Courtesy of Daily Observer.
My deepest sympathy to the friends and family of Dr. Saho. May Allah 
grant him Jannah.

Malanding



Dr Saho dies in UK
Written by Pa Malick Faye
May 07, 2007 at 08:01 AM
Dr Lamin Nafa Saho, a one time Minister of Information and Tourism, in 
the erstwhile PPP regime, has passed away in the early hours of Sunday 
morning in the United Kingdom, where he has been living for the past years.
According to reports reaching the Daily Observer, Dr Saho’s died after a 
brief illness.
Dr Saho, a native of Salikenni, Central Baddibu, joined active politics 
in 1977, and stood as an Indepedent candidate against Sherriff Mustapha 
Dibba in the then Parliamentary elections for the Central Baddibu 
Constitiuency, but was unable to win. In 1982, Dr Saho was again picked 
to contest under the PPP ticket in the Parliamentry elections against 
Sherriff Dibba of the NCP and subsequently won. He was re-elected in 
1987, under the PPP ticket and eventually appointed as Minister of 
Information and Tourism, the post he held until1990, when he was 
replaced by Alkali James Gaye.

He, however, maintained his Parliamentry seat for the Central Baddibu 
seat till 1992 Parliamentry elections when he lost to Sherriff Dibba of 
the NCP.
After that, Dr Saho engaged himself in bussiness and established the 
Atlantic Airlines, and served as its Executive Director.

In 2001, he joined the APRC and played an important role in that year’s 
By-electioncampaign against the UDP in the Central Baddibu Constituency, 
which was narrowly retained by the UDP. In the Presidential elections of 
the same year, he served as a member of the APRC Campaign Commitee of 
the North Bank Region.
H is body, according to family sources, will be flowned to The Gambia 
soon and will be buried in his home village of Salikenni, Central Baddibu.
He is survived by two wives and children.
Last Updated ( May 07, 2007 at 08:02 AM )

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