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| toubab1020 |
Posted - 22 Oct 2018 : 20:57:26
It is not fair to expect instant results from the reports on Adama Barrow's desk,they involve far reaching changes and expenditure that at this moment in the history of NEW GAMBIA are not yet available,many factors are in play,the main one being MONEY,others like culture changes in line with modern thinking,lack of jobs,and many other factors too numerous to mention.
BUT the implementation of SOME of the recommendations MUST be put into place as soon as possible to show the people that the vision of the NEW GAMBIA under Adama Barrow is on its way.
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Monday, October 22, 2018
Mr. President, last week you received the report from the committee that was set up to look into the crisis that took place at the Social Security Housing and Finance Corporation between some of the staffs and the Management which resulted in the suspension of some staffs and the Managing Director Mr. Manjang also sent on leave.
This report should be treated with urgency so as to restore a peaceful working environment for the staff and Management of SSHFC. SSHFC is a very important office in the country as many workers depend on them especially after pension to get their retirement benefits.
Mr. President, this is the second report you received from different committees that you set up to probe certain incidents that happened in the country and to make recommendations.
You now have the reports of the findings and recommendations of the Farabanta incident and that of the Social Security Housing and Finance Corporation in your hands. The general public is anxiously waiting for you to implement the recommendations of those reports.
Mr. President, very soon the Janneh commission will also come to an end and its reports and recommendations will also be handed to you. It’s time you start acting to avoid accumulating reports on your desks and start implementing the recommendations. Because without implementation then setting up of these committees will soon be meaningless.
Mr. President, it’s high time that your government tackles the transport problem in the country. Workers and students find it very difficult to reach their destinations in the morning and evening.
Some months ago when the transport fares were reduced, drivers went on strike and started diverting the routes collecting 2 to 3 times fares for one destination. Now that the transport fare is returned back to the normalcy, the same if not the worst is happening.
Mr. President, your government has to start constructing and rehabilitating some feeder roads in the country as the Banjul-Tabokoto Highway is always congested and jammed during the morning and evening. There is need for your government to act fast and start rehabilitating these roads as we will soon be counting down to the hosting of the Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC).
Good day
http://thepoint.gm/africa/gambia/article/good-morning-mr-president-welcome-again |
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| toubab1020 |
Posted - 22 Oct 2018 : 21:05:52
October 22, 2018
The staff of the Social Security and Housing Finance Corporation have reacted to news of the report on the just concluded presidential investigations into matters between them and MD Muhammed Manjang . The panel last week presented its report to President Barrow recommending that Manjang should go back to his work and disciplinary actions be taken against the protesting staff.
In their reaction through a letter addressed to the Director General of the State Intelligence Service signed by one Kebba Touray, the SSHFC staff made the following observations:
“On the 18th October 2018 at about midday, reports started circulating on social media specifically on the website of the ‘State House of the Gambia’ indicating the submission of the independent inquiry’s report to H.E Adama Barrow, the President of the Republic of The Gambia. This same report was relayed to the various print and mass media platforms and we the staff are finally relieved that this whole debacle is coming to an end and we will get back to normalcy.
However, it is disappointing and utterly shocking to read from the website and hear from the Panel chair, Mr Lamin Samateh revealing to waiting journalists that he has recommended for disciplinary measures against staff for what he termed “breaking of service rules”. In other online news outlets, it was boldly written that Mr Manjang who has been engulfed in all those serious economic crime and other malfeasance is either vindicated or exonerated. This is grossly baffling to all of us in his noble institution we love so dearly and sacrificed all our lives for. This begs the question from us to what Manjang has been exonerated from. Certainly, not from the per diem theft or the Isha Bayo scandal.
Sir, from what has surfaced so far from the Chair of the Panel with regard to his one-sided bias insistence on disciplining of protesting SSHFC staff but on the other hand, his silence on all the compelling evidence of corruption, favouritism and blatant theft allegations leveled against Manjang even though we are not privy to the full content of the report, we are of the conviction that this whole saga is being politicized to serve certain interest groups. We think what is fair here is to dismiss and prosecute Manjang and not disciplining of staff. This is what this new country and democracy we are trying to build must be premised upon.
We SSHFC staff have taken the formal route to seek for redress since this saga emerged by raising a legitimate petition of “vote of no confidence” which we forwarded to all relevant agencies including the office of the president through the secretary general and head of the civil service. For six months, our efforts have been frustrated to get a solution to this impasse. We never broke any law or damaged any property despite all the frustrations we have gone through in the hands of the authorities. It is worth noting that it is the fundamental right of every Gambian to demonstrate peacefully as stipulated in section 25, subsection 1 (d) of the Gambian constitution which supersedes the labour act.
Sir, in light of the security implications surrounding this saga, we deem it imperative to put you in the picture and make you abreast with the mood and position of the staff as at now. The staff are so disappointed, apprehensive and angry. Any move to punish any staff over this saga may not be good for the institution and the state as a whole and that is not the intention of the noble staff of this corporation. We are therefore seeking for your indulgence to use your honourable office and position to avert any potential escalation of the tension that may threaten the peace and security of this noble institution and our dear country as a whole.”
http://standard.gm/site/2018/10/22/sshfc-staff-react-to-investigation-report/
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