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Momodou
Denmark
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 Posted - 09 Sep 2006 : 15:52:28
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NO CREDIT BUYING UNDER UDP/NRP/GPDP GOVERNMENT
The leaders of the UDP/NRP/GPDP Coalition, Ousainou Darboe and Hamat Bah have promised the people of Essau, Fass Njaga Choi and Ndungu Kebbeh that if Lawyer Ousainou Darboe is elected as president in the forthcoming presidential election there will be no more credit buying of groundnuts.
Continuing their nationwide campaign, they said that whatever groundnut they take from the farmers will be paid for by cash and not on credit basis. Speaking to party supporters at Fass Lower Nuimi, Hamat Bah said that their regime would be different from the APRC who takes the groundnuts of the farmers on credit. He opined that the APRC government does not have sympathy for the poor since civil servants are paid regularly. But when they have to buy the nuts of the farmers they start saying that cash is not available. Mr. Bah said that farmers suffer from hardship because they have to buy medicine, pay school fees and shoulder other responsibilities while the government fails to provide their monies.
Mr. Darboe, on his part, said since Mr. Yaya Jammeh was voted in as president in 2001 the prices of goods have raised, for example onions and rice which Gambia and Senegal import from the same source is cheaper in Senegal.
He said nothing has been done by the government to make life easier for the people. He asserted that the country is in a hunger zone, pointing out that many people cannot afford three square meals a day. He emphasized that President Jammeh always makes promises that he does not fulfill. He said that people should be ready to change position when they realize that what they were pursuing is not good. He said that people should vote for him.
Source: Foroyaa Newspaper Burning Issue
Issue No. 75/2006, 8-10 September, 2006
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