From the Observer President Wade acknowledges Jammeh’s good work Maitre Abdoulie Wade, president of the republic of Senegal has expressed appreciation for president Jammeh’s socio-economic development achievements over the years. President Wade made the remark during the annual Livestock show and Tobaski Ram sales at the department of livestock services in Abuko, Tuesday. President Wade who visited a number of development projects during his three day visit, said Jammeh had shown him everything. “If he hadn’t worked anything, he would not have shown me anything,” he said. President Wade gave Jammeh the French idiomatic title of (ILA BOUCLAIS LA BOUCLE) for being a leader who is building schools, roads, hospitals and at the same time, helping farmers and fishermen. This, according to Wade, showed that Jammeh is a worker. “If he were not a worker, since I came, he would have kept me inside and talk and talk and talk after which he would accompany me to the airport for me to leave. But he wanted to show me what he had worked,” noting that such things are pleasing to see. Among Wade’s delegation was Mrs Maricole Seck, health minister. He said Mrs Maricole Seck was abroad when he called her home to serve in the cabinet - “a call she quickly responded to as a good citizen”. African intellectuals, Maitre Wade said, work under a democratic atmosphere, the absence of which in any state, forced them to “pack their materials and go somewhere else.” Toubabs, (Whitemen), according to Wade, would not fool intellectuals like Mrs Maricile Seck or he (Wade). “The same Westerners, like Germany, France, England and America used bombs and other weaponry against one another in the past but they are one today. Why can’t we be one as Africans,” he questioned. “For Senegal and The Gambia, it was colonialism that built barriers between us. We are one and share many things in common. We will remove such barriers and infact the process has begun,” according to Wade. He thanked the farmers taking part in the 12th Livestock Show, demonstrating his personal admiration for animals. He particularly thanked the women farmers among them. “For Senegalese, a bad weather ever brought a disaster that killed about 250,000 animals in Podor, Matam, Linguere, and Luga with more calamities in villages where houses were ruined”. At the Livestock Show, several animals, ranging from sheep, goats, cattle, camels, horses, birds, etc where on exhibition. Prizes were given to various winners from across the country. Also on display were food products from Afet, National Bee Keepers Association, NAWFA, Food and Nutrition and other local enterprises. Besides, products such as soap and other household needs all produced by farmer co-operatives in The Gambia were exhibited. _________________________________________________________________ Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com <<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>> To view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] <<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>