A
Solo Sandeng inspired movement recently held its official launch ceremony on
Sunday 16 April 2017 at the ActionAid building on the MDI road.
The movement dubbed ‘POWER OF FREEDOM’’ is an Open and peaceful Citizen Movement that has no affiliation with any particular ideology, religious group, tribe, political party or governmental organization.
The
civic movement is mainly comprised of young Gambians, from all walks of life
who stand for peace, positive change in the country and its people and social
justice, without regard to gender, tribe, religion or political affiliation.
They are determined to contribute their quota to nation building by helping
Gambians understand and stand for their constitutional and Human Rights at a
time when the future of The Gambia is at stake under the Leadership of the
Second Republic.
The
movement was formed following the April 14, 2016 peaceful protest organised by
the United Democratic Party (UDP) in Banjul in which the founder of the
movement and his comrades took part to request the release of Solo Sandeng,
dead or alive. He was arrested at a previous peaceful protest seeking electoral
reform and subsequently died in custody.
The
incident awakened the movement to consider it a national duty to participate
actively in the fight for the change to the dictatorial regime that had
asphyxiated The Gambia for more than two decades.
The
movement is composed of a general assembly and an executive committee with Mr
Ebrima Njie as coordinator, Ms Maimuna Manneh as secretary and Fanding Njie as
the treasurer.
The
movement was founded by Jerreh O. Badjie and is headquartered in Kanifing
South.
So
far, the movement has been mounting its campaign through social media, press
conferences, fence writing, coordinating peaceful protests in Dakar and the
release of songs and music video(s).
The
association intends to organize nationwide tours, seminars, open mic shows to
discuss domestic issues and also have civic education forums to enlighten the
public about their initiatives and projects which include: Youth Power Project,
Educate the Masses Project,Noyy Borom Project (NBP) and Protect the Women.
The
movement aims to raise intellectual and public awareness; discipline and
develop positive attitudes to make Gambians responsive to national interest and
achieve greater political and social power for the people.
Membership
to the movement is open to the general public.
They
can be reached at: Kanifing South, the Gambia
Tel:
(+221) 771364135 - Senegal
(+220)
3777080 - The Gambia
Email:
poweroffreedom220@gmail.com