{"id":92362,"date":"2025-12-19T06:31:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T06:31:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/gambians-deserve-services-as-a-right-not-a-favor"},"modified":"2025-12-19T06:48:39","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T06:48:39","slug":"gambians-deserve-services-as-a-right-not-a-favor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/gambians-deserve-services-as-a-right-not-a-favor","title":{"rendered":"Gambians Deserve Services as a Right not a Favor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span><b>The spokesperson for the Unite Movement for Change on Wednesday criticized what he described as the entrenched practice of linking public services to partisan loyalty, arguing that Gambians should receive government services as a constitutional right rather than a political reward.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Kemo Bojang, writing on his personal Facebook page, said political actors across the spectrum have perpetuated a culture in which access to national resources is conditioned on support for those in power.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGambians deserve services as a matter of right, not as political favours,\u201d Bojang said. \u201cWe cannot, on one hand, criticise the NPP for turning our politics into a money-based, transactional exercise, and on the other hand, quietly replicate the very same practice. That would be hypocrisy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bojang condemned what he called manipulative tactics used in recent elections, including the Kiang by-elections, where voters were allegedly told that a favorable vote was required to secure a \u201cfair share\u201d of national development resources.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe resources are funded by taxpayers and belong to the people, not to any political party,\u201d Bojang said. \u201cWhen will we elevate our political discourse? When will we stop commercialising and transactionalising our democracy?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He urged political leaders to refrain from promising benefits in exchange for votes and instead present realistic policy proposals grounded in transparency and fairness. \u201cWhether voted in or not, political leaders must sell realistic ideas, grounded policies, and honest plans and be truthful with the people,\u201d he said. \u201cBe clear about what can and cannot be done.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The UMC spokesperson reiterated that public services should be provided to all citizens without political conditions, underscoring what Bojang cast as a fundamental principle of democratic governance.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Gambia<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. The spokesperson for the Unite Movement for Change on Wednesday criticized what he described as the entrenched practice of linking public services to partisan loyalty, arguing that Gambians should receive government services as a constitutional right rather than a political reward. Kemo Bojang, writing on his personal Facebook page, said political actors [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":92361,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[260],"class_list":["post-92362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","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>Gambians Deserve Services as a Right not a Favor - Gambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The spokesperson for the Unite Movement for Change on Wednesday criticized what he described as the entrenched practi ...\" \/>\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\/gambians-deserve-services-as-a-right-not-a-favor\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Gambians Deserve Services as a Right not a Favor\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The spokesperson for the Unite Movement for Change on Wednesday criticized what he described as the entrenched practi ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/gambians-deserve-services-as-a-right-not-a-favor\" \/>\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=\"2025-12-19T06:31:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-12-19T06:48:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/12\/sm_1766113886.300644.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\/gambians-deserve-services-as-a-right-not-a-favor#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/gambians-deserve-services-as-a-right-not-a-favor\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Gambians Deserve Services as a Right not a Favor\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-12-19T06:31:13+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-12-19T06:48:39+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/gambians-deserve-services-as-a-right-not-a-favor\"},\"wordCount\":293,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/gambians-deserve-services-as-a-right-not-a-favor#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/12\/sm_1766113886.300644.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Gambia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/gambians-deserve-services-as-a-right-not-a-favor#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/gambians-deserve-services-as-a-right-not-a-favor\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/gambians-deserve-services-as-a-right-not-a-favor\",\"name\":\"Gambians Deserve Services as a Right not a Favor - 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