Speaking in a recent press conference, the top socialist said: “You look at Gambia; we are importing most of the things that we are consuming. In 2020 alone, over D1.2 billion in terms of cereals, over D2 billion in terms of rice. We are importing eggs, potatoes [and] onions.”
To Hon. Sallah, the Gambia should be producing edible goods for her people and export abroad rather than importing from other countries.
“We have very find weather. We do not have snow like Ukraine or Russia. We have waterways everywhere – underground water sources. Others would come to our farming communities and sign contracts with them. They will use the same farmers to grow bananas, export it and make millions while our villages and our village development committees are sharing pittance,” he argued.
Speaking further, he said: “We have to seek charity to be able to get boreholes but somebody else is using our land to sell bananas outside, make foreign exchange and does not need charity to build boreholes or use any facility that is necessary to sprinkle their farms.”
He added: “Essentially, governments must be governments of thinkers. That is why governments are governments – indirect exercise of power by the people. Why should I give you my might to exercise if you cannot serve me? Therefore, our problem is not Ukraine. Our problem is us – our policy.
“It is our capacity to understand our problems and find solutions to them.”
