By Lamin Njie
Former agriculture minister has said that because of the way and manner in which he was treated by President Adama Barrow, he will not accept any position from him again.
Omar Jallow stated this in an exclusive interview with The Fatu Network.
He said: “I am not [going to accept]. My dismissal was not only me but the removal of Mrs Fatoumatta Jallow Tambajang who was really the person behind bringing the unity the parties that established the coalition.
“And I thought as responsible leaders and matured leaders we should always try to live by the dictates of our agreements. We agreed that we are going to have a coalition for three years. We agreed to establish committees and one of the committees that was agreed to be established was the governance committee with other committees.”
Jallow who dismissed claims that President Barrow has offered him a new ministerial job added: “And they said the president both during elections [and] after elections should be consulting these committees in relation to appointments and removals and the president has this agreement. So I cannot understand why should at this time violate all these.
“And I thought with my role in the cabinet, if I have done anything that the president thought he was not very happy with he could have called me to his office like what Sir Dawda used to do; to consult you, to know why you did such or why you said such.
“And as human beings we are all [bound] to make mistakes, then we can resolve our mistakes in-house. But if I was dismissed, the letter was sent to me. The president didn’t call me and up to today I’m talking to you the president has never talked to me. I am not in politics for position, then I would never have resigned my managerial job in the commercial bank…”
