The
defeated candidate of the United Democratic Party (UDP) in Sibanor village,
Foni Bintang Karani, Assan Jobarteh, has been nominated as one of the five
nominated National Assembly members by President Adama Barrow.
This
revelation was made by the minister of the Interior, Mai Ahmad Fatty, during a
peace and reconciliation meeting between party militants of UDP and the former
ruling APRC party yesterday in Sibanor.
“The
president has selected Assan Jobarteh as a nominated member; therefore the
people of Foni Bintang are lucky because you have two representatives in the
National Assembly,” Mr Fatty said.
The
newly nominated parliamentarian, Assan Jobarteh, advised Gambians to let
bygones be bygones and work in harmony for the future betterment of the
country.
“Let’s
put our hands on deck and prepare for the future,” he said while urging the
people of Foni Bintang to do away with tribalism, for it has no place in the
development that the new government is to embark on.
“We
are all one; we need to let bygones be bygones. This is politics; we need not
to be divided by politics. I myself, my
wife is a Jola,” the nominated National Assembly member said.
There
are four more nominees to be revealed by President Barrow, which will include
the Speaker of the Assembly.
