Governor Badjie Fired!!  

By Landing Badjie, Banjul

The Governor of Western Region, Abdou F.M. Badjie, has lost his exalted position as the governor of one of the most populous local government areas in The Gambia..
Before his sacking, rumours abound town that Mr. Badjie had been sacked and it was until now that his dismissal was confirmed by the Gambian authorities. His replacement is Yassin Ndow, the deputy governor of Western Region.
This paper could not establish the reason(s) of Mr. Badjie's fall from grace to dust. However, during his tenure as the governor of Western Region, many seemingly intractable problems, especially land disputes were widespread. The governors office has been constantly bombarded with criticisms for doing too little to curb the problem which has now become one of the thorny issues confronting traditional administrators in the West African state.
But the governor's admirers are accusing the APRC Government of betrayal. One of the admirers told our man in Banjul that Abdou F.M. Badjie was one of those 'pillars' that salvaged the APRC from disintegration.
" Since the formative years of the APRC, the governor had been working tooth and nail to ensure the party survive all the seemingly insurmountable hurdles. Now that the trail is blazed, he is asked to go home in disgrace," said our interlocutor.
Be as it may,  ex-governor Badjie has been asked to go home in an unceremonious manner like many disgraced public officials.

There were heavy paramilitary presence at various filling stations in The Gambia as the ferocity of gasoil shortage continues seeminly uncurbed..
Paramilitary officers could be seen at various petrol stations to, what the officials say, forestall any eventuality.
The gas oil shortage has now entered its fifth day  with petrol stations around town literally inundated with people anxious to drive their cars.
Due to the huge demand for the fuel and fears of violence at certain petrol stations, the Gambian authorities deployed contigents of uniformed men to be on guard at various gas stations.
" We are here to protect both lives and property," quipped a thinly-built paramilitary officer clutching a baton." As you may well know, wherever people gather, there are bound to be problems. We are not actually here to indimidate or harass anyone."
Meanwhile, the gas oil shortage in the small West African state had rendered life difficult for a population that is struggling to make ends meet amidst political and economic problems. Many roads and highways were transformed to ghost routes whilst the provate sector and public sector suffers from loss of revenue and man-hours.
But the Government says the shortage of gasoil and the increase in pump prices are externally induced.
" The world over is grappling with fuel crisis. America is having their own share of the problem so do China. Its a global trend which every country, especially developing ones, have to endure," said the official who did not want to be named for been hounded by merely speaking to this paper.
Whatever the case may, the gasoil shortage is exerting a real problem and the sooner it's tackled the best.

According to highly placed sources, the former Inspector General of Police, Mr. Benedict Jammeh, has now bagged a lesser lucrative job as a senior magistrate.
Sources say Mr. Jammeh recently removed from his respected station as the Gambia's IGP is now posted to one of the lower courts in the Kanifing municipality of The Gambia.
A former police officer seen as a man who had come to professionalise the Gambia police force as well as to redeem its tattered image especially with regards to corruption and abuse of people's rights, Mr Jammeh holds a Bachelors degree in Law even though he is seen by many as a man with average intelligent quotient.