The
Barrow government has appointed and sworn in new ministers of his cabinet,
ranging from foreign to interior ministers, with more ministerial positions to
be named soon.
Drawn
from mainly different backgrounds and political parties, the new appointees are
expected to serve the nation well.
While
some people are critical of the recent appointments, citing all manner of
issues such as appointing only party members and stalwarts, others are of the
opinion that what matters is delivering the goods and performing to
expectations.
“So
long as they work in the interest of the country and serve the nation well, they
are the right people,” they say.
It
is actually important that the new appointees, who have been entrusted with the
mantle to serve the nation, do so to the best of their ability and to the
expectations of the masses of our people.
The
country is one of the least developed nations of the world with inadequate
infrastructural development, poverty, unemployment, lack of enough skilled
labour force and heavy domestic and foreign debts.
These
and many other factors are responsible for the back-way migration of especially
our youth.
And
if this state of condition is not addressed well, the state of poverty,
hardship and despair will continue unabated.
It
is also important to note that much of the problems and miserable situations,
such as the diabolic back-way migration, we are faced with today in The Gambia
and all of Africa are perpetuated by abject poverty and bad governance, such as
misplaced and wrong economic policies, corruption and embezzlement of state
resources, human rights violations, and power struggles and conflicts.
We
hope and pray that our new government works hard to deliver to expectations. It
is difficult to satisfy everyone at any given period or time, but
infrastructural and human developments are visible indexes of good governance
that speak for themselves.
It
is not impossible for the current administration to work hard and progress in
that direction with time.
We
would, therefore, like to welcome the new Cabinet ministers and wish them all
the best, as we continue to watch them and contribute our quota in varied forms
to national development.
“The
government’s job is good governance for everybody.”
Narendra
Modi
