Within
a period of Six Months, starting from the month of February when the Barrow
administration was inaugurated, to the month of July 2017, a period calculated
less than six months, a senior Gambian politician with a very high profile in
the person of Hon. Halifa Sallah has said that the Gambia/Government is
crawling.
This
remark is reported in The Point Newspaper of Monday/Tuesday 1st/2nd of August
and it is lifted from a speech made by the Hon. Halifa Sallah member of the
Gambia’s National House of Assembly. He made this remark as part of his own
contribution in the debate on the president’s communication speech/adjournment
debate in the house of assembly.
This
remark, long awaited, cannot go unnoticed and it deserves to be widely reported
in the entire Dailies and all politicians, whatever part of the aisle he may be
and all who wish this country well understand that the word crawling in this
context is not a negation but praise for these laudable achievements within six
months. This is an acknowledgement of the Barrow’s government tireless effort
to make this country crawl within this short period of time.
This
remark is a commendation and a praise coming at a time when the new government
in the new Gambia despite all odds is nonetheless making all efforts to settle
down. Therefore no one should be in any doubt that in the next few months, we
will all not only see this country up and running but it will be flying,
hovering in the sky.
Hon.
Halifa Sallah will be pleased to know that his sympathizer’s supporters and all
doubting-Thomas’s are all praising him for this objective remark, backed by a
different person, from a different place, from a different walk of life. That
person is the Gambian born high profile historian, who left the Gambia only a
few days ago after a short visit. This person is professor Baba Galleh Jallow.
He in The Point Newspaper on the 3rd August 2017 is reported to have said {the
Gambia is on the move}. This tallies very well with the views of Hon. Halifa
Sallah. Another incontrovertible event that The Gambia is crawling/moving comes
from Halifa Sallah’s own neighboring constituency; that is Latrikunda Sabiji.
The member for that constituency Hon. Saikou Marong is quoted in The Point
Newspaper of Friday 4th August that {lots of developing projects promised
during the campaign}. He said he was now able to fulfill the promises. One such
promise he made to women vendors at Latrikunda market was to construct a modern
safety tank for them at the market. The work on that tank cost about
D120,000.00. (Thump up for Hon. Saikou Marong).
Another
pointer to the evidence that the Gambia is on the move is the report in the
same-self Point newspaper of page 5 of the 4th of August. M/S Jean Lambert of
the European Parliament said that the “EU sees the Gambia as an important
partner”. This we may add is no mean achievement on the part of the Barrow
Government.
There
are other activities. These pinpointing the crawl/moves of the government in
having good relationship with many people, many organizations, and many
countries all over the world.
Hon.
Halifa Sallah and Professor Baba Galleh are both right and correct in their
observations of the situation in this country.
We wish that many more people, even those in their cells and unwilling to come out will do so in good faith and stop being shy and come out and emulate these two Gambian gentlemen.
Author:
Alhagi Ba Tarawale Tel: No 7278341, Researcher/Journalist, Literacy House,
Latrikunda Yiringanyaa
