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Momodou
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NADD: GOVERNANCE BY PARNERSHIP
THE CONSULTATIVE PROCESS
Since the selection of a flag bearer NADD has held a press conference to display the intention to be accountable to the national and international media; participated in rallies in Brikama and Sukuta to test its popular appeal and sent a delegation on a countrywide tour from 30th March to 11th April to consult with opinion leaders throughout the country.
The progress report for the month after the selection of a flag bearer is encouraging.
National/militant groups or fora are emerging with speed, these groups are organizing contacts to hold joint initiatives for sensitization, mobilization and organization of the people at the level of the communities. Thousands of people have registered to be activists and will be issued with identification tags. Elders' fora are being established and the demand for cassettes and sensitization materials are expanding with enormous rapidity.
The consultative committee sent to meet people throughout the country reported that their open dialogue with the people has created the basis of greater understanding and has produced a fertile ground for NADD to earn the trust and confidence of the people. The consultative committee has distributed cassettes and sensitization materials far and wide and they strongly recommend for the implantation of the NADD campaign structures to maintain close links with the people.
They have emphasized that the people have accepted the NADD idea of having a transitional Government after APRC rule to institutionalize democracy and build a democratic culture in all spheres of life in the country; they endorse the idea of having a President who will preside over a cabinet comprising representatives of parties and of civil society in general for a period of five years of rectification and then oversee the holding of a free and fair election by a truly sovereign Independent Electoral Commission who will then hand over to a democratically elected President without taking sides in the election.
The Executive Committee has therefore divided the country into eight operational Zones to be supervised by zonal coordinators assisted by zonal sensitizers, mobilizers and organizers. Each Zone shall be divided into five sectors to be supervised by sectoral sensitizers, mobilizers and organizers. There shall be activists/militants fora or groups in each of the sectors to work with the communities and compounds, URD is Zone 1, CRD (South) Zone 2, CRD (North) Zone 3, LRD Zone 4, Sabach Sanjal to Kerewan Zone 5 Western Division Zone 6 Jokadu - Lower Niumi Zone 7 Banjul KMC Zone 8
The Executive Committee has decided to select the Zonal coordinators for five Zones. Mr. Lamin Waa Juwara is elected the National Chairperson of the committee of zonal coordinators. The names of the zonal Coordinators will be announced next week.
The executive committee is urging women, youths and men to establish activists/militants fora at home and abroad to promote NADD's objectives. Groups abroad who wish to be affiliated to NADD should request for the prescribed form. Such groups must undertake to adapt their programmes and practices to the letter and spirit of NADD's MOU and the MOU signed by the parties in the Gambia.
So far the Save The Gambia Democracy Project (STGDP) and the Movement for the Restoration Democracy of The Gambia in UK (MRDGUK) have accepted to be whole hearted partners of NADD.
The Executive Committee will broaden its consultative exercise by meeting religious and cultural leaders, Associations comprising civil society, leaders of political parties in the country, foreign envoys and owners of major enterprises to give assurance on how we intend to contribute to the stability of the country now and how to ensure continuity of the environment conducive to liberty, peace and prosperity if we succeed in the future.
We are scheduling a tour for Lower Niumi, Upper Niumi and Jokadu before the end of the month to serve as the second phase of our major rallies. We intend to hold five major rallies in each Zone before the 2006 Presidential elections.
NADD is on course.
Forward with NADD!
Long live the Gambian people!
Long live Africa and her people!
Long live International Solidarity!
Issued by the National Executive Committee
30 Papa Sarr Street
Churchill's Town
email- naddgambai@yahoo.com
12th April 2006
Source: Foroyaa Issue No. 28/2006, 13-16 April, 2006
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