”We insult, fight, and keep malice with our own people for politicians that give little or no attention to our sufferings,” he said.
As a key observer of Gambia and its people, there’s something I would like to share with you for purposes of reasoning. The tragedy of our present situation is serious business. It saddens my heart to see how shallow we’ve become as a people. The political class offers us nothing but pain, disunity and loss of self-pride and worth. This is reminiscent of what What’s on Gambia said in their last post that: “It’s difficult to fight for Gambians”.
To remain faithful in my write-up, I wish to sincerely make a call to the people of the Gambia to avoid being victims of politicians who care not about our welfare, but how to perpetuate themselves in power at our expense. It’s sad to see Gambians praising political leaders just because they offer them a bag of rice, oil and other commodities forgetting that these are rightful attachments/benefits they ought to enjoy from the tax they pay to the government.
I want to get it straight that complements are a necessity, but must never drive our emotions to the extent of painting the world with praises of items that won’t last for years with us; but rather in disguise to get our votes. It’s high time we, as Gambians, realized the importance of our existence. We insult, fight, and keep malice with our own people for politicians that give little or no attention to our sufferings.
Our parents continue to offer their human and labour forces to move this country to the next level. Yet, they die without living the life they ought to live. Suffice it to say, this is the biggest disappointment to us as a people. Go into the markets, farms and other avenues and look around. All you’ll see is our mothers and fathers in their 60s struggling to make ends meet. It’s not that they have failed; but rather, our leaders failed them because they offered their youthful age for the country, but didn’t live to enjoy the benefits of their sweats.
Coming to the youths, 50% of the youths of this country are unemployed. Thousands of students graduate every year and there’s no space for employment. Our women are dying in labour. Prices of commodities are escalating everyday. Salaries aren’t enough to cater for a family. If you walk down the length and breadth of the country, you see problems but solutions attached to it.
Instead of finding ways to remedy those challenges we face as a country, we always result to violence, insults and defamation of characters when one’s own (Political leader) has been criticized for failing in a responsibility he ought to achieve. These are among other reasons that break my heart. Our people deserve the best! May Allah save our beloved country and open the eyes of the people of the Gambia.