By Lamin Njie
Muhammed Manjang has turned down a role at the Senegalo-Gambia permanent secretariat, telling the government in a letter his skillset will not let him do a good job there.
Mr Manjang was among 12 officials that got blown away by the air of a major shake-up of the civil service and government parastatals by President Adama Barrow last week.
He was sensationally preened as managing director of Social Security and Housing Finance Corporation and shipped to the Senegalo-Gambia permanent secretariat as ‘executive secretary’.
But Manjang on Monday turned down the offer saying in a letter “my training, professional experience and skillset is in finance, management and control of financial institutions”.
“Therefore, I will not be doing justice to thegovernment or myself in taking up a role that requires diplomacy and or expertise in foreign affairs,” Mr Manjang told the secretary general and head of the civil service in his letter on Monday.
The dramatic event comes as UDP leader Ousainou Darboe poured praise on Manjang in a live address to his supporters on Monday.
“An investment banker, you take that person and ask him to do a diplomat job? The work Manjang is doing at social security is known by all.
“He protected pensioner’s money and brought over 100 million dalasis. You want to remove him and bring back those who had been there and ravaged the place?” Darboe said on Monday.