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kobo
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 Posted - 19 Jun 2014 : 04:12:05
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1. WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN VISION 2016 AND VISION 2020?
Source: Foroyaa Editorial June 18, 2014
The people have been asking Foroyaa what the difference between Vision 2016 and Vision 2020 is and whether the Government has reduced its vision from 2020 to 2016 and if so why?
We certainly cannot answer this question. We hope the leadership of the ruling party would come up with a comprehensive policy document to explain what vision 2016 entails. Foroyaa would publish it verbatim and entertain a constructive debate on the topic.
Foroyaa would like to remind the government that the state media should also respond to its constitutional mandate by disseminating divergent views and dissenting opinions. They should encourage the different parties to put their programmes across for public debate.
PDOIS came up with AGENDA 2016 and now the APRC has come up with VISION 2016? The people are entitled to an explanation on the content of these programmes so that they could make informed choices.
 2. More horse manure from Yaya Jammeh
Wednesday, June 18, 2014 By Sidi Sanneh
The Gambian dictator has retreated to his home village of Kanilai for a whole workweek with his entire government in tow for the purpose of viewing government policies and programs, according to official explanation.
This is the eighth government retreat, a period where government machinery comes to a screeching halt in the name of "rededicating themselves and taking the lead in national development." Jammeh cares less that the entire week will be wasted in Kanilai in a desperate move to repackage failed policies that he will try to sell to a citizenry that has grown restless lately due to increasing economic hardship in the face of increasing official corruption.
His opening remarks at the retreat suggest that he is conscious of the sour mood of a country he ruled with an iron fist for nearly two decades with endless promises he made that they never delivered on. His promises ranged from transforming Gambia to a middle income country - which he later upped to making Gambian the Singapore of Africa - to adopting agricultural policies that will result in rice self-sufficiency and/or food self-sufficiency, two concepts he used interchangeably depending on his idiosyncratic mood swings.
His most recent variation is that since he could not achieve rice self-sufficiency in 20 years, he's see how he can compact the time line into two years. So a couple of months ago, he unveiled his Vision 2016 -rice self-sufficiency which he later changed to Vision 2016 - food self-sufficiency a couple of days later. The cabinet members are now being told that, in fact, rice self-sufficiency is achievable not in 2016 but in 2015 instead.
Jammeh appears to be unsure as to which of these programs and time-frames is easier sold to an increasingly skeptical electorate. They have been promised so much and delivered so little in the last twenty years, they wished they resisted his rule earlier and before the dictator entrenched himself in power. It has now become a cruel joke, and a painful thing to watch when Jammeh trots out one program after another knowing full well that they are unachievable.....Full information
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kobo
United Kingdom
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Posted - 19 Jun 2014 : 20:11:18
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   Agric Ministry urged to put house in order
Thursday, June 19, 2014
The president of the Republic has once again raised eyebrows on the level of corruption that still exists within the agriculture sector, saying he has given the sector up to December to reform and put its house in order.
His Excellency Sheikh Prof. Alh. Dr. Yahya Jammeh gave the ultimatum in Kanilai on Tuesday while officially opening the 8th Cabinet Retreat, which brought together policymakers and implementers as well as other government technocrats.
The four-day meeting will take stock of the achievements and challenges registered by the government in the implementation of its many programmes and activities as well as map out strategies to improve the status quo.
The Gambian leader called for attitudinal change among the officials, and strongly warned that the fight against corruption is not yet over.
“We have to change attitude, I have given you the chance to buckle up and amend your sins by working hard or you resign. We have spent so many millions of dollars into projects and so we want to see the end results. I will give you up to December to change your attitude,” he said, referring to officials in the agriculture sector. ...........
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toubab1020
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Posted - 19 Jun 2014 : 20:53:26
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[quote]Originally posted by kobo
1. WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN VISION 2016 AND VISION 2020?
I make it about 4 years  (toubab joke, OK ?)
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"Simple is good" & I strongly dislike politics. You cannot defend the indefensible.
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kobo
United Kingdom
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Posted - 25 Jun 2014 : 03:32:30
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1. Related Bantaba topics;
2. 100 MILLION DOLLARS INVESTED IN AGRICULTURE BUT PRODUCTION IS STILL LOW
Source: Foroyaa Editorial June 24, 2014
According to GRTS television reports, President Jammeh indicated in his closing remarks at the eighth ministerial retreat at Kanilai on Friday, 20 June, that over one hundred million dollars or D4,000 million dalasi has been invested in the agricultural sector but that no significant progress has been made. He further stated: “We have twenty years (20yrs) project in agriculture but prior to that we had thirty years (30yrs), now we are talking about seventy years (70yrs) of different projects in agriculture, and what we have as achievement is less than two thousand hectares (2000 ha).” He added that hundreds of tractors have been injected into the sector but this did not produce the desired results. He blamed corruption for the failure of this sector.
What is clear from the admission is that the policy on agriculture has failed to effect changes in the lives of the people but he has not indicated how he is going to put things right other than blaming a group of managers in this sector, dismissals and arrests.
Has he come up with solutions on how to organize farmers and provide them tools so that they can produce plenty rather than to continue to rely on the hoe, which will keep them in perpetual poverty? What are the plans of his government to provide farmers with adequate quality seeds and fertilizer to boost production and enhance their livelihoods? What plan is there to purchase the nuts of farmers by paying cash for the nuts at a price negotiated with farmers? What wholesale and effective plans are in place to address the perennial problems of transport, marketing and storage facilities for women gardeners? If these and similar questions are left unanswered, Gambia will experience another 50 or 70 years of low production and poverty.
The question is if 20 years of heavy investment in the agricultural sector cannot transform Gambia into a food basket, can this be done in two years, as claimed by the so-called ‘Vision 2016’, by relying on the same policies? |
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kobo
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Posted - 01 Jul 2014 : 08:44:58
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1. Jammeh feels vindicated by events, developments
The Point: Published on Monday, June 30, 2014
President Yahya Jammeh returned to Banjul Friday night from the African Union summit in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, whose theme was: “Agricultural Production and Food Security.”
“I’m very happy that everybody talked about what I’ve been saying over the years...There is a saying that necessity is the mother of invention. I think everybody has seen the need for food self-sufficiency in Africa”, he declared on arrival at Banjul international airport.
Responding to reporters’ questions, President Jammeh said the AU’s focus on agriculture and food security was something that he has been advocating for the past 19 years.
He said when he led the successful coup in July 1994, they came to power advocating “self-reliance and going back to the land”.
In any case, the global food crisis of recent few years has taught people a lesson, and was a wake-up call, he added.
President Jammeh went on to speak of the soaring cost of living in the country, with a bag of rice and drum of cooking oil, for example, beyond the reach of the average Gambian public sector workers, whose pay is comparatively low......Full Report
2. DAILY OBSERVER NEWS JAMMEH HEADS V-2016 HIGH LEVEL COMMITTEE |
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toubab1020
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Posted - 09 Oct 2015 : 14:03:21
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Agric Deputy Minister condemns compromising work ethics
africa » gambia
Friday, October 09, 2015
The Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Ousman Jammeh, has said his ministry would not compromise on work ethics and principles, as people must work for the development of the country.
He expressed his dissatisfaction with the management of the Wellingara Horticulture Model Centre, on the way and manner the centre was being managed.
The deputy Agric. minister, who was speaking on Wednesday during the last day of his countrywide tour, said what he had seen in the centre was “not encouraging” at all, and challenged the management of the centre to redouble their efforts at ensuring the centre is seriously taken care of.
He threatened to change the management staff of the centre and move them to other locations in the regions, adding that compromise is intolerable as people must work for the development of the country.
He also said he would not hesitate to change anyone from his or her posting and take them to other areas, so as to attain better service delivery.
Deputy Minister Jammeh advised the regional agriculture directors not to allow any extension workers to stay at a wrong post, saying they must report at work regularly.
Any extension worker found wanting, he cautioned, a warning letter would be issued to the regional director of that particular region, to be followed by punitive action.
“We expect the extension workers to be at their posting and work with the communities, and give them the technical advice for better agricultural production and productivity,” the deputy minister said.
He urged the regional directors and their staff to redouble their effort in the development of agriculture in the country.
He praised FASDEP for providing twenty-nine motorbikes to the planning services units to strengthen the information data collection system at the field level.
He, however, cautioned the planning services units that he would not want to see the motorbikes loitering within the Greater Banjul Area.
He advised them to be more committed to their work, as the nation is working towards Vision 2016, which, he added, is here to stay.
Author: Abdoulie Nyockeh
http://thepoint.gm/africa/gambia/article/agric-deputy-minister-condemns-compromising-work-ethics |
"Simple is good" & I strongly dislike politics. You cannot defend the indefensible.
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toubab1020
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Posted - 12 Oct 2015 : 14:10:31
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Another topic from the past related to the words used above,"He advised them to be more committed to their work, as the nation is working towards Vision 2016, which, he added, is here to stay."
http://www.gambia.dk/forums/topic.asp?ARCHIVE=true&TOPIC_ID=12477 |
"Simple is good" & I strongly dislike politics. You cannot defend the indefensible.
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toubab1020
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Posted - 18 Oct 2015 : 18:27:03
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SNIPPET:
"The Statistician General said the survey is part of Gambia’s long term Vision 2020 which seeks “a well-educated, trained, skilled, healthy, self-reliant and enterprising population to facilitate the transformation of The Gambia”.
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Trade ministry launches Labour Force Survey report
africa » gambia
Friday, October 16, 2015
The Ministry of Trade, Industry, Regional Integration and Employment (MoTIE) yesterday launched the Gambia Labour Force Survey (LFS) and the Gambia Labour Market Information System report (LMIS), which is a web-based system.
The report was launched in collaboration with the Gambia Bureau of Statistics (GBoS) with the support of the United Nations Development Programme.
Officials said the LFS was commissioned in 2012 to provide The Gambia government and other relevant stakeholders with labour market and employment information.
It also contained relevant indicators for informed policy formulation, employment promotion and socio-economic development in general.
Nyakassi Sanyang, the Statistician General, said the statistics bureau was contracted to conduct the survey by Gamjobs and the Ministry of Trade.
He said a labour force survey is widely used to collect and disseminate labour statistics locally and internationally.
Mr Sanyang said the study tools and analytical methods used were based on International Labour Organisation (ILO) prototypes and standards designed to facilitate comparison within and across countries and regions.
The Statistician General said the survey is part of Gambia’s long term Vision 2020 which seeks “a well-educated, trained, skilled, healthy, self-reliant and enterprising population to facilitate the transformation of The Gambia”.
The permanent secretary of MoTIE, Naffie Barry, said the establishment of the labour force survey is a priority to The Gambia government because such data supports a government in making informed policy formulation.
“The government continues to place emphasis on employment creation as the central objective of its economic and social policy for sustainable poverty alleviation,” Madam Barry said.
She explained that her ministry has formulated a national action plan to address the underemployment problems, especially within youth and women.
Also, they are working to enhance reliable market information and the labour force to support the country’s development process.
Representatives from the UNPD and ILO, Abdou Touray and Dennis Zulu, respectively, expressed optimism that the report would be helpful to researchers, employment seekers and policymakers.
Author: Fatou Jallow
Source: Picture: PS Naffie Barry
http://thepoint.gm/africa/gambia/article/trade-ministry-launches-labour-force-survey-report |
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