{"id":47418,"date":"2023-11-18T17:34:42","date_gmt":"2023-11-18T17:34:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/?p=47418"},"modified":"2023-11-18T15:28:06","modified_gmt":"2023-11-18T15:28:06","slug":"nams-speak-against-meet-the-people-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/nams-speak-against-meet-the-people-tour","title":{"rendered":"NAMs Speak Against Meet\u00a0The\u00a0People Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span><b>Three lawmakers have spoken against the Meet ThePeople Tour barely three days before President Adama Barrow embarks upon the mandatory annual tour. <\/b><br \/>\n<b>The Gambian leader is on Monday expected to begin a whole-nation tour but NAM Yahya MentengSanyang described the tour as a waste of public resources whilst Musa Cham sees it as a political jamboree and Kebba Toumanding Sanneh advised the President to cancel it. <\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Barrow\u2019s Meet The People Tour is a waste of state resources, abuse, and enslavement of the civil and public servants, who follow him during the tour. His tour lacks concrete plans or solutions,\u201d NAM Yaya Menteng Sanyang told when contacted on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p><b>He <\/b>stated that the President\u2019s tour is more of a listening exercise than providing solutions to the problems Gambians are facing, especially the farmers. He arguedthat this can leave many people feeling frustrated and disappointed.<\/p>\n<p>NAM Sanyang opined that Gambians are now used to \u201cthe irrelevance\u201d of the engagement, adding the President and supporters are using the tour to boost their popularity and to gain an advantage in the upcoming presidential elections.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is making it difficult for people to trust that the President\u2019s visits are genuinely about helping them. If they utilize this adequately, the Meet-The-People Tour can still be a valuable tool for connecting with the public and building trust,\u201d he remarked.<\/p>\n<p>The Latrikunda Sabiji NAM advised the President to be realistic about what he can accomplish, follow up on his promises, and avoid using the tour for political gain.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs the tour is to meet the people to generate first-hand information about their needs and aspirations, the fundamental question is since the tour started during Jammeh\u2019s era, have the basic needs of the people been answered?\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p>When contacted, the NAM for Serekunda, Musa Cham,opined: \u201cThe tour is merely a fanfare, which in its nature is a political platform.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Foni Jarrol NAM Kebba Toumanding Sanneh saidthat President Barrow will be confronted with many challenges, considering the country\u2019s economic situation coupled with other \u201cburning issues\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy advice to the President would be to suspend this year\u2019s tour as the country faces economic challenges and focus more on the achievement of the National Development Plan,\u201d NAM Sanneh advised the President.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\">Gambia<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. Three lawmakers have spoken against the Meet ThePeople Tour barely three days before President Adama Barrow embarks upon the mandatory annual tour. The Gambian leader is on Monday expected to begin a whole-nation tour but NAM Yahya MentengSanyang described the tour as a waste of public resources whilst Musa Cham sees it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":47416,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,7,12],"tags":[2355,2361,260],"class_list":["post-47418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-gambia","tag-gambia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>NAMs Speak Against Meet\u00a0The\u00a0People Tour - Gambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Three lawmakers have spoken against the Meet ThePeople Tour barely three days before President Adama Barrow embarks u ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/nams-speak-against-meet-the-people-tour\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"NAMs Speak Against Meet\u00a0The\u00a0People Tour\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Three lawmakers have spoken against the Meet ThePeople Tour barely three days before President Adama Barrow embarks u ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/nams-speak-against-meet-the-people-tour\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Gambia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-11-18T17:34:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2023\/11\/sm_1700308259.560265.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/nams-speak-against-meet-the-people-tour#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/nams-speak-against-meet-the-people-tour\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"NAMs Speak Against Meet\u00a0The\u00a0People Tour\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-11-18T17:34:42+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/nams-speak-against-meet-the-people-tour\"},\"wordCount\":398,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/nams-speak-against-meet-the-people-tour#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2023\/11\/sm_1700308259.560265.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Gambia\",\"Gambia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"head lines\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/nams-speak-against-meet-the-people-tour#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/nams-speak-against-meet-the-people-tour\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/nams-speak-against-meet-the-people-tour\",\"name\":\"NAMs Speak Against Meet\u00a0The\u00a0People Tour - 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