Eyes Off Our Lands, Fatou Jaw Manneh To Lands Minister

Photo: Fatou Jaw Manneh (Photo Credit Culled from Facebook)

By Ousman A. Marong

Fatou Jaw Manneh, a veteran Gambian journalist cum activist has warned the minister of Lands and Regional Government (MLRG), Musa Drammeh to get his eyes off their lands in Sukuta.

“Lands Minister (Musa Drammeh) gets your eyes off our lands. We would follow our lands to the letter. We will leave no stone unturned would follow all the lands that belong to us. You must pay back our lands or else we will go with you to any level of your choice. Why the greed and grief on our lands? Stop coursing the people of Kombo,” the veteran journalist warned the lands Minister.

According to the libertarian journalist, the Government of the Gambia has been scamming its citizenry on the land issues.

“They (government) have scammed and forfeited our lands from us with the promised to build schools. All the people of Sukuta are today crying. Some have cried till death because the little they earned is what they spent to get themselves a land only to have it forfeited by the government. We (the people of Sukuta) are not scared. we want to be law-abiding citizens as we all know is the communal living system in 'Sukuta Sabiji Demba-du',” she remarked.

Jaw Manneh has made these pronouncements in a purported WhatsApp audio intercepted by News Bite Gambia.

“The Government itself is the greatest aggressors and predators to land matters or land disputes. These are the very people we entrusted to be overseeing our affair and we expect to run before them anytime there is trouble and we needed justice. They are the same people following our lands in Sukuta Sabiji and Salagi. They have jam everything up and intended to bring confusion between us just to have us head logging,” she asserted.

She calls on the lands minister to eschew himself in Sukuta, Salagi land issue questioning whether the Minister would go to his own birthplace to be selling their lands at random.

“We are aware of the lands you sole from Sukuta up the Coast Road and we will follow them all. We will list all the demolished compounds and will make sure the government pays them all or compensate their owners. We would do this even if it will worth each and every one of us to be contributing one, one dalasi so that we can pay for a lawyer to challenge the matter to court. We know the government cannot stand for us so we will do all it takes to get our lands back,” she noted.

Photo: New Badala Estate.

TAF Africa Global Launches New Estate

By Ousman A. Marong

TAF Africa Global, the leading Estate developer across the sub-region has today Friday 10 January 2020 launched its new Dalaba Real Estate.

The Dalaba housing Estate is the newest launched by TAF Africa Global in their bit to build ten thousand (10,000) houses in the Gambia over the next 10-years.

“We plan to construct one thousand (1000) houses every year in order to meet this target,” said Mustapha Njie, CEO, TAF Africa Global.

According to him the reason why TAF Africa Global came with the project is to make an affordable house for every Gambian.

He made the revelations at the launching of their new build Dalaba Housing Estate along the Sukuta Jabang Highway.

The Dalaba housing Estate is a beautiful gated community strategically located along with the newly constructed Sukuta, Jabang Highway.

It is 10 minutes drives from the Senegambia strip and 15 minutes’ drive from the Banjul International Airport.

“If we build one thousand houses means we have created 25 percent on youths and unemployment,” he said.

He outlined that Africa is facing a growing meltdown of an affordable housing crisis with a total number of 52 million housing deficit while urging key drivers to dwell in supporting Real Estate developers.

In her part, Mariama Ndure representing the Minister of Lands and Regional Government lauded TAF Africa Global in their contribution in complementing government effort.

“I have been reliably informed that since the launching of the project in June 2018 consumption activities around the area have surged which will definitely help fast-track develop the area. The government of the Gambia will continue to create the enabling environment for ease of doing business,” she remarked.

This she said is, without doubt, complementing government efforts. She advised the occupants of the new Dalaba Estate to keep the place in good condition.