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Momodou
Denmark
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 Posted - 08 Feb 2007 : 01:13:00
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SK CENTRAL, A GLOOMY FUTURE AHEAD
The just concluded National Assembly Election has been a sad moment for the people within the constituency of Serrekunda Central. The cause of this sadness has shocked everyone in The Gambia, especially we, students. Halifa is a man who loves his country and also has concern for The Gambia, in particular and Africa, in general. He is a man who has contributed a lot to national development because he has initiated a computer training school where Gambians are freely trained in computer studies and created a trust fund from which many people have benefited in terms of scholarship, micro-finance scheme to empower them, especially women and so on. He established a centre, called the People’s Centre, which has served as a social clinic where numerous aggrieved people have had their problems addressed through his personal intervention, to mention but a few.
In the five years, in the National Assembly, Halifa has scrutinised bills word for word and clause by clause to expose their weaknesses; this is how an MP should perform his duties. To be an MP requires a high level of knowledge skills. An MP should not be a dummy. He or she should talk and give out his frank opinions. When people are electing their representatives in the National Assembly all the communities in that district should meet and choose a competent person who can protect their interest but they should not select a person whose educational career has stopped at the primary or secondary level; or whose motive is to enrich himself/herself or serve another individual.
The majority of the MPs tend to serve an individual’s interest and their own selfish interest, but not the interest of the country. We have seen situations in the National Assembly where some MPs in the ruling party condemned Bills during the Debate but voted for them in the end. Is that not double standard? Are they afraid of being driven from the party? Such people demonstrate in practice their lack of faith. What they should understand is that all the selfish things they are doing, they are going to be accounted for in this world and the Day of Judgment. Halifa always speaks the truth and raises the consciousness of the people about their rights, responsibilities and progress.
A concerned citizen.
Source: Foroyaa Newspaper Burning Issue
Issue No. 015/2007, 7-8 February, 2007
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