By Yusupha Jobe
A prominent human right activist has blamed recent State House visit by the people of Banjul describing such visit as a potential to promoting patronage, abuse of power and dictatorship.
“Banjulians should know that the President is not a king or is the Gambia a kingdom. We are a democratic republic in which the government has a mandate to ensure all parts of Gambia enjoy quality, affordable, and accessible public goods, facilities, infrastructure services and opportunities. We all pay tax hence we all have equal development opportunities,” he said.
Madi Jobarteh made the comment on his popular Facebook page yesterday were he made mentioned of the country’s capital of having its own city council were promotion of development for the people of the city can be discuss and implement through resources generated from the city while mentioning the representation of the city’s NAM to the nationals assembly whom he said has a representative function in the assembly to address the needs of the Banjulians.
He added: “going to the President to beg is unbecoming of any self-respecting individual or community because the President is not a king. The president does not have any favors to give and our development is not a charity.”
