Saiks, you know, Don King said Only in America, and in our case "Only in The
Gambia" is one exposed to such.  This reminds me of the Swazi King who
wanted to buy a royal jet for himself but turn right back to call himself
begging for donations from the outside world to feed his starving masses.
Yes, indeed that is comical.  The other scam is countries issue ID cards,
Passports for five or so year periods.  However, in The Gambia, Passports
and ID cards are reissued yearly or every two years.  It is a way to milk
the over taxed citizens further.  You pay for everything again and more
including the form.  They are not embarrassed to turn to the some donor in
the midst of all the scandals that is more than a billion $s.  How is Africa
ever going to be independent, when we're always projecting for handouts.
Really trifling.

Chi Jaama

Joe Sambou

>From: samateh saikou <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list
><[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: ID card scarcity hits immigration
>Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2004 20:24:59 +0100
>
>Joe,
>Did you see the other comic side of this story.First they have a problem of
>securing certain materials  for the present  ID cards,but they have a
>bigger
>project that will be more sofesticated and are working on it.In this
>country, you have a president who openly said that even his grand children
>will not be poor,have a personal jet that ferries the wife to Jeddah,New
>York,you name it and this same country  is consulting donors seeking
>funding
>for the new grand national ID card.Sometimes you  can't stop laughing even
>with such a serious national issue.God Bless the Gambia.
>
>For Freedom
>Saiks
>
>
>>From: Joe Sambou <[log in to unmask]>
>>Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list
>><[log in to unmask]>
>>To: [log in to unmask]
>>Subject: ID card scarcity hits immigration
>>Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2004 18:33:23 +0000
>>
>>Folks, this is the sort of thing we were anticipating with this voter
>>registration drive.
>>
>>"On the issue of voters card, those who spoke to this paper said, "we are
>>asked to produce an identity card before being issued a voters card in the
>>IEC supplementary registration of voters currently taking place."
>>
>>Now, if one needs to register but does not have an ID card, how is that to
>>happen, expecially that the registration excercise will conclude in May,
>>however, they will start to issue ID cards in three months time, well
>>after
>>the suplementary registration of voters.  This is more reason why the
>>Alternative leadership needs to be vigilant in their monitoring of the
>>process.  Please read on.
>>
>>News
>>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>>ID card scarcity hits immigration
>>By Ousman Darboe
>>Apr 30, 2004, 12:23
>>
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>>The Immigration Department yesterday confirmed to Daily Observer that for
>>the past few months, the department had been facing scarcity of national
>>identity card materials.
>>
>>The scarcity of these materials have caused severe setbacks for those
>>wishing to apply for Gambian passport, since they could not produce their
>>ID. Recent passport applicants who are without a national ID card told
>>this
>>paper that for them to get a passport, they must produce an identity card
>>to
>>prove their citizenry. This according to them, had affected those wishing
>>to
>>travel overseas.
>>
>>On the issue of voters card, those who spoke to this paper said, "we are
>>asked to produce an identity card before being issued a voters card in the
>>IEC supplementary registration of voters currently taking place."
>>
>>Speaking to Daily Observer yesterday, the Immigration spokesman, ASP Lang
>>Demba confirmed the ID card material shortage saying, "yes it is true that
>>we are facing shortage of identity cards materials. We are working on
>>modalities to ensure that the problem is solved soonest."
>>
>>ASP Demba explained that his office had sent a project proposal to the
>>government for funding, and the government, he said, were also seeking
>>funds
>>from the donor community. "There is positive response however, and we will
>>soon start issuing identity cards in the next three months. We are coming
>>up
>>with a new type of identity card. This time around, the ID cards will be
>>different from the old one. We are going to computerise it and the picture
>>of the bearer is going to be scanned like the passport type. The ID card
>>will also have security and production code," he disclosed.
>>
>>Quizzed on whether the new type will attract an increase on the cost or
>>not,
>>ASP Demba said that will be determined by the government. "This new ID
>>card
>>will involve a lot of work so that it could not be easily tampered with by
>>unscrupulous individuals," he said.
>>
>>ASP Demba urged the public to remain patient, saying that his office was
>>working to enable Gambians secure a modern ID card.
>>
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