The
Gambia and Gambians are renowned and respected all over the world for the three
cardinal principles of peace, patience and tolerance, hence the apt title of
Smiling Coast of Africa and it’s prayerful national anthem which inter alia
include - Freedom and Peace Each Day”.
The
Gambians went to the polls on Thursday 1 December 2016 and on 2 December on a
blessed Friday, the results were announced and Your Excellency President Yahya
A J J Jammeh as the first citizen of The Gambia called President Elect Adama
Barrow to congratulate him on his victory and assured him of your full support
during the transition period. That singular gesture repositioned The Gambia as
a shining example of Democracy and Peace for the entire World.
Your
actions on that momentous day REVERED you a special place in the hearts and
minds of every Gambian, well-known as a peaceful and patient nation, and our
smiles were amplified.
Your
divine words “I came to power on a Friday on 22 July 1994, and the Gambian
people voted me out of Friday 2 December 2016 after 22 years as President are
ordained by the will of The Almighty Allah - The Gambians have now elected you
and I wish you the best of luck”.
President
Elect Adama Barrow appreciated your kind words and indicated that “He was
indeed also born on a Friday”. Both of you were born in the year of Gambia’s
attainment of Independence in 1965.
Please
pay attention to the Fridays and the 2’s in these epoch-making dates.
Given
the foregoing, it is therefore with a deep sense of concern that the Gambia
Association of Construction Consultants, The Gambia, the famous Smiling Coast
turned to the “Crying Coast of Africa” when barely a week later, you unilaterally disowned your
own words and decided not to accept the
results, thereby REVILING the Gambian community .
The
National Anthem also reads “Let justice guide our actions towards the common
good”.
Your
party has filed a petition in the Supreme Court of The Gambia - however - you
were the competent authority to have appointed a Supreme Court and the superior
court judges have not been appointed for over a year- travesty of justice that
has resulted in this quagmire.
Furthermore
the entire membership of the Independent Electoral Commission was appointed by
Your Excellency and these were the same personalities that presided over the
last Presidential elections which you WON.
Life
is all about making an Impact and leaving a Legacy- the fact is that you
contributed your quota especially in the area of Infrastructural Development
and our Association can attest to that fact with specific reference to such
ICONIC Infrastructure projects such as the Airport , GRTS , The National
Assembly , University of The Gambia , Roads, Bridges and so on.
Your
Legacy is now to ensure a peaceful transfer of authority to President-Elect
Adama Barrow and thereby safeguard the Life and Property to which you were
sworn to defend and protect, but more importantly our Dignity and Respect as
Proud Gambians.
Recalling
the words of the former President of Nigeria Goodluck Jonathan on his election
defeat to President Muhammad Buhari “No Ambition or Position is worth the blood
of a single Nigerian.”
Again
to the National Anthem “Keep us, great God of Nations to The Gambia ever true.
May
Allah The Almighty, The Omnipotent, The Omniscient, The Omnipresent grant you
the wisdom to let PEACE reign in The Gambia - our Homeland.
We
hope and pray that we do not become the “Mourning coast of Africa “but rather
the “Reconciling Coast of a New Gambia in Africa “Peace is the most precious
and most fragile commodity and the answer lies in your Hands.
Mahtarr
Ousman Jobe – (On behalf of The Gambia Association of Construction Consultants)
