Gambian Diplomats, Others Congratulate President Jammeh

The Daily Observer (Banjul)

Daily Observer

10 June 2011

The Gambian leader, His Excellency Sheikh Professor Alhaji Dr Yahya AJJ Jammeh continues to receive more congratulatory messages at State House on the occasion of his 46th birthday anniversary. The latest messages came from Gambian diplomats in various Gambian embassies and missions across the world; senior Gambia government officials and others.

The messages read:

Your Excellency, on the occasion of your Birthday, I convey on behalf of my family and I; staff and family of The Gambia Embassy in Cuba and The Gambian student community, special congratulations on this joyous moment.

We pray for His Excellency’s good health and prosperity and wish for more and more celebrations to mark a fruitful and productive life of a special leader full of zeal and vigour in carrying out the duties of a dynamic statesman of our African continent.

Please accept, Your Excellency, the assurances of my highest consideration and esteem.

Yusupha B. Dibba

Gambia’s ambassador to Cuba

It gives me immense pleasure to convey on behalf of the staff and families of The Gambia Embassy in Ankara-Turkey and indeed on my personal behalf, our warmest felicitations and heartfelt best wishes to Your Excellency and family on the happy occasion of your 46th birthday anniversary.

I fervently pray that the Almighty Allah, the most gracious and merciful, will grant you continued good health, long life and immeasurable success in your ardent desire toward enhanced and sustainable national developments.

Equally, I want to seize this opportunity to renew, Your Excellency, our unflinching determination, dedication to duty and patriotism in complementing your noble vision in the realization of the development goals and/or agendas set out for our beloved country, The Gambia. Please accept, Your Excellency, the assurances of my highest consideration.

Gibril S. Joof

Gambia’s ambassador to Turkey

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I would like to take the opportunity, on behalf of my family and on my own behalf to congratulate you on occasion of your birthday. Your Excellency, in between every birthday celebration of yours, The Gambia sees more and more progress in development and peace.

Your Excellency, the peace, harmony and the everyday progressive development involving Gambians of all age, gender and tribe under your dynamic leadership is making and will continue to make The Gambia a beacon of hope for many around the world. This peace and tranquility is manifested during the recent ‘Jamoral’ festival held at Buginga, the home of our first mother, not forgetting your everyday hard work to see to it that no Gambian goes to bed hungry.

I pray to Allah, Subhana Wataala, to give you and your family good health, long life, strength, courage and guidance from day to day and year to year. Once again, my family and I send you our warmest felicitations on this joyous occasion.

Kanja B.A.S. Sanneh

Deputy Head of Mission in

The Gambian embassy in France

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On the occasion of your 46th anniversary, please allow me to extend to you well wishes and many, many happy returns of this important day, in peace and good health. This I do on behalf of my family, the staff of The Gambian Embassy in Madrid, The Gambian community in Spain, Italy, Malta, Greece and Portugal and indeed on my own behalf.

May the Almighty Allah continue to protect and shower His blessings on you, your family and the entire Gambian Nation as we celebrate with you this precious gift of Allah.

Please accept, Your Excellency the assurances of my highest considerations and continued loyalty.

Kebba S. Touray

Gambia’s ambassador to Spain

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On behalf of the entire Gambian Community in Sierra Leone, staff of the mission, and indeed my humble staff, I wish to extend my congratulations to you on the occasion of your 46th birthday anniversary. May you continue to celebrate many more birthdays with good health and prosperity.

We pray for Allah’s continued guidance and protection on you, and your entire household. May Allah continue to give you the wisdom and tolerance to steer our great nation, The Gambia, to higher heights.

Please accept, Your Excellency the assurances of my highest consideration.

Momodou Seedy Kah

Gambia’s High Commissioner

Sierra Leone

I would like to take this opportunity on behalf of the entire membership of the National Council of Seyfolu and my own behalf to write to you and extend my best wishes for your good health and that of your family on the advent of your 46th birthday, which happens to be the 25th of May 2011.

Your Excellency, your exemplarily leadership qualities have made you a symbol of national unity of which all progressive minded Gambians cherish and are proud of. You have excelled where your detractors want you to fail due to your humility, fear of Allah (S.W.T) and your formidable love for the advancement of humanity at large.

It is in the light of these above divine qualities of yours that we humbly pray for you to celebrate many more birthdays and continue steering the affairs of this country for the benefit of all.

Finally, please allow me Mr. President to pray for the continued peace and stability that exist in the country for now and for posterity. While I join the entire nation in wishing you a happy and blessed birthday, may you live to celebrate many more.

Alh Demba Sanyang

Paramount Chief &

Head Chief of Kombo North

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This is to express, on behalf of the entire Members of Staff of the Ministry of Defence and on my own behalf, our deep sense of appreciation and gratitude, for Your Excellency’s open mention on National Television and Radio of the good work, the Ministry of Defence is doing.

We are also appreciative and grateful for Your Excellency’s generosity and largesse in distributing some Rice and Vegetable Oil to our Members of Staff, in early April this Year, not to mention your dishing out of the Ministry’s old Office Furniture to the Junior Staff, most recently.

Albeit, our small size (in number) we are each individually quite aware and conscious of our roles, and thanks to Your Excellency’s benevolent guidance and leadership we are able to forge ahead with dedication and diligence.

Please be assured, Your Excellency of our continued loyalty and commitment. We pray that the Almighty Allah continues to shower Your Excellency with long life, good health and wisdom to pilot this country to higher heights as per Vision 2020.

Harry P.F. Sambou

Permanent Secretary

Ministry of Defence

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Another Milestone has been added to your life, which necessitates the joy to congratulate you on behalf of the Officers of The National Council and the entire membership of The Boy’s Brigade in The Gambia.

Wishing you a really wonderful Birthday, words alone cannot express the depth of all the good wishes you deserve. May all your tomorrow the 25th be filled with Happiness and Special Blessings. May your Birthday take you further along the paths of all your dreams. And hoping those paths will be the Happiest ones for you. May you celebrate this special day each year for many many years to come. Wishing you a Happy Birthday!!

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