₦airaland Forum

Published March 16, 2018


The Vice-President of The Gambia, Mrs Fatoumata Tambajang, has said that The Gambia would ‘collapse’ if Nigerian professionals in the country withdraw their services or leave the country.

Tambajang made the remark at a dinner organised for the Nigerian delegation to the 62nd Commission on the Status of Women at the Nigeria House, New York, on Thursday night.

The vice-president, who was represented by Dr Mamadou Tangara, the Ambassador/Permanent Representative of The Gambia to the UN, commended Nigeria for its numerous support to her country.

She said, Gambia is very grateful to Nigeria for its support. If Nigeria withdraws its support, Gambia will collapse.

“In particular, if the Nigerian professionals in the judiciary withdraw, Gambia’s judiciary will collapse”.

Nigeria led regional efforts to force out former President Yahya Jammeh in 2017 after he reneged on his earlier pledge to handover to President Adama Barrow.

At about 30,000 strong, Nigeria also has by far the largest population of foreign nationals living in The Gambia.

Similarly, six of Gambia’s 12 banks are owned by Nigerians.

Nigerian Emmanuel Ayoola was the Chief Justice of The Gambia from 1983 to 1992 while Emmanuel Fagbenle was the Chief Justice of the country from 2015 to 2017.

Before then, both had earlier served as Justices of the Court of Appeal of the Gambia.

The majority of the senior professional staff in the Ministry of Justice on the other hand are Nigerian lawyers provided through technical assistance programme.

In 2017, The Gambia Bar Association had to protest against the newly appointed Nigerian High Court judges – Justices Edward Ogar, Mathias Agboola, Simeon Abi and Matins Okoi.

Nigerian professionals, including teachers and doctors, are in the Gambia under the Technical Aids Corps scheme, launched by the Nigerian government to assist other African countries, as a practical demonstration of South-South cooperation.

The event was attended by Ms Amina Mohammed, UN Deputy Secretary-General, Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Aisha Al-Hassan and Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Professor Tijjani Bande.

Others were Ms Hajo Sani, Senior Special Assistant to the Wife of the President, the Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN, Amb. Samson Itegboje, Permanent Representatives of Angola and Uganda to the UN, wives of Governors, commissioners and the civil society organisations.


http://punchng.com/gambia-will-collapse-without-nigerian-professionals-vp/

So the Vice president of Gambia is Mrs Fatima Jagaban. Is OK!

Never knew Nigerians were in Gambia's Judiciary, only knew of Medicals.


Good thing coming from Nigerians this time.

ABOKI and AFONJA right now

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i was in seiraleone in 2004. Bellview airline wey i enta had a stop over there. The country from the skies be lik shit hole. i con dey proud of nigeria

Up 9ja

The Judiciary matter weak me. The bank own is not surprising

Lies.

All this ones will just come nd be whynin us in Nigeria .. dat was how george weah of Liberia too was sayin dat time ...

na wao, life will be better for them over there compared to this place,

xreal:
So the Vice president of Gambia is Mrs Fatima Jagaban. Is OK!

Never knew Nigerians were in Gambia's Judiciary, only knew of Medicals.


Good thing coming from Nigerians this time.

if only we do away with ethnicity and religious bigotry create the rite atmosphere den watch Nigeria Excel very well

Nigerians are just everywhere...

JUST MISSING THE GAMBIAN CHE BU JEN , NYANKATA AND CHURRA GERTE. OH I WON'T FORGET THE REK REK BUJA AND NDAGA DANCES. JERERENJEF !

With Jubril from Sudan, Nigeria will collapse.

The more Nigerians there, the more likely Gambia will become like modern day Nigeria.

Open letter to Gambians

STOP THE DA-MN INITIATIVE WITH NIGERIA FG OR RISK RELIGIOUS AND ETHNIC SENTIMENTS TEAR YOU APART!

Nigeria led regional effort to force out their renegade president and here we are not being able to do anything about ours.

Tackle your halitosis before complaining of other people's morning breath.

And they can't come back home and make Nigerias' Vision 20;2020 achieved

Gambia' s banks are dominated by who?

OGHENAOGIE:
if only we do away with ethnicity and religious bigotry create the rite atmosphere den watch Nigeria Excel very well

I laugh when i read comments like this. I understand ur point though... but the reality is that we cant do away with it.. As advanced as western countries are, racism is still a heavy part of them...

Nigeria needs to return to regional govt or a loosed federation... people will love their country more when they share more in common than non-in-common. Nigeria as it is, is like a no man's project.

Forca Barca!!! I heard Roma's away kit is white.

He is referring to the Igbos, everybody just need these wonderful people, to develop their land, because Igbo man is just artisan in Nature and a lot of intelligent.

xreal:
So the Vice president of Gambia is Mrs Fatima Jagaban. Is OK!

Never knew Nigerians were in Gambia's Judiciary, only knew of Medicals.


Good thing coming from Nigerians this time.

I wish we could just get our acts right in Nigeria.
Nigeria's problem is more than tribalism.
We just need to get rid of corruption as a nation. But the average person on the streets sees nothing wrong in stealing from public coffers provided he's the one or his family member doing the stealing.

NwaAmaikpe:



Lies.

So, tell us the truth.

OGHENAOGIE:
if only we do away with ethnicity and religious bigotry create the rite atmosphere den watch Nigeria Excel very well

They don't want to hear sense.

It's true.