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Momodou
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 Posted - 16 Jan 2007 : 15:38:35
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NADD Rally In SK Central
By Modou Nyang
Halifa Sallah has called on people to do away with politics of tribalism and sectionalism, describing it as a menace and a recipe for anarchy and national disintegration.
Addressing a well attended rally at Bundung Borehole on Saturday, the incumbent National Assembly Member and NADD candidate for the Serrekunda Central Constituency warned the electorate to be mindful of such type of politics as they only breed disunity and disintegration in a country.
Elaborating further on the issue, Sallah indicated to the gathering that there is no national document which is classified on the tribal or language differences of the Gambian people, noting that all Gambian citizens are issued with the same document without regard to the person's language. "There is noting like a Wolof or a Manjago passport, or voter's card, anybody who is a Gambian citizen is issued with the same passport or voters card" he put to the people, amid thunderous applause.
As the battle for the hearts and minds of the people intensifies in Serrekunda Central, Halifa Sallah in a seeming response to his critics, said that it is not the duty of a National Assembly Member to construct roads, build markets, provide clean drinking water and the like to the people. He said this is the responsibility of the President who manages the national wealth of the country and the councils who collect rates and dues from the communities, to provide such amenities.
"The people have already elected a President who is entrusted with the responsibility of managing the wealth of the country and administers the laws of the country. You also have Councillors and a Mayor who are responsible for the collection of refuse, the provision of markets, feeder roads and pipe borne drinking water for your wellbeing. If any body comes here and says that your National Assembly Member did not build you markets and provide drinking water know that the person is exposing the President and your councillors for failing their duties". And he continued "I have been doing my responsibility to the fullest, it is just because of the inefficiency of the GRTS who fail to adequately cover the proceedings of the National Assembly, which is why you do not know what is exactly happening at the Assembly. I scrutinise every thing that is brought to the National Assembly and at the Pan African Parliament in South Africa too, I contribute to every proceedings of the house more that any other member from the Gambia".
Halifa further indicated that the services he provides at his office and other humanitarian gestures like the paying of the fees of students and providing free IT training, is not a duty of a NAM, but that as a human being one must strive to achieve something on earth. He finally called on the people to choose who ever they think can best serve their interest.
Source: Foroyaa Newspaper Burning Issue
Issue No. 006/2007, 15-16 January, 2007
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