Is Government Hesitating To Terminate The MGI Contract?

Fixing the erroneous and wilful plunder of state resources must be of paramount and urgent interest to the new administration. That said, this administration has sufficient legal room to maneuver in terminating the MGI Gateway Contract. The termination of this contract will be the beginning of tidying a messed up telecommunications sector that was plaqued by Ineptitude and corruption at the policy level.

A contract simply cita generally gives consideration and equity to the parties but these principles must be underwritten in good faith. This principle in itself nullified the MGI contract as both parties ( Jammeh/Sanyang and MGI) conspired to defraud the public interest by ceding the proceeds of a public asset (gateway traffic) to an individual. The mere fact that MGI facilitated direct payments to an individual (Jammeh) triggered a cause for a violation of good faith.

Having seen a copy of the contract and the terms their in has made me questioned the wisdom of the sole signatory of the contract on behalf of Jammeh. Yes I deliberately spelt out Jammeh and not the state because the signatory didn't have mandate to sign nor was he a proxy by way of a power of attorney from competent and vested public officials such as the Minister of Finance, Attorney General or Chairman of Gamtel. Therefore his ink on that document was nother worth the paper he signed it on. As far as I know based on my understanding of the contract document, the state has less to fear in terms of a legal tussle emanating from an eventual severing of ties with MGI. Furthermore the government must present a claim for refund from MGI for non payment of gateway revenues over the period under review. MGI wilfully conspired and defrauded the state and that is considered stealing. The sooner the state can apprehend the public official who overstepped his bound by signing a document that was over and beyond his pay grade, the sooner we move closer to dealing with MGI. This saga amply demonstrated the professional decadence and disregard for procedures by Jammeh's bureaucratic henchmen.

The Government of the Gambia MUST be seen as dealing with economic delinquentsituation rather than giving them time to regroup or conveniently attempting to cover their tracks. I look forward to a Nawec inquiry, A tank farm inquiry and many others to neutralise the tropical gangsters that saw our beautiful country as free for all fiefdom.