{"id":463524,"date":"2011-07-18T14:13:22","date_gmt":"2011-07-18T14:13:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/07\/18\/president-jammeh-condemns-tribal-politics-as-he-addresses-brikama-ba-meeting\/"},"modified":"2011-07-18T14:13:22","modified_gmt":"2011-07-18T14:13:22","slug":"president-jammeh-condemns-tribal-politics-as-he-addresses-brikama-ba-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/18\/president-jammeh-condemns-tribal-politics-as-he-addresses-brikama-ba-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"President Jammeh Condemns Tribal Politics as He Addresses Brikama-Ba Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"88.0847953216\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.observer.gm\/enews\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Daily Observer<\/a> (Banjul)<\/p>\n<p>Musa Ndow And Hatab Fadera<\/p>\n<p>18 July 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>The Gambian leader has warned against tribalism in politics, saying it only creates problems in society and retards development.<\/p>\n<p>His Excellency Sheikh Professor Dr Alhaji Yahya Jammeh made this remark Saturday evening while addressing a meeting in Brikama-ba, Central River Region (CRR) south, on day six of his &#8216;Dialogue with the people&#8217;s tour&#8217;. The president noted that election results from the referendum to date indicate that Brikama-ba has always been an opposition stronghold. &#8220;I will not help someone who thinks it is only through tribalism that they can reach their desire. There is no room for tribalism and it will not work here in The Gambia so as long as I am the president,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>He recalled that Brikama-ba was among the first villages to benefit from a senior secondary school during the transition in 1995. &#8220;I will serve only those who want development and not tribalism. Mandinkas ruled this country for 30 years and all the tribes supported them, now why if other tribes come, you should bring about tribalism. After I built a school for you in 1995 that was the time you started politics and those who claimed to be Mandinkas came to you and deceived you, now go and table your problems before them and lets see what they can bring for you,&#8221; said president Jammeh.<\/p>\n<p>He made it emphatically clear that he came to power with a clear vision and must accomplish it. He put it to the people of Brikama-ba that electricity will come and pass them to other areas. &#8220;My government will consider taking its development initiatives to the areas that have been supporting me before we look at the opposition,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>FAO presentation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dr Babagana Ahmadu, the FAO country representative also presented some fish to the Gambian leader at the Brikama-ba meeting. He said the fish were proceeds from the aquaculture project in Sapu, a development project between The Gambia and FAO. According to him this was in response to the Gambian leader&#8217;s request to develop aquaculture in an attempt to address issues of hunger and poverty in The Gambia as well as create employment opportunities for Gambians. He said: &#8220;The project is the first of it kind in The Gambia and it encourages opportunities for the communities around the area to prove to them the possibilities in getting fish out of the river and cultivate fish artificially on land.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The FAO rep informed the president and the meeting that the project has being running for a year now and has targeted 125 communities in the rural Gambia. He added: &#8220;It has exposed the communities to the aquaculture management, production of fingerlings and feeding of fish together with compounding of fish in consultation with the Taiwanese fishing project in Sapu. This is FAO&#8217;s contribution towards President Jammeh&#8217;s back-to-the-land call to fight against poverty and hunger in The Gambia.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The minister for Information, Communication and Infrastructure, Alagie Cham called on youths to venture into skilful trades, emphasising that the president has given them the much-needed support and the environment to realise their potential. Minister Cham also highlighted the numerous developments registered in the 17 years of the Jammeh administration compared to 432 years of pre and post-independence. While urging youths to tap The Gambia&#8217;s potential market, Cham also expatiated on the current government&#8217;s support to that trade.<\/p>\n<p>Also speaking earlier, the minister for Basic and Secondary Education, Aja Fatou Lamin Faye told the people of Brikama-ba to be grateful to President Jammeh, pointing out that Brikama-ba was among the many places to benefit from the current government. While singling out projects implemented in Brikama-ba by the current government, the Basic and Secondary Education minister also enjoined the electorate to vote massively for the president and send their children, especially girls to school.<\/p>\n<p>Minister Faye then presented a cash amount of D130 000 to schools around Brikama-ba for students to party. Ousman Sonko, the minister for Interior, as in previous meetings told landlords to be careful about the kind of strangers they host. He further warned youths to desist from illicit drugs and venture into profitable and legal trades.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Locals highlight concerns<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Like in previous meetings, speaker after speaker took turns to heap praises on President Jammeh for bringing Gambia to where it is today. However some of them appealed to the president for electricity to be extended to Brikama-ba and its satellite villages. The alkalo of Brikama-ba, Nano Ceesay was the first to take the podium. He spoke extensively on the numerous development projects recorded in Brikama-ba. However, he singled out electricity and water as their major constraint. Mamadou Lamin Baldeh, the chief of Lower Fulladu delivered the welcoming remarks. He thanked President Jammeh for donating tractors to all the chiefs and women groups in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Yerro Mballow, the National Assembly member for Lower Fulladu also joined other speakers before him to praise the Gambian leader for registering an unprecedented development in the country within 17 years. Aji Fatou Trawalley, lady councilor; Alhaji Omar Mamburay, youth leader; Pierre Bah, chief of Niani; and Alhaji Kekuta Ceesay, chairman, Janjangbureh Area Council all spoke at the ceremony.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><strong>More News on allAfrica.com<\/strong><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Read More:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201107181800.html\" title=\"President Jammeh Condemns Tribal Politics as He Addresses Brikama-Ba Meeting\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">President Jammeh Condemns Tribal Politics as He Addresses Brikama-Ba Meeting<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> The Daily Observer (Banjul) Musa Ndow And Hatab Fadera 18 July 2011 The Gambian leader has warned against tribalism in politics, saying it only creates problems in society and retards development. 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