GREATNESS!!UJAMAA IS THE PATHWAY FOR THE GAMBIA

GREATNESS!!UJAMAA IS THE PATHWAY FOR THE GAMBIA

A PAPER PRESENTED BY OTCHERHIWHEGH ABDULMUMINI IREYI ADEKU AT THE FOCUS ON AFRICA SUMMIT ,ORGANISED BY THE SUNBIRD AFRICAN MEDIA LIMITED,LAGOS,NIGERIA ON THE 27TH FEBRUARY,2019

Due to the colossal theft of state resources and the mismanagement of the economy of The Gambia as a nation by the immediate regime of President Yahaya Jammeh ,the incumbent ,Mr Adama Barrow should try to focus his efforts on revamping the nation's economy through looking inwards rather than outwards.

By inwards,i urge His Excellency ,Mr Adama Barrow to help to fix the per capital income of the average Gambian citizen to an appreciable level and then he can then use the highly effective socialist reforms strategies of the now  deceased but distinguished Tanzanian Statesman :Mwalimu Julius Nyerere,the first democratically elected leader of the East African nation.

The outward approach should not be totally discouraged but efforts should be made to structure The Gambian loans and debts in such a way that they are being serviced on an annual basis .

On Ujamaa ,the people are encouraged highly to come together in clustered units  so as to develop their own skills to boost national productivity.

In a village with Ujamaa ,farmers work on their individual farms but they will also spend time on communal projects.

For example,a cotton plantation and a small factory for processing it ,people are also expected to give their labour for free as the resultant effect will eventually benefit all.

People in the various villages can also cooperate together so that they  can help to build schools, dispensaries, church, mosques with lab our  with varying materials and money provided by themselves.

THE GAMBIAN PROFILE!!!!

NAMES:THE GAMBIA

CAPITAL:BANJUL,FORMALLY BARTHURST

FORMER NAMES OF NATION:SAINT MARY'S ISLAND

LENGTH OF MAJOR RIVER:RIVER GAMBIA IS 470 IN KILOMETER

TOTAL AREA:93,000 KILOMETER SQUARE

RAINFALL PATTERN:THIS IS 1,000 MILLIMETER FROM NOVEMBER TO APRIL  AND IT IS USUALLY VERY DRY IN NATURE, AS HARMATTAN WINDS FROM IT OFTEN BLOWS.

MAJOR TRIBAL GROUPS ARE THE FOLLOWING :WOLOFS,MANDE.

MAIN FORMS OF TRANSPORTATION:RIVER STEAMERS AND THE NETWORKED ROADS.

AGRICULTURE: Rice is the main food crop and it is grown by the Dyula people ,Maize, millet ,cassava are also widely grown as well.

The main cash crops are The Groundnut,Oil Palm and cotton...

History:

The Berbers of Maghreb Africa and the Mandings from the East contributed the earliest group of people to settle in the area around the 5th century A.D.

The Royal African Company and several French concerns started to trade in The Gambia in the 17th century ,they had hoped to find supplies of Gold but instead went into slave trade to shore up revenues.

Formally known as Saint Mary's Island,The Gambia was governed by the British from Sierra Leone with a lot of freed slaves settling in the area as well.

The nation got her independence in 1965 but became a Republic in 1970.

The immediate past regime of Jammeh is believed to have made away with sums in the regions of 2 billion dollars of The Gambia's money ,how well the present regime is able to discuss with development partners so as to collect this could also spell a new era of prosperity for the shoe -shaped island nation.

However, one thing is very clear ,President Adama Barrow of The Gambia will have to stimulate growth and harmony via Ujamaa while treating with great care and transparency as displayed by now deceased Mwalimu Julius Nyerere, the distinguished Tanzanian Statesman