Mr.
President, we first thank the Almighty Allah for having witness another
peaceful, free and fair election. Elections are a periodical events and The
Gambia has demonstrated once more that it’s a peaceful country. Both IEC and
the security should be commended and voters who came and show some sense of
maturity. We therefore wish that this trend continues.
Mr. President, The Gambia is a peace loving
country and we hope that the same peace and tranquility will be applied in the
mayoral elections come May 12, 2018.
Mr.
President, a total of 886,578 were registered but only 30 percent voted. The
turnout was very low because the majority of the people do not know the
importance of the Local Government elections.
Voters
need to be sensitised thoroughly.
Mr. President, we do agree with you when you
talked about the need to increase on our civic education, as you said the
country unlike the previous administration; is in a democratic era and that
your government would be very much particular about civic education. According to you, your government “will
create opportunities for Gambians to learn and be aware.” We call on you not to
relent in this regard because you seemed not happy about the overall voter turnout
in this election.
Mr.
President, the IEC and National Council for Civic Education should redouble
their efforts to sensentise people about the equal importance of the mayoral
elections.
Mr.
President to cut expenses and minimise the four days holidays of the local
government elections for councillorship and mayoral; the two elections should
have been combined as suggested by many voters.
Mr.
President, it is demoralizing to understand that the prices of basic
commodities particularly rice are significantly going up instead of going down
after a significant tax break. Therefore, it would be relevant that your
government takes an important step to make something realistic. Mr. President
this is something that concerns the Gambian people and the only one who has the
skills to act and arrest the situation is you.
Mr.
President, your government should expand and improve the services of GPA for
vessels to get easy access to dock. Vessels wait for several days because of
long queues, this needs to be addressed.
Finally,
Mr. President, since foreign companies are interested to expand the ports,
therefore let your government waste no time to award the best bidder for the
contract.
Good
Day!