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toubab1020
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 Posted - 16 Aug 2017 : 14:59:00
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It is obvious that where there is a large population and the chance of making money people from rural areas will try to seek work and have to have somewhere to live,as land is no longer being made the law of supply and demand comes into force by making land much more expensive.the re.naming of streets and the numbering of houses in those streets makes it much easier to locate where people are living,this is important for many reasons,without a street name and a numbered house,mail cannot be delivered,and taxes cannot be easily collected by the authorities, and many other reasons.
Such advanced thinking in social engineering seem to be looking far too far into the future of The Gambia as a nation,Gambia is a country at present with far too few jobs,far too little education and literacy,a health service not fit for purpose,and innumerable other problems,and more importantly HUNGER for many families.
This idea of the administration should be rethought (IN MY OPINION !!!) for use at a later date when Gambia has reached a stage of affordable development into a democratic nation.
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Wednesday, August 16, 2017
Hon. Minister of Lands and Regional Government, Lamin N. Dibba, has said land is a very critical matter in the West Coast Region, caused by especially the rural-urban migration.
Hon. Dibba made this comment last Friday in an interview with this reporter at his office in Banjul.
“This is all because of the population increase in this area, which is swelling day by day and that has impacted negatively on the cost of land,” the lands minister said, adding that the value of land is also skyrocketing day by day and as a result it has become critical as it turns into scarce commodity.
On the issue of numbering streets, the lands minister said Banjul is a smaller settlement, which interestingly is the seat of government. “It has been the capital of this country and the only capital of The Gambia so obviously some of those facilities which are provided in Banjul are absent in many other places in The Gambia,” he said.
He said the government is working hard, together with the support of the UNDP, to embark on mapping strategy for naming streets and numbering houses for the whole the country.
The minister further emphasised the importance of land to a nation, saying: “Land is so crucial that day by day we sit down and reflect, have our mental debate looking at ways and means of developing the land so that people living on the land would be comfortable.”
Author: Njie Baldeh
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Price of Land & numbering of houses.
