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As the Presidential elections get closer Gambian farmers still not paid for their sold nuts-NRP'S Hamat Bah unveils-As he accuses Jammeh of neglecting farmers!!!
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As the Presidential elections get closer Gambian farmers still not paid for their sold nuts-NRP'S Hamat Bah unveils-As he accuses Jammeh of neglecting farmers!!!
As
Presidential elections get closer Gambian farmers still not paid for
their sold nuts-NRP'S Hamat Bah unveils-Bah paint tales of
hopelessness,frustrations,hunger and uncertainty gripping Gambian
farmers!!!
By Pa Nderry M'Bai
  National
Reconciliation Party leader Hamat Bah, has unveiled that Gambian
farmers are currently living in misery and hopelessness, as they are
yet to be paid for their sold nuts. Bah who just concluded a US tour, was
speaking with the Gambia Post Radio in an exclusive interview. The
vocal politician who recently forged an alliance with Gambia's biggest
opposition group, the United Democratic Party says farmers who sold
their produce since last year December are yet to be paid for their
hard earned produce.Mr.Bah, who appeared confident while on Gambia Post
online radio and television charged that the Jammeh government could
not provide seed nuts for the suffering farming community, most of whom
he said are finding live very difficult these days.
Bah takes issue with Jammeh-as he decry farmers plight
According to
the former Upper Saloum Parliamentarian, there is no indication as of
now to suggest that these farmers will get seed nuts this time around,
as the government is yet to meet their farming needs. Bah, twice
Presidential aspirant for the NRP party said most farmers can hardly
afford three square meal a day. He lambasted the government for the
current plight the Gambian farmers had found themselves.
 The
Gambian farmers Mr.Bah continued, are living in hopelessness and
misery. He said this year's rainy season has commenced and yet the
farmers had not been paid for their sold produce. Under a UDP/NRP
government Bah went on,farmers can be rest assured of reasonable and
acceptable ground price. He added that a UDP/NRP government will set up
a groundnut price for the country's neglected farmers which will be
inline with the world market price. Bah believes that the Gambian
farming community had long been neglected since the advent of
AFPRC/APRC regime. He said under their leadership farmers will be given
the necessary encouragement and support they needed.
 The charismatic politician said
revamping the country's ailing agricultural sector will be one of their
key priorities, when they come to power. He said farmers are major
stakeholders on Gambia's socio-economic development and don't deserve
such a neglect.
The outspoken politician, who visited
different states during his US visit also picked on the Jammeh
government for securing tractors from Taiwan for our farmers. Bah
faulted the tractors project, arguing that the government should have
secured local farming equipment, that will serve all and sundry, while
stressing that the country's traditional farming methods should be
uphold. Bah said the money spent on the tractors could have been better
channeled to the local farming equipment, which he says was still being
used by majority of the country's farming community. He warns that in
as much as the government wants to promote modern farming, it should
not abandon or neglect the already existing traditional methods.
 Bah
believes that the UDP/NRP government would be more sensitive to the
plight of Gambia's farming community, unlike the ruling APRC, who he
blamed for neglecting the farmers. Bah said the miseries and nightmares
the country's farmers are exposed to will come to past, once they take
control of the State House. Bah promises better living conditions for
farmers and their families when they are in power.
Commenting
on the country's youth population, Bah maintains that Gambian youths
are today more hopeless than ever before in the country's history. The
politician observed that frustration and hopelessness continues to grip
the country's youths. According to Mr.Bah, a good number of Gambia's
youths are unemployed and are faced with the usual nerves syndrome. As
a result of this, he went on many youths took up the initiative to
travel to Babylon by road to seek for greener pastures.In the process
he added,many died on their way. He cited some African immigrants
including Gambians who died recently while trying to cross the Moroccan
sea to Spain. Bah said most of these youths left their respective homes
because of hopelessness.
Mr.Bah said a UDP/NRP government will
never neglect Gambia's youths, as it obtains under the current Jammeh
leadership. Bah said these youths need to be provided with jobs, better
education and skill training. He said the country's youths had long
been neglected. He adds that improving the lives of these frustrated
youths was high on their agenda.
Commenting on investment and
private sector led economy, Bah says the UDP/NRP alliance is committed
to providing conducive environment for investors and the local private
sector.He noted that the two are very important when it comes to
governance and economic empowerment. He said for a country to attains
its developmental goals, the private sector and investors must be given
free hands to run their business. Mr.Bah said under a UDP/NRP
government they will set up sound economic policies that will encourage
investors to target the impoverished West African country. Bah says he
personally has been trying to woe a European company to invest in The
Gambia. He maintains that a conducive business environment will go a
long way in attracting investors into the country.
In our next
edition, we will feature Bah's position on the
opposition breakaway and the need for Gambians residing abroad to
return home and invest when the opposition wins the coming polls. Stay
tuned.
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Posted on Thursday, July 20, 2006 (Archive on Saturday, July 29, 2006)
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