NEW EXECUTIVE TAKES OVER IN JANUARY 2016
By Lamin Sabally, Minneapolis, MN
On Saturday November 28, 2015, community of Gambians in Minnesota have congregated at the community mosque to elect new executive members of their association that will take charge of its affairs for another two year term beginning in January 2016. The election was a fulfillment of the Association’s constitutional requirement which mandated the election of new leadership every two years. It was managed and supervised by some highly respected members of the Gambian community in Minnesota including Ebrima Touray, a distinguished corporate Accountant and graduate of the prestigious University of MN Carlson School of Management and also CPA and CMA certified, Seedia Jaiteh, a Master’s degree holder in Criminal Justice Leadership from St. Thomas University and Kawsu Touray, a former English teacher at a famous high school in the Gambia, Nusrat high school and now teaches at the community’s Islamic Education Center. Beside, Kawsu was the main man behind Radio Gambia’s microphones for the Literary Corner program that was successively hosted by some of the Gambia’s most popular broadcasters, including Saul Njie, Bora Mboge and Malick Jeng.
After the election that showed most of the positions unopposed, the incoming executive members are:
Lamin Sabally as President
Karim Dibba as Vice President
Lamin Gibba as Secretary General
Seedia Jaiteh as Assistant Secretary General
Ousman Fanding Dibba as Program Coordinator
Ansumana Jadama as Auditor
Yankuba Fadera as Treasurer
Abdoulie Gassama as Technology and Internet expert
Palamin Jatta as Social Secretary
Bubacarr Bah as Assistant Social Secretary
Awa Wuyeh Sanneh as Community Relations Coordinator
Abdou Wahab Manjang as Assistant Community Relations Coordinator
Fatou Trawalley as Chairwoman
Ramatoulie Ebrima Touray as Assistant Chairwoman
In the subsequent updates on the association webpage http://www.mingam.org/, we will provide the pictures of the new leaders and with some brief background information on each of newly elected person’s professional experiences, expertise, experiences and skill set that each is uniquely bringing on board to promote cohesion amongst the growing numbers of Gambians in Minnesota. The unyielding pursuit of unity is based on shared objectives and goals as enshrined in the mission and vision of the not-for profit organization and 501c (3) registered entity that has no political and religious affiliations and is absolutely devoid of tribalism, regionalism or any other parochial predispositions.
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