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shaka
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 Posted - 25 Jun 2008 : 19:40:05
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http://thepoint.gm/africa/article/2008/6/25/gia-a-potential-tinderbox
This is what happens when you award crucial contracts to any Samba, Yero and Pateh without proper vetting. A little research about GS Aviation reveals that they have no experience in commercial airline operation but it is rather a small Wiltshire(England) based company specialised in light aircraft training http://www.gsaviation.co.uk/. Who are the morons who keep dishing contrcts left, right and centre like children in a playhouse?
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MADIBA
United Kingdom
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Posted - 25 Jun 2008 : 20:08:32
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Shaka, you are damn right. Next in line would be Gamtel. The company is already down the drains. Senior and highly trained staff of these two vital national institutions have been either forced out by the greedy partners or resign in frustration and disgust.
Apparently in the case of Gamtel the new owners have placed their men in all key positions, whilst the local staff do all the donkey work. In addition, am told that these new hunters of fortune have frozen all human resource development projects, no training, no loans etc. This has led to the mass exodus of highly competent staff. Some have left for the banking industry , others have left on international appointments in the sub-region.
For GIA, these hunter of fortune have forced those patriotic staff who have been questioning the dubious deals of the partners to quit to their delight.
I would conclude in the same breath. Jammeh should never act on impluse as if he knew all these sectors. He has to depend on sincere experts in those areas. In both Gamtel and GIA i can smell a serious breach of trust.
I call on the President to review both Gamtel and GIA. Gambians when given the free environement can deliver well. GIA was doing very well before these impostors came on board. |
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shaka
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Posted - 25 Jun 2008 : 23:32:54
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Madiba,this is even better: “I wish to point out that the GS Aviation has not made any investment in GIA during the first year of the management contract, contrary to the terms agreed on"(Secretary of States for Works, Construction and Infrastructure.http://www.senegambianews.com/article.cfm?articleID=18285 Great! So GS Aviation was operating on Gambia government budgeted resources. What dimwits we have for leaders. You are spot on brethren when you said "For GIA, these hunter of fortune have forced those patriotic staff who have been questioning the dubious deals of the partners to quit to their delight". It reminded me of what former civil aviation boss the venerable Maimuna Taal once said of these partners "they undermine your authority by bypassing the civil aviation officials and going straight to see the President or Vice President before talking to you"
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toubab1020
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Posted - 26 Jun 2008 : 00:48:56
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| Shaka,I read your posting with great interest,what is in the link quoted is unbelievable,I looked at the UK based website it does indeed relate to a flying enterprise,I have no idea what "block hours" are,has anyone contacted the UK company and asked them what they know? a great deal of money is involved in this and it would appear only fair if the UK enterprise was asked for their side of the story. |
"Simple is good" & I strongly dislike politics. You cannot defend the indefensible.
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kaanibaa
United Kingdom
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Posted - 26 Jun 2008 : 15:26:31
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| As if they would 'buvver' to respond to such queries especially from a none official person. |
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toubab1020
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Posted - 26 Jun 2008 : 17:42:48
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Originally posted by kaanibaa
As if they would 'buvver' to respond to such queries especially from a none official person.
Yes, best not rock the boat and find out the truth,just accept things and carry on grumbling,best all round eh! oh yes and another thing,what do you think about this link,have a look!
http://observer.gm/africa/gambia/banjul/article/2008/6/26/we-have-iron-ore-president-jammeh-reveals
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Thursday, June 26, 2008
“Huge” deposits of iron ore have been found in The Gambia. This joyous discovery, which was revealed by President Alhaji Dr Yahya Jammeh, is in addition to the discovery of offshore oil deposits disclosed three years ago.
However, the president maintained that he would not reveal the specific location, where the iron ore deposits have been found, until all the modalities have been finalised and tests carried on the quality.
The Gambian leader made this revelation in his office at State House, last afternoon, after receiving a D4 million cheque from Salah Ezzeddine of the East Line Company, which operates in three Gulf States namely: the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Saudi Arabia.
A link that has nothing at all to do with the above!:
http://www.eastline.ru/eng/
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"Simple is good" & I strongly dislike politics. You cannot defend the indefensible.
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shaka
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Posted - 26 Jun 2008 : 18:47:25
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Thanks Toubab1020 this is kind of unacceptable behaviour from the President i am talking about. It is an absolutely abhorent corrupt behaviour. What is this D4m gift from East Line Company for apart from an appeasement bribe to takeover from GS Aviation. They might seem to tick all the right boxes from the look of their website but it is just a website, anybody could present an equally impresive website without any tangible assets to match it. I mean what stringent vetting process have they passed in the wake Carnegie, GS Aviation and others. Why do they have to be received directly by the President instead of the proper government department responsible for aviation. This is exactly the corruption pattern. It starts right from the top with the president being the most corrupt. Iron ore discovered in the Gambia but i will not reveal where it is!!! What kind of foolishness is this? East Line Company must be really impressed!! This is the problem with this ***** we call a president, he thinks everybody is a kid and he can resort to his usual baby talks as always. This is driving me frigging nuts now!!! How the hell are Gambia Civil Aviation Authority bosses mean to behave now except bow down and kiss Mr Ezzedine's backside if they want to keep their jobs. The big boss has done just that. God i have enough of this sh@t now!!!
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MADIBA
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toubab1020
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Posted - 26 Jun 2008 : 19:31:14
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Not at all, I just took a "snippet" because I have been told before about using up too much space on bantaba,I also included a link to the full D.O. piece.I used the following phrase about the last link "A link that has nothing at all to do with the above!:" which is perfectly true,as you said its an airline management business.I could see that this was their only skill, and they had nothing to do with iron ore.
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"Simple is good" & I strongly dislike politics. You cannot defend the indefensible.
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shaka
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Posted - 26 Jun 2008 : 20:20:08
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Good of you to spot that one Madiba, should have read the Observer so i have been fuming for nothing. But then again who pays royalties for a one off purchase of already mined sand. Unless the East Line Company is the current holder of what used to Carnegie's operational license. If royalty is percentage payment from the sale of sand for the use of Gambia government facilities, what is the actual sale price of 10,000 metric tonnes of sand and what percentage of that belong to the Gambian people. Remember that sand had alraedy been mined. Can the State House give us some sensible explaination.quote:
Originally posted by MADIBA
Toubab1020,
your quotation left out the fact the D4M was a Royalty. Was it deliberate? and the link of east line is an airline biz.
http://observer.gm/africa/gambia/banjul/article/2008/6/26/we-have-iron-ore-president-jammeh-reveals
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MADIBA
United Kingdom
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Posted - 26 Jun 2008 : 20:29:00
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Toubab1020 , got it now. Thank matey.
Shaka,
The observer has given the cover story but certainly not the whole story. What i fine fishy is not the royalty, but the manner in which it is done.Until now i have never heard of this new company East Line. The man behind it appears familiar either as someone who does buisness with Banjul Pharmacy or Milky way along sayerr Avenue in the late 80s to the 90s. It should be apropraite that the Gambians are informed of any takeover as much as the Carnergie case was publicised. Or did i miss something? |
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shaka
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Posted - 26 Jun 2008 : 23:14:51
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| In all this happening in the Gambia, may i ask; do we have an opposition or is opposition only limited to election times. With all these dodgy and shady deals going on you would have expected some form of investigation by concerned opposition individuals. I mean if Carnegie's license is suspended, all it's operations halted and in the mean time 10,000 metric tonne of sand mined by carnegie was seized. Then all of sudden this whole lot of sand dissapears while work is visibly ongoing in the same site. What does it take to get a concerned person's attention? Poor Gambia!! Everyone is suddenly shy |
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toubab1020
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shaka
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Posted - 27 Jun 2008 : 16:18:09
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Mr Sanyang is not of the opposition, besides opposition should not be limited to parliament either. In Gambia's case by the time an issue get to be heard in parliament, significant damage would have been done already.
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toubab1020
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Posted - 27 Jun 2008 : 16:27:18
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Yes OK I realise that ,as you yourself said "opposition should not be limited to parliament either." someone in Gambia is concerned and taking notice,I am sure you realise how very difficult it is to oppose anything in Gambia now,dramatic personal consequences do have a habit of occouring after opposition is expressed.
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"Simple is good" & I strongly dislike politics. You cannot defend the indefensible.
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shaka
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Posted - 27 Jun 2008 : 17:33:38
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someone in Gambia is concerned and taking notice...
"In Gambia's case by the time an issue get to be heard in parliament, significant damage would have been done already" Connect the dots and we might be speaking on the same page. I agree with you that the opposition is operating on a very difficult terain in the Gambia, but if such dubious and shady activities of these magnitude are happening across the nation without their due accountability, then we might as well admit to a one party state. Let me put it this way: there is noted mass exodus of senior Gambian employees at Gamtel, Gamcel and other public institution sold by the state. There is visible work activity in a minining site license to a foreign firm but shut down by the state, pending legal clarifications. Mean while thousands of tonnes of sand mined by the foreign firm whose license was suspended went missing. The tourism industry is in shambles. Then there is the unexplained surge in value of the Dalasi. How about the marked shortage of fuel at the pumps. With all these among things What is the opposition doing. Apart from the occasional lamentation in Foroyaa by the PDOIS what other voices comes from the opposition. Then come election time they suddenly become experts in a variety of issues. |
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