By Dawda Baldeh
Juliet Ryan, Founder of BlaXit and Council of African Descendants (COAD) on behalf of the descendants residing in The Gambia have congratulated President-elect Adama Barrow on his landslide election victory last Saturday while pointing out that they will continue giving their support.
Juliet Ryan told The Fatu Network via a telephone that they are happy with President-elect Adama Barrow’s victory.
“We congratulate elect president elect Adama Barrow on his landslide election victory. We are excited about his landslide victory and we wish him all the best in his second term. We congratulate him and his team for the efforts they put in during the campaign.
“The entire campaign has been peaceful throughout the country and the outcome was positive. We know Barrow is a development oriented person who put Gambia at heart. As we congratulated him, we hoped for a brighter future for the country,” she said.
Ryan said they hope the President-elect will remember them as African Descendants who were enslaved in the Carreabean for many years so they can be reintegrated back in Gambia.
“We are still hoping to become Gambians citizen. We hope that he will consider reducing the 15 years term for automatic citizenship. Finally, we are excited that he will be leading the country in the next five years,” she said.
