The Deputy Permanent Secretary of
Ministry of Youth and Sports Malang Jassey has back his department against the
ramous that his ministry was selling some tickets out of the fifty presidential
packages to the FIFA Women’s U-17 World Cup currently underway at Azerbaijan. A
total of fifty tickets were given to the ministry to mobilize supporters who
should travel to the world cup to shears our Gambian female team so as to
booster their spirits in the competition.
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| Malag Jassey, Deputy Permanent Secretary for sports |
Malang Jassey was speaking on
Thursday afternoon in his office to this reporter and Capital FM Radio sports
reporter after the national Scorpions Fans Club hold a press conference to
inform the media of the ministry’s decision of denying them tickets to the world
cup tournament in Azerbaijan. He denied the ramous and added that the ministry
is not having any knowledge concerning the matter.
Reacting to the ramous that the
ministry and the Gambia for Gold are charging people for $4000 for them to go
to tournament in Azerbaijan, he reply “as far as I am concern who ever say that
he is not well informed. You were here in my office when you came in; people
are coming in asking if their manes are included in the list of the
presidential package. So I can tell that 28 people are from the regions across
the country, so is it the Governors that we will get the moneys from, there is
no body on this package who have paid money for the trip, I can tell you that.
Maybe the journalist going to Azerbaijan could ask them one by one if there is
any one who paid for the trip because they will spend almost a month there. The
ministry and the Gambia for Gold have not collected even a dyne from anyone to
go the world cup”. He stated.
He went on to say that, ''if any one was
charge for the amount, what is it for the ministry and the Gambia for Gold? How
much is $4000 for the ministry and the Gambia for Gold were doing for the girls
to go? If anybody has a proof, I am saying this on a record, if any one has a
proof of who ever you paid to come to me has the Deputy Permanent Secretary of
the ministry, am in charge of sports, I will take it up. I can assure you that
there is nobody on the trip who paid money, except I am proofing wrong by
somebody physical bringing a proof that he has paid the $4000. I know the
package that was presented per person is $4000, which was for the purpose of
planning because it is an estimated which includes the visa fee, air tickets to
and from accommodations, feedings, and local transports in Azerbaijan as well
as the tickets to the matches, these total cost bring the cost to the $4000.
Nobody from the ministry, nobody from the Gambia for Gold, it is an unfair statement
to the ministry and the Gambia for Gold; because we know that Gambia for Gold
was setup in 2010 by the ministry. Since then no matter how small percentage is
contribution has been made in terms of supporting the national team”. Mr.
Jassey explained.
He further used the opportunity to
enlightening the public that the expenditure involve in football is too much
than the said amount for the ministry, adding that $4000 is too small to run
football for the ministry considering the cost for the game. He further slams
the speculation that only those who went to work at the president farm in
Kanilai over the weekend were compensated with the ticket. According to him
over six thousand volunteers were the president farm in Kanilai, but only fifty
people will be going to Azerbaijan.
He concluded by say that “ for me
personal I will never agree to anyone who says that only those who went to
Kanilai were compensated with the ticket, because in the package the president
never say that for you who came to Kanilai are to be in the package. The only
thing he said I want Gambians to go to Azerbaijan and support the team”.
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