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Nyarikangbanna
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 21 Jun 2007 : 18:19:37
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CULLED FROM THE POINT.
Ganyie Touray Takes Over CRR Governorship
As Amulie Janneh Retires
Thursday 21st June 2007
By Pap Saine
According to official sources, Mr Ganyie Touray has been appointed as the new Governor of Central River Region (CRR).
Mr. Touray is said to have received his appointment letter on Tuesday. He replaces Mr Amulie Janneh who retired from service.
Ganyie Touray worked with the then Cooperative from 1975 to 1977. From 1977 to 1979, he went to Sweden to study Management. Soon after that, precisely between 1980 and 1981, he went to the United Kingdom to do Higher Diploma in Business Management.
After what appears to be the period of his academic exploits, he returned to take part in the 1982 general elections, contesting unsuccessfully as an Independent Candidate in Saloum Constituency. From 1982 to 1984 he worked at the Seagull cold store.
Mr Touray was an executive member of the then ruling PPP. He also joined NADD briefly before resigning in August 2006 to join the ruling Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and construction (APRC).
When contacted by this paper, Mr Touray confirmed his appointment, saying: “I thank God, the president and the Secretary of State for Local Government and Lands for the confidence they have in me. It is very challenging and I need the co-operation of all the people in CRR to meet the challenge,” adding that he knew the country very well as he had traveled the length and breath of it.
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I do not oppose unity but I oppose dumb union. |
Edited by - Nyarikangbanna on 21 Jun 2007 19:23:44 |
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Santanfara
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Posted - 22 Jun 2007 : 05:28:38
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hi there nyari , i feel that you are not treating oj fairly. his association with mr touray was only political .politics is game to many . so oj cannot control the wishes of mr touray. mr touray cease to be oj's leautnant when he left ppp camp. period. we all know the politics of opportunism in our country ,so people like mr touray are a total waste of space.
oj have maintain his dignity in the thick of sycophancy and nepotism . i don't know much about him but i assume he is a man of his words. |
Surah- Ar-Rum 30-22
"And among His signs is the creation of heavens and the earth, and the difference of your languages and colours. verily, in that are indeed signs for men of sound knowledge." Qu'ran
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Nyarikangbanna
United Kingdom
1382 Posts |
Posted - 22 Jun 2007 : 20:31:18
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quote:
Originally posted by Santanfara
hi there nyari , i feel that you are not treating oj fairly. his association with mr touray was only political .politics is game to many . so oj cannot control the wishes of mr touray. mr touray cease to be oj's leautnant when he left ppp camp. period. we all know the politics of opportunism in our country ,so people like mr touray are a total waste of space.
oj have maintain his dignity in the thick of sycophancy and nepotism . i don't know much about him but i assume he is a man of his words.
Brother Santafara, but I did not say anything other than fittingly describing Mr Touray in a way that would enable some people recall his name. His name had appeared here before and it was always connected to OJ. So I don't understand What you are on about.
Anyway, thanks for your response. |
I do not oppose unity but I oppose dumb union. |
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kondorong
Gambia
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Posted - 22 Jun 2007 : 20:33:09
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quote:
Originally posted by Santanfara
hi there nyari , i feel that you are not treating oj fairly. his association with mr touray was only political .politics is game to many . so oj cannot control the wishes of mr touray. mr touray cease to be oj's leautnant when he left ppp camp. period. we all know the politics of opportunism in our country ,so people like mr touray are a total waste of space.
oj have maintain his dignity in the thick of sycophancy and nepotism . i don't know much about him but i assume he is a man of his words.
How do you know if you live in the United Arab Emirates? |
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Santanfara
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Posted - 22 Jun 2007 : 21:57:41
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Originally posted by Nyarikangbanna
Brother Santafara, but I did not say anything other than fittingly describing Mr Touray in a way that would enable some people recall his name. His name had appeared here before and it was always connected to OJ. So I don't understand What you are on about.
Anyway, thanks for your response.
Nyari , i may not have read that thread so i was with notion that oj was betrayed by mr touray and you are trying to continue linking the two . i feel that touray's association with oj was on political ground which is temporal so the title oj's lieutenat can mislead many .
kondo ,i don't get you . |
Surah- Ar-Rum 30-22
"And among His signs is the creation of heavens and the earth, and the difference of your languages and colours. verily, in that are indeed signs for men of sound knowledge." Qu'ran
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electric
United Kingdom
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Posted - 25 Jun 2007 : 15:29:24
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Individuals have the right to move on in life. Being OJ's Lieutenant in the past does not mean that he get stuck in the past and wait for OJ to provide for his livelihood. Some of you guys in the diaspora do ignore the fact that most of these guys back home have families to feed and no one is gonna give you that FREE of charge.
You and I can dictate to our families not to take up positions within the Gov't because we can send money to cater for their needs.
However, I am always sadden whenever i read about people protesting because Mr X had accepted an offer of employment under the Gov't.
It could be very easy to work and earn your Dollars and Pounds Sterling notes to look after your families and protest because someone else is trying to do the same thing, no matter what the circumstances.
Please put yourselves in their shoes and choose to starve with your family than accept positions to work and earn a living....and at the end of the day Gambia is our homeland, period if we don't work for it, WHO WILL |
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kondorong
Gambia
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Posted - 25 Jun 2007 : 18:15:42
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Originally posted by electric
Please put yourselves in their shoes and choose to starve with your family than accept positions to work and earn a living....and at the end of the day Gambia is our homeland, period if we don't work for it, WHO WILL
If we dont work for it, who will?
I have no comments on all the other points you said earlier but i have a problem with the last sentence.
If we take the stance of "If you cant beat them join them" then lets pack our bags. Like mandela said, that life of all freedom fighters through out history have been characterised by one thing: the sacrifice of their familiy life, their children and their relationships just for the majority to see hope in the future. mandela divorced twice and this is his third marriage. His second wife was convicted of killing a boy stompie during the struggle,but tell me who had not been guilty in South Africa. Even Mandela took up arms and attended military training overseas to lead the underground movement of MK.
Mandela spent 27 years in prision and his daughters had lived in shackle like condition with handouts from friends. His eldest son Makati by his first marriage, was hardly talking to him even when he was in prison. On his innauguration as President of South Africa, Madela's family did not feature.
Winnie was seated among the "commoners" at the podium until when she protested that she was given a better position on the stage for a woman who had to wait for 27 years for a husband that was not there and with all mistakes, managed to keep the family life in motion. His eldest son did not even attend his innauguartion.
His nephew, Matanzima, who became the leader of the "independent" region of Transkei, even believed Mandela was a criminal while he struggled for equality in his country and was serving a life sentence. To tell you, Mandela grew up with Matanzima in the royal court as mandela was also from a royal family when he father sent him to live with the then head of their clan before he died so he could get education.
His own family was was in turmoil with no one left behind to be a father for them. Its a deep scar Mandela always had for not being there for his children, but as he concluded in the Rivona Trial, ".. that it was a cause for which i am prepared to die..."
May be, and may be, Gambians are born to be of service to others. I just read the preamble of a book in which it stated that during the slave trade, slaves from Gambia attracted the highest prices. May be we were born to be of service to others and tolerant of oppression. This "Gambia No Problem" is nothing new. Its was there even during the slave trade.
You very much echo throughout your posting above the Gambian believe in " KEN DUMA REYE DESS" (I will not sacrifice for others to see hope.)
Today South Africa is living in hope, but at the expense of mandela's family life. Until when we can sacrifice for the common good, then, lets be prepared to have what we deserve.
I am reminded by a friend that gambia has no Mandela. If anyone stands tall in South Sfrica, its because they stand on the back of the miseries of the mandela family. They are lucky to have a father and mother, but Mandela's children had none and his many sons and daughters could only dream of seeing their parents together.
Winnie never got to know Mandela long enough and fate took him to prison. As a young girl, she never had long intimacy with her husband so south Africans could progress. I dont think they lived together for more than three years.
Until then........ |
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Santanfara
3460 Posts |
Posted - 25 Jun 2007 : 18:49:33
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kondo ,i am sure electric will think about the consiquences of blindly accepting a post just becuase one need food. in yahya's gambia no position is secured . the dayly bread electric is concerned about is being regularly cut off from many innocent civil servant just for nothing.
we need sustainble collective endevours not just for today but forever. mr touray can handle himself without jeoperdicing his ethics and principles but if our politicians are from start opportunistic what hope do we have ? |
Surah- Ar-Rum 30-22
"And among His signs is the creation of heavens and the earth, and the difference of your languages and colours. verily, in that are indeed signs for men of sound knowledge." Qu'ran
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salimina
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Posted - 26 Jun 2007 : 03:09:12
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Kon and Santa,
sacrifice is foreign to us ( gambians) that is why we are in deepsit.Jammeh can humilate, embrassed,maimed and kill but as soon as a vacancy arises, there is over a million so called educated elites scrambling for it.We really got a problem. |
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electric
United Kingdom
28 Posts |
Posted - 26 Jun 2007 : 19:08:09
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Santa, coming back to what I said before about these brothers and sisters in the diaspora including the so-called journalists projecting for a forceful removal of Jammeh out of office without a care of the consequences.
Most of these people never think how brutal that could be for the country and its people whilst they are snoozing safely under their duvet watching the news and feeling frighten about the state of affairs whether truly or not whereas if they were in the midst of it even a minor squib would've seen them scrambling for the safest place under the bed...even leaving the smallest sibling behind.....huh. Sit back guys and think hard and with the Cassamance problem brewing,we can only pray for peaceful resolution.
Till then, ciao
The best way to fight the system is to be in the midst of it like Nelson Mandela did as Kondorong rightly mentioned. He is a shining example, for the whole world but not the likes of Pa Nderry and others.
I hope and pray for a speedy and peacefully change in our tiny motherland.
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Originally posted by Santanfara
kondo ,i am sure electric will think about the consiquences of blindly accepting a post just becuase one need food. in yahya's gambia no position is secured . the dayly bread electric is concerned about is being regularly cut off from many innocent civil servant just for nothing.
we need sustainble collective endevours not just for today but forever. mr touray can handle himself without jeoperdicing his ethics and principles but if our politicians are from start opportunistic what hope do we have ?
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Momodou
Denmark
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Posted - 26 Jun 2007 : 23:11:50
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GANYI TOURAY APPOINTED GOVERNOR OF CRR
By Yaya Dampha
Confirmed reports from the Department of State for Local Government and Land told Foroyaa that Mr. Ganyi Touray, is now the governor of Central River Region.
According to the information, Mr. Touray was appointed governor on Tuesday 19 June 2007. He succeeded Mr. Amulai Janneh, who is said to have retired.
When contacted, the retired governor, Janneh, confirmed his retirement and said he was on the process of handing over duties to his successor who was said to be with him at the time.
In a separate development, Mr. Lamin Darboe, who was the UDP campaign manager in Jarra West and had recently cross carpeted to the ruling APRC, has been appointed deputy governor of Lower River Region. He has replaced Mr. Saul Njai, who according to governor Momodou Soma Jobe, is redeployed to the Department of State for Tourism and Culture.
Mr. Darboe, was said to have received his appointment letter on Tuesday 19 June 2007.
Source: Foroyaa Newspaper Burning Issue
Issue No. 72/2007, 22-24 June, 2007 |
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