{"id":40739,"date":"2023-08-13T19:30:09","date_gmt":"2023-08-13T19:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/hon-touma-calls-for-inquiry-into-coups-in-w-africa"},"modified":"2023-08-13T20:12:37","modified_gmt":"2023-08-13T20:12:37","slug":"hon-touma-calls-for-inquiry-into-coups-in-w-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/hon-touma-calls-for-inquiry-into-coups-in-w-africa","title":{"rendered":"Hon. Touma calls for inquiry into coups in W\/Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Gambia. <\/strong><\/span>Honourable Fatoumatta Touma Njai, a member of the Gambian delegation to the ECOWAS Parliament and the National Assembly Member for Banjul South, has called for a thorough soul-searching into the underlining issues resulting in coups in the West African sub-region.<\/b><\/p>\n

Speaking in an interview with newspaper, the Banjul South NAM says she believes the state of people\u2019s poor living conditions as they watch the political elite lavish the meagre resources of the state, attracts the unwanted menace of coups in the sub-region.<\/p>\n

Madam Njai asserts that the coup in Niger is not against ECOWAS but a revolution against their colonial master – the French.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think we are ignoring the obvious. In as much as we all do not want coup d\u2019e\u0301tat, we must also look into the matters that attract this unwanted menace,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur people are dying of hunger, of poverty, of common diseases that no one in the developed countries suffer from now. We still see our leaders lavishing the meagre resources of state that we have. We understand the frustrations of Nigeria and its concerns as it borders Niger.<\/p>\n

\u201cHowever, the writings have been on the wall. This is not against ECOWAS. I believe it is a revolution against their colonial master – the French.\u201d<\/p>\n

Touma added that the monies being paid to them as state authorities, if she was not mistaken, could have alternatively been budgeted to reduce the unwarranted misery in the region. \u201cAnd they should also ask themselves why they are still struggling to have their own currency,\u201d she remarked, saying: \u201cLast but not the least; we mustn\u2019t be caught up in any western country\u2019s matters.\u201d<\/p>\n

She urged ECOWAS to keep to dialogue and not to shun countries under these situations.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur community citizens\u2019 lives matter and mostly it is us the poor women and children that suffer the most,\u201d she reasons. \u201cI call on the Parliament to mediate, especially us the women, as we suffer the most in times of war. I appeal to Tunis to turn to ECOFEPA.\u201d<\/p>\n

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