,
>Scotland
>UK.
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>Da’wah is to convey the message with wisdom and with good words. We should
>give the noble and positive message of Islam. We should try to emphasize
>more commonalities and explain the difference without getting into
>theological arguments and without claiming the superiority of one position
>over the other. There is a great interest among the people to know about
>Islam and we should do our best to give the right message.
>May Allah,Subhana Wa Ta'Ala,guide us all to His Sirat Al-Mustaqim
>(Righteous
>Path).May He protect us from the evils of this life and the hereafter.May
>Allah,Subhana Wa Ta'Ala,grant us entrance to paradise .
>We ask Allaah the Most High, the All-Powerful, to teach us that which will
>benefit us, and to benefit us by that which we learn. May Allaah Subhanahu
>Wa Ta'ala grant blessings and peace to our Prophet Muhammad and his family
>and
>companions..Amen.
>
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