Editor,

Allow me space in your widely read newspaper, to express my profound gratitude to His Excellency, President Yahya A.J.J. Jammeh, for a laudable gesture.

If you can recall, the recently held  July 22nd  Scholarship Pageant, which took place at Paradise Suites, accorded us the opportunity to see the wealth of talent and brilliance by thirty participants, which ended up with three lucky winners from each institution.

The presidents’s love for his country was once again manifested when he decided to sponsor all of the hundred participants to levels not anticipated by anyone.

By making that offer, he was manifesting his love for women and girls once again. That gesture of his has certainly not only pleased the contestants and their parents, but it has also uprooted a heavy burden from the shoulders of their respective parents as meeting the needs for school fees, especially at the tertiary level, has become a nightmare.

Therefore, on behalf of all the parents of the contestants, I will once again thank His Excellency very much. We shall continue to pray for him so that God Almighty will guide, protect and give him long life and prosperity as he constantly puts smiles on the faces of Gambians on a daily basis.

Tenth Jarju Sonko

Kotu