Breaking News:  Jammeh Says He does Not Care If A Bag Of Rice Cost D10,000!!!

 By Correspondent Wise Man Accompanying The Presidential delegation.

  

President Yahya Jammeh has strongly warned Gambian men to change their laid-back attitude towards work, emphasizing that they  should  stay away  from   the Bantabas (rendezvous) to engage in serious farming in the coming season.  "If  the price for  a bag of rice goes as high as D10,000 by September 2008 that is not going to be my problem because  the people( i mean the Gambian men)  have failed   to go back to land," he said.
 
 President Jammeh who was addressing a group of APRC supporters in day three of the Meet the People Dialogue Tour in Kaur said  that Gambian people should take his his clarion call with a pinch of salt owing to the looming food crisis in the world.  He underscored the need for  all hands to be on deck to avert hunger and starvation in the Gambia.
 
 "Who knows before September the price for bag of rice might rise to D2,000. We will even have to thank God if we see imported rice in the country.  But i don't care if  bag of rice increase up to D10,000  because if you listen to me it will not happen "he stressed.
 
Turning to the education sector, Jammeh  called on the students to take their education seriously adding that they should  take favorable advantage of the limitless  opportunities  provided to them by his administration . He   promised  to provide the students of Armitage Senior  Secondary School with 210 bags of rice,two buses and a cash amount of D100,000. He also  promised to develop the wharf in Kaur into regional port as well as  fence their rice field.

Meanwhile,  President Jammeh yesterday  presided over a victory celebration in Janjanbureh , during which  he disclosed that  plans are at an advanced  stage for the construction of bridge between Janjabureh and Sankuleh Kunda. He called on youth to have  greater interest in agriculture since it is backbone of the economy.
 
The Secretary of State for Fisheries  and Water Resources,  Yankuba Touray  urged parents to encourage their kids to enroll in  vocational centres to learn sound entrepreneurial skills. That way, he said, will enable them to able to contribute meaningfully towards the socio-economic development of the country. 

The National Assembly member for the area  Kebba Touray commended the police for reducing the high rate of crime in Lower and Upper Saloum.

The Governor of Central River Region Njangi Touray  assured the President of his people unalloyed support .  Chief Alieu Jay Touray and Malick Mbye made similar remarks.