Folks,
First let me say that I have never met Dr. Sedat Jobe but he and many others
including Dr. Sulayman Nyang, Dr. Seedy Jammeh and Dr. Mann Joof  have been
my childhood heroes. I learned about these gentlemen when I was in Form 1/2
in the 70s. My friends and I would spend hours talking about their
achievement. About their Ph.Ds, University Professorships and UN Jobs.
Believe me they have impacted our lives.

Lately though, reading about Dr. Jobe as Yahya's SoS and defender really
makes me a very disappointed man. I feel as if I lost something very
precious, a childhood hero. A person, I always regarded very highly.

While I recognize that he has the right to be who he wants to be, I do feel
that he owe it to some of us. He had been our hero too long to be doing this
to himself and his life's record. Defending Yahya, the way he is doing is no
better than setting fire his many certificates and credentials. I do not
believe that the gain is worth the cost.

If he does not realize the damage being done to his life's work, then its
time we tell him. We should let him know that he worked too hard and too
long to be giving it all away for a position in Yahya's cabinet. ITS NOT
JUST WORTH IT.

I am suggesting that Gambia-l write a personal letter to Dr. Sedat Jobe. To
tell him to reconsider his position as Yahya's SoS and defender. To tell him
there are better jobs in this world than defending Jammeh. To tell him that
defending Jammeh is not worth his life's work. Not worth disappointing his
many admirers.

Malanding Jaiteh

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