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toubab1020
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 Posted - 17 Oct 2015 : 13:50:45
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Deputy minister of Agriculture fired
africa » gambia
Friday, October 16, 2015
The Gambian leader, President Yahya Jammeh, has relieved Ousman Jammeh of his appointment as deputy minister of Agriculture with effect from 15 October 2015, a statement from State House has revealed.
Jammeh, who just returned from a nationwide agriculture tour last week, was appointed in July 2015.
Similarly, one Ismaila Sanyang has now been appointed as minister of Agriculture, a position previously that of the president himself.
Author: Picture: Ousman Jammeh
http://thepoint.gm/africa/gambia/article/deputy-minister-of-agriculture-fired
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"Simple is good" & I strongly dislike politics. You cannot defend the indefensible.
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Momodou
Denmark
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Posted - 17 Oct 2015 : 21:53:09
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Did he say too much here?
FARMERS REQUEST FARM IMPLEMENTS DEPUTY MINISTER EXPLAINS PLAN
By Abdoulie G.Dibba
Foroyaa: Published on October 14, 2015
During the nationwide tour of the Deputy Minister of Agriculture to the farming communities around the country, the farmers Deputy Minister and entourage at Bioram Dykerequested for government’s help in providing them with farm implements to boost productivity for food self-sufficiency. The farmers indicated their determination to respond to the president’s
stated vision of making The Gambia food self-sufficient in rice by 2016 but that their main constraint in realising this is the lack of farm implements such as tractors, power tillers, seeders and sine-hoes.
When the deputy minister visited Boiram on the 3rd October 2015, as part of his tour, the farmers told him that they are pleased with the dyke built in their area which enables them to utilize the 360 ha rice field this year. The Boiram farmers noted that it would have been impossible to cultivate the rice field without the dyke. They also indicated that their main constraint is the lack of farm implements. They therefore appealed through the agriculture ministry for Government to help them with farm implements to improve productivity.
Responding to the request of the farmers, Deputy Minister Jammeh told the farmers that the Government has an agreement with the Islamic Development Bank regarding heavy farm implements and that the Land and Water Development and Management Project (NEMA) is engaged in it, adding that hopefully within three months or so, they will be in the country.
The deputy minister of agriculture stressed the need for the management of these implements to be seriously looked into, adding because “in the past a lot of tractors were purchased and given to individuals but due to improper management, almost all the tractors are grounded.”
“This is not what government can condone and therefore this new implements will be put under the management of a private enterprise and if you need their services, they charge you and if you pay, they do the services, be it ploughing, sowing or harvesting,” revealed Mr. Jammeh.
On the seeders and sine-hoes, the deputy minister of agriculture revealed that the Government has engaged the foundry at the Gambia Technical Training Institute (GTTI) to produce this equipment for them. He added that plans are at an advanced stage for the foundry to produce 900 seeders and sine-hoes for onward distribution to the farming community.
The deputy agriculture minister said the mode of distribution of these implements will be made known later but stressed that it would be given to deserving farmers who are using crude tools because of the lack of farm implements and not those who fold their arms and say “we do not have farm implements”. |
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toubab1020
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Posted - 18 Oct 2015 : 16:33:14
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A great idea,BUT MAYBE,this news should have come from someone higher up the political ladder,and he let the cat out of the bag when trying to be encouraging and helpful,this man was a DEPUTY minister,just a thought 
Entrenched attitudes,nepotism,tribal discord,jelousy have always been a big stumbling block in Gambia's development aims,most Gambians are very content to do things in the way their forefathers did them,development & progress are still mysterious concepts to many.
The deputy minister of agriculture stressed the need for the management of these implements to be seriously looked into, adding
“in the past a lot of tractors were purchased and given to individuals but due to improper management, almost all the tractors are grounded.”
“This is not what government can condone and therefore this new implements will be put under the management of a private enterprise and if you need their services, they charge you and if you pay, they do the services, be it ploughing, sowing or harvesting,” revealed Mr. Jammeh.
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"Simple is good" & I strongly dislike politics. You cannot defend the indefensible.
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Momodou
Denmark
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Posted - 20 Oct 2015 : 11:54:19
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Is the former Deputy Agriculture Minister Arrested?
By Mustapha Jallow
Foroyaa: Published on October 19, 2015
Foroyaa has been informed that the former Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Mr.Ousman Jammeh, was picked up by men in plain clothes in the evening of Thursday, 15 October, 2015 immediately following his removal from office on that very day.
Visiting his family residence in Kanifing South yesterday to confirm from family members the veracity of the report, this reporter was told by someone he met there, who prefers anonymity, that the former deputy minister’s whereabouts are not known. The person would not confirm or deny the report.
However, while the reporter was in the compound, people were coming in and out in a sympathising mood and with one lady openly crying.
Mr.Jammeh was appointed as deputy minister of agriculture on 8 July 2015. He was in office for less than four months before his removal and replacement by Mr.Ismaila Sanyang.
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Momodou
Denmark
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Posted - 10 Nov 2015 : 08:12:07
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OUSMAN JAMMEH DETAINED FOR 21 DAYS
By Mustapha Jallow
Foroyaa: Published on November 6, 2015
 A former Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Mr. Ousman Jammeh, is under detention at the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) in Banjul for 21 days now without access to family members, a family source disclosed to Foroyaa.
He was removed from his position and immediately arrested. Family sources say up to date their loved one has not returned home and they cannot have access to him.
This reporter re-visited the residence of Mr. Jammeh in Kanifing South, on 3 November, 2015, to get an update from the family members, and it was observed that the PIU personnel who was stationed there is no longer there.
The reporter was told by a close source who appeared worried that Mr. Jammeh is still not released and the reason (s) behind his arrest and detention are not known to them.
Foroyaa had earlier reported that the former Agric Minister was picked up by men in civilian clothes on Thursday, 15 October, 2015 following his removal from President Jammeh¡¦s Cabinet .
It would be recalled that on a previous visit by this reporter to the former deputy Minister¡¦s home, a personnel of the Police Intervention Unit (PIU) found there indicated that Mr.Jammeh¡¦s immediate family would not entertain guests.
It was also gathered at that time that Mr.Jammeh¡¦s whereabouts was not known and people were seen coming in and out of the compound in a sombre mood. One lady was even seen sobbing.
Source: http://www.foroyaa.gm/archives/7922 |
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Ousman Jammeh didn't last very long
