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Editorial:Minister Yankuba Touray's US Medicare Fraud exposed Again!!!
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Editorial:Minister Yankuba Touray's US Medicare Fraud exposed Again!!!
EDITORIAL Today,
we reported about Minister Yankuba Touray's attempts to defraud the US
medicare system. The disgraced Minister thinks that he can be sending
his loved ones to come and deliver here without paying hospital bills.
His action can be viewed as an economic crime. Since 1994 to date,
Yankuba Touray has been sending his wife to deliver here. There is no
problem with him sending Mami here to deliver in the US, if he can
foot the exorbitant hospital bills.But there is no evidence so far to
suggest that Yankuba Touray is paying his wife's medical bills, besides
the monies he secretly wired for Mami to enjoy while staying here.
Touray should bear in mind that we as US tax payers cannot afford to be
paying for his wife's unfinished medicare. They either pay for their
hospital bills, or stop duping the system. There are hospitals in
Banjul which can take good care of Mami Minteh. But Yanks said no, "I
want my kids to be American citizens." It is gathered that all his
kids are now US subjects, thanks to their clandestine operations. This
paper is pleased that it succeeded in exposing corrupt officials like
Yankuba Touray. It's should be everybody's business to expose those
bent on milking our ailing economy. Yanks Touray is one of those
responsible for the current economic predicament our country found
itself.   How long will the stealing of public funds end Yankuba Jali Maginokos Touray?It is fact that Touray is trying to compete with his
boss Yahya Jammeh, who at onetime brought First Lady Zeinab Suma Jammeh
to deliver here. But Yanks should realize that by doing so he is
causing more harm than good to our fragile economy. It makes no sense
for Mami Minteh to deliver here when his own Ministry cannot pay
farmers their hard earned monies. We are now in the rainy season time
in The Gambia and yet farmers are still indebted. Yankuba Touray is
closing his office doors at concern farmers who had difficulty in
feeding their families. He is not willing to see them, not to talk of
allaying their fears about the collapsed agriculture industry. This is
not the type of agriculture Minister Gambians farmers want in today's
Gambia. While Yanks and his family can afford three decent
meal a day, some farmers in the Niaminas, Basse, Kudang,Fonnis and
Baddibus are starving to death. Imagine Yankuba's wife hiring a Daycare
centre to look after her son Muhammed? She paid nothing less than $200
dollars per week for her kid to be taken care off. The same lady is
busy working earning a leaving while our dying farmers are working on
the hot sun being paid. This is unfair.The likes of Yankuba
Touray could be squarely blamed for Jammeh's insecurity. They are doing
things which could cost Jammeh politically. There is no way that these
farmers can vote for Jammeh under such a hostile and uncertain
political climate.Minister Touray is working to enrich himself and not
for the state. A concerned Minister would have asked his wife to stay
and deliver in The Gambia and not deliver overseas. By now, we would
have expected him to tell our farmers what is responsible for the delay
on the purchase of their nuts and not to adopt the silence mood which
he had taken in recent months. This is unacceptable to say the least.
Some times, we tend to question the loyalty of these so called Di HEART
APRC stalwarts. They do certain things that put will the party's image
into total disrepute. President Jammeh and his ruling APRC had
this notion that it is only Yankuba Touray, who can bring votes for
their party. But does it make sense to entertain criminals like Touray
to the detriment of the APRC and the country. We are talking on the
line of nationalism and patriotism. Keeping a criminal like Touray
means endangering the future of the Gambia and that of the APRC. Touray
is self centered, who hate to see the development of the Gambia. President
Jammeh ought to be very very careful these days. He is repeating the
circumstances that led to Jawara's removal. We remember when Saihou
Sabally was accused of corruption by veteran journalist Sanna Tix
Manneh together with some other government functionaries. The matter
ended in courts, but only for the accused persons facilitating for
Sanna's departure from the country. They secretly offered him
scholarship in a bid to silence him. The same Saihou Sabally was blamed
for the cooperative failure and the defunct Gambia Commercial Bank. To
add insult to injury, Jawara went ahead to name Sabally as Finance
Minister.A year later, Sabally was elevated to Vice Presidential
portfolio. He served under such a portfolio up to the time of Jawara's
down fall. Gambians and friends of the Gambia spoke against the
increasing corruption under Jawara's watch, but the old man never
heeded to public will for political reforms. He kept on playing politics
of "Terrikafo" which ultimately led to his removal. Even though his
removal was not justifiable, since the military boys came by means of
force, to some extent Jawara was partly responsible for the Gambia's
problem.In as much as, President Jammeh hates the Freedom
Newspaper and the private media, he should listen to voices of dissent.
We loved our country and will not hesitate to speak out against
corruption and injustice. It is unfair for President Jammeh to give
special treatment to Yankuba Touray, Justice Minister Shiek Tijan
Hydara and others who were indicted for official corruption and abuse
of office by the Presidential commission headed by Justice Paul. Jammeh
should either lead by example or officially legalize corruption in The
Gambia. How can Jammeh convince us and serious donor partners that he
is out to fight graft, when he is dinning with people red carded for
corruption. The Freedom Newspaper will never cease talking.We cannot
watch by allowing Jammeh to institutionalize corruption in The Gambia.
It is a shame that the man who said he came to rescue Gambians from
political decadence and rampant corruption had overtaken the PPP in
terms of corruption. Jammeh's regime is worse than the PPP. The PPP
government with all the odds associated with them, they respected the
rights and liberties of Gambians. Jammeh should think twice and ask him
self if the country is being run on the right way. Jammeh is more
concerned about his security and not that of Gambians. He takes people
he suspects of planning to coup him and not those engaged in economic
crimes. Yankuba Touray's actions is treasonable considering the economic
pains and suffering he esposes our farmers to. There is nothing more
treasonable than what Touray had done to our farmers. To win public
confidence on his already battered regime, Jammeh needs to let go
Yankuba Touray and co.We will cover Mami's naming ceremony Wednesday.
Stay tuned. The
editor can be reached at the following
addresses:editor@freedomnewspaper.com or panderry_mbai@yahoo.com If you
know that it is happening or is about to happen,please contact us. The
Freedom Newspaper is your leading source of news. We have the required
professionals to serve you round the clock.
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Posted on Sunday, July 30, 2006 (Archive on Saturday, July 29, 2006)
Posted by PNMBAI Contributed by PNMBAI
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