My condolences to the Saho and related families for their loss. May he rest in peace. Chi Jaama Joe >From: Malanding Jaiteh <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Condolence >Date: Mon, 7 May 2007 10:50:14 -0400 > >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 ) > >¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ >To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L >Web interface >at: http://listserv.icors.org/archives/gambia-l.html > >To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: >http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?S1=gambia-l >To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: >[log in to unmask] >¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ _________________________________________________________________ PC Magazine’s 2007 editors’ choice for best Web mail—award-winning Windows Live Hotmail. http://imagine-windowslive.com/hotmail/?locale=en-us&ocid=TXT_TAGHM_migration_HM_mini_pcmag_0507 ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://listserv.icors.org/archives/gambia-l.html To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?S1=gambia-l To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤