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| toubab1020 |
Posted - 04 Oct 2017 : 10:52:37
Reading this Good Morning letter it struck me that there was an element of bias on the side of socialism compared with capitalism ie rebates should be given to some forms of media,i.e.hard copy printed Newspapers,this rebate would be paid from government collected taxes,I was under the impression that the development of The Gambia was going along capitalist lines,trade with neighboring countries,financial services, tourism,entrepreneur facilitation and the like ,to put it bluntly making money.
This is my opinion only,I am almost sure that others MAY like to give their opinion in a posting on Bantaba in Cyberspace,but for reasons best known to them will not post.
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GOOD MORNING MR PRESIDENT !!! - Media, Government Partnership
Tuesday, October 03, 2017
Mr. President, we want to thank you and your government for closely working with the press in a friendly atmosphere since you assumed office in January.
Freedom of expression and press freedom are so far upheld as stated in the constitution. We are grateful that private radio stations and print media are able to do their work without any form of hindrance.
Mr. President, as promised by your government, the draconian media laws should be abolished in order to strengthen the media fraternity in The Gambia.
The media also need support to help recover its debts from the government and parastatals, as the print media is running with lots of overheads and taxes levied on them.
We are appealing to both the ministers of information and finance to work closely to see how best to help the media overcome its constraints because without the media, democracy cannot be nurtured and promoted to the fullest.
The media is here to inform and educate the public about sensitive national issues of concern. And as a result, we should take a leaf from other countries in partnering with the media.
Mr. President, many francophone countries, like Senegal, Cote d’voire and Gabon, just to name a few, each year often give subventions to media houses to help meet their operational costs. This, in turn, helps the media to play its rightful role as the fourth estate of the society, because it’s the power that wields an indirect influence on the development of society, even though they do not partake in political system.
It is against this backdrop that the media needs the support and collaboration of your government to measure up to expectations and to help remedy the situation so that we can sustain our business, as advertisers do not often pay on time.
The press and the government are partners in development and should work closely in a friendly manner because we are not enemies to progress and development.
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