The Daily Observer Editorial
Postd to the web  16 December 2002

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"The president's Back-to-the-land call is a good initiative but it has
hardly gone beyond the level of a simple advice. It will only become a
programme with mass participation when there are measures in place to
support it."
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I could not agree more with the 'Observer' position on this issue especially
when one finds in the 2003 budget little in the form of tax relief or other
forms of incentives to regenerate the economy in general and the agriculture
sector in particular. On the whole, I find the 2003 Budget very heavy on
punitive taxes and woefully short on incentives to kick-start a faltering
economy which, in my humble opinion, may result in further erosion of
investor confidence.   With time, I will comment on some aspects of the
budget.

Sidi Sanneh


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