Kandji signing for Greek Kalloni FC

Macoumba Kandji

Gambia-hopeful Macoumba Kandji has finally found a home away from the United States as he joined Greek Football League [second tier] side Kalloni FC, Gambia Sports Online can exclusively reveal.

Prior to signing the contract in Greece, Kandji made his way through Turkey on trial with French Ligue 2 side Clermont Foot Auvergne 63 though negotiations were said to break down with Clermont and both had moved on.

Dawda Bah part ways with Augsburg

Dawda Bah

German Bundesliga club FC Augsburg have parted ways with Gambia international attacking midfielder Dawda Bah after a tough start to his career in Bavaria.

The 29-year-old has struggled for form since joining Augsburg during Jos Luhukay’s reign as coach and was since sidelined with an injury that ruled him out for a lengthy period of time.

Bah’s only appearance in the Bundesliga lasted just 13 minutes, when he came off the bench to replace Axel Bellinghausen in Augsburg’s fifth game of the 2011/2012 campaign, which was a 4-1 defeat to Bayer Leverkusen before sustaining the training ground injury.

Gambia to Host Senegal Home Matches

Senegalese FA delegates to Gambia

The Gambia and Senegal have moved a step closer to sealing a deal under which Senegal’s home matches in the current World Cup qualifiers could be played in Banjul Leopold Sedar Senghore Stadium is serving a one year ban  by CAF for their fracas against Ivory Coast in 2012 during the Africa Cup of Nations qualifying round match.

This development followed two days of talks between football officials from both countries after concluding an inspection tour of facilities in Banjul few weeks ago.

US Embassy celebrates 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr

     Martin Luther King Jr

The American Embassy in Banjul under the leadership of Ambassador Edward M. Alfrod, on Friday organised a reception at the ambassador’s residence in Fajara to honour the ‘dream of Martin Luther King’.

This year’s event marked the 50^th anniversary of the former American civil right defendant’s Day.

Martin Luther King Jr stood and spoke out for justice to African Americans, for an end to racial discrimination, and against the laws that embodied it and the many subtle and unconscious behaviours and assumptions supported by those laws.

Racial discrimination in the USA has resulted in countless unnecessary and unjust deaths and the despair and hopelessness of generations.

NATIONAL SPORTS COUNCIL ANNOUNCE KEY VECANT POSITION: FINANCE AND ADMIN OFFICER

NATIONAL SPORTS COUNCIL

Independence Stadium,                                          Tel: (220) 4495946/4495943

Bakau.                                                                  Fax: (220) 4496735

                                                                                      Mobile: 00220 9966262

NSC 01/13/ADMIN/007                                               21^st January 2013

ALL MEDIA HOUSES

Dear Sir,

PUBLICATION OF ADVERT: FINANCE AND ADMIN OFFICER

I write to request for publication of the vacancy position of Finance and Admin Officer of the National Sports Council in your noble media houses.

Attached is the Term of Reference for the position. The salary grade and allowance is very attractive. All applicants should submit their application to the Executive Secretary of the National Sports Council at the Independence Stadium latest 6^th February 2013.

Applicants should submit photocopies of relevant certificates and CV.

Stern warning to sports associations for submission of activity report

Barely a week after the National Sports Council sent a notice to all registered sporting associations with the Council to submit their activity reports by March 2013, MarketPlace Business newspaper sports desk reporter spoke with the Council’s executive secretary Mamodou Max Jallow on what will be the stance of the NSC if any association should fail to meet the deadline given by the council.

NSC Executive Secretary Mamodou Max Jallow,

Mr Max says he is not expecting any association to fail in meeting the deadline of submitting their report, which includes their financial statements and plan of activities for 2013.

Landing B. Sanneh: Nayconf 2012 was very successful

National Coordinator NEDI Landing B. Sanneh

The vice chairperson of the marketing committee of the recently concluded 2012 NaYCONF in Bansang, Landing B. Sanneh, who also doubles as the coordinator of the National Enterprise Development Initiative (NEDI), said the 2012 Nayconf was a very successful one unlike the previous ones.

Mr Sanneh was speaking in an interview with this reporter on Friday at his office at the Independence Stadium in Bakau.

Guinea Bissau Delegates Arrive for NaYCONF

The attendance list of international delegates on Saturday welcomed a team of youth leaders from a fellow West African country of Guinea Bissau for the 2012 NaYCONF underway in Bansang, CRR.

Guinea Bissau delegates in the NaYCONF

The Bissau delegation led by Dito Max, president of the Guinea Bissau National Youth Council arrived in Banjul in honour of an invitation by its Gambian counterpart, Gambia National Youth Council. Other members of the delegation include Vladmin Quade, Djuco Sambu and Sonia Vacalte, who are all board members of the Guinea Bissau Youth Council.

According to the executive secretary of the NYC, Marcel Mendy, who ushered them into the conference, the coming of Bissau youth activists results from a memorandum of understanding signed with them in Banjul in 2010.

NaYCONF Conference Underway

The Conference, a crucial component of the biennial national youth gathering known as NaYCONF is underway at the School of Enrolled Nurses and Midwives at Bansang. The event kicked off Friday, a day after the NaYCONF was officially opened by Gambian vice president Aja Dr Isatou Njie-Saidy who deputised the president.

Presiding over official opening of the conference was the speaker of the Gambian National Assembly, Abdoulie Bojang, who described the conference as main thrust of the NaYCONF.

Bojang also highlighted the importance of the NaYCONF, while calling on the empowerment and involvement of youth in the development of the country. He said irregular migration is a cause for concern, adding that the number of irregular migration by youth is on the increase. “Most of our youth have lost their lives in this risky journey ..." He encouraged the youth to refrain from such journey and “take up entrepreneur and self-employment.

When It Comes to Helping Gambian Youth President Jammeh Never Tires

 Minister Jammeh receiving donated items from President Jammeh for the NaYCONF 2012

As if the whopping D2.5 million he dished out for this year's NaYCONF was not enough, The Gambian president Yahya Jammeh was once again at the receiving end of much praises from Gambian youth. 

As, in yet another show of his magnanimity and commitment towards the development of Gambian youth, President Jammeh yesterday donated 1211 bags of rice to the ongoing NaYCONF.

168 gallons of 20litre cooking oil, 5 cartons of vinegar, 76 cartons of tomato paste, 7 bags of sugar, 6 bags of onion, 22 cartons of jumbo and one bag of black pepper, are part of this latest package from the president.

The gesture came at a time when the biggest gathering of Gambian youth, known as NaYCONF, underway in the provincial town of Bansang in CRR, is apparently experiencing depleting stock of food stuff.

Peace Agnes: ‘I Want To Copy NaYCONF Experience and Take it To Uganda’

Also attending this year’s NaYCONF underway in the town of Bansang is a VSO volunteer attached at the Gambian ministry of Youth and Sports as planning, monitoring and evaluation specialist. A national of the East African country of Uganda, Ms. Peace Agnes has been in the country for ten months. In this interview with NaYCONF Daily, a visibly impressed Agnes says she wants to copy NaYCONF experience and take t to Uganda.

Ms. Peace Agnes

What are your impressions about the NaYCONF?

I was quite impressed and happy about the event right from the planning and preparation. I could not hold my joy when I saw the VP, the diplomatic corp and members of National Assembly attending the ceremony, as well as international delegates. But what impressed me most is the regional presentations that were made at the conference.

VP: ‘Youth Should Be Employment Creators, Not Employment Seekers’

Deputising for H.E President Yahya A.J.J Jammeh, Gambian vice president and minister for women’s affairs, Dr Isatou Njie-Saidy, on Thursday Jan.3, 2013, presided over the official opening of the 2012 National Youth Conference and Festival, known as NaYCONF.

Held at the provincial Central River Region town of Bansang, the event gathered more than two thousand delegates, mainly youth from across the country, for the weeklong biennial event. Formerly known as Youth Week, the event was the tenth of its kind.

Dr. Isatou Njie led a delegation of a historic number of top government officials, including nine cabinet ministers, to the event. Traditional rulers, development partners and the private sector are also well represented.

NaYCONF Kicks off

Executive Secretary of the NYC Marcel Mendy

All roads are leading to Bansang town as the much-anticipated youth gathering, NaYCONF, kicks off this afternoon. The event is expected to gather more than two thousand delegates, mainly young people. And already, delegates have started enjoying the beautiful environment of Bansang.

The official opening will be graced by the Vice President, cabinet ministers, traditional rulers, and donor partners, amongst others. The Gambian youth are expecting the president, His Excellency, Sheikh Professor Alhagie Dr.  Yahya A.J.J Jammeh, to officially open the 2012 NaYCONF. Line up of activities includes march past, youth conference, musical jamboree, youth exhibition, cultural displays, sports and awards.

GOVERNOR TOURAY Urges Janjanbureh to Take Things in Good Faith

Governor Ganyi Touray of CRR

If the decision to move the venue for this year's NaYCONF away from Janjanbureh did not go down well with one person, it is the Governor of the provincial Central River Region. Ganyi Touray did not even pretend to hide it. However, in this exclusive interview, he tells NaYCONF Daily that although his intention was for the event to be held in Janjanbureh, the provincial capital, now that Bansang, a major town in the same region, is hosting it, he urges Janjanbureh to take it in good faith.

It is your region, CRR's turn to host the NaYCONF this year. Can you share with us your impressions?

Bansang Alkalo, Parliamentarian on NaYCONF

Alikalo of Bansang Town: Alhagie Kebba Kora

As the tenth National Youth Conference and Festival (NaYCONF) approached, the routine in Bansang, host for this year's event, changed for many. The Alkalo of Bansang town, Alhagie Kebba Kora, was not spared. So was the National Assembly member for Upper Fulladou West, Ahmadou Lamin Njie.

Taking time from their busy schedule, the two leaders on Monday were at the Bansang Secondary School premises monitoring the ground-clearing work being done by students and members of the local community.