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Gambia News : Saja Taal Fired Again
By Pa Modou Faal
Barely two
weeks to his reinstatement after having been fired Dr. Saja
Taal, Managing Director of the Daily Observer Company, was
once again given his marching orders yesterday afternoon,
The Point has gathered. The apparently distraught Dr. Taal,
who hung up the phone on our reporter when he tried to
confirm the story, told the reporter to contact the Daily
Observer as he switched off his phone.
Meanwhile
our sources have it that Mr. Dida Abdi Jallow- Halake,
previously named for the position on Dr. Taal’s initial
removal, has been appointed to step into the shoes of Mr.
Taal.
In his
reaction to the appointment Mr. Halake, who flew into the
country few days ago from the
United Kingdom,
said the Daily Observer is an important news institution in
The Gambia. “The motherland of my three children, and I am
most humbled and honoured to have been chosen to head it. I
hope that my young staff at the Daily Observer will
rejuvenate the tradition on this paper and re-establish its
pre-eminent position. It goes without saying the Daily
Observer admires and supports the work of President Jammeh
and the APRC but our motto is “Forward with The Gambia.
“Like the
elected president of the country, the Daily Observer is here
for all Gambians and we wish to work co-operatively with all
media houses since we share the same profession. I have had
a Gambian wife and three children, and I have been coming to
The Gambia since 1992 and I have had a compound in Kotu for
the last 12 years,” he revealed.
Mr Halake
also seized the opportunity to proffer more facts about
himself, saying: “I am a 51-year-old Kenya of Ethiopian
origin, and I am by profession a teacher and have taught in
Scotland
and England where I qualified since 1986. My commitment to
education resulted into excellent large library at Kotu
Senior Secondary School which my group from UK built.”
On his
plans for the future, he said that he hoped to continue
contributing to the excellent development of “this wonderful
and peaceful country, Inshallah.”
Meanwhile
in his first decision as MD Mr. Halake has appointed Ebrima
Jaw Manneh, a young journalist serving as an editor as
deputy Editor-in-Chief. Mr. Jaw Manneh has been at the
Observer for many years during which he rose through the
ranks. It could be recalled that Dr. Taal was first booted
out on 16th of
October only to be reinstated on 18th of
the same month.
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