Mam Sai Njie Sanneh

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Mam Sai Njie Sanneh (born 1965 in Bathurst, today Banjul ) is a Gambian politician.

Life

Family and education

Njie Sanneh was the fourth child of Paul Steven Njie ( Daddy Njie ) and Elizabeth Jarjue-Njie ( Ya Elisa ). She married the local politician Pa Ebou Sanneh ( APRC , born around 1963).

She attended St. Joseph's Lower Basic School in Banjul from 1972 to 1978 and then the St. Augustine Junior Secondary School until 1982 . Due to very good academic results, she was offered a scholarship, which she declined because of the precarious economic situation of her family. Her younger sisters later continued their school career by working.

1983/1984 she attended a hotel management school and worked in a hotel for one season. She then worked as a trader until 1994.

politics

In 1994 she stopped working as a trader and supported the Armed Forces Provisional Ruling Council (AFPRC) after the coup . She was a founding member of the Banjul Youth Action Group (BYAG) and was initially a Youth Mobiliser for the Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction (APRC) in the Portuguese Town Ward in Banjul. From 2002 to 2004 she was Deputy Youth Mobiliser for the entire capital.

After she worked for the Gambia Prison Service for a short time , she ran as a city councilor for the Portuguese Town Ward in Banjul in 2002 and was elected unopposed. There she was elected deputy mayor. Due to the suspension of Pa Sallah Jeng on August 19, 2005, she was Executive Mayor of the Gambian capital until November 1, 2007 . She was succeeded by Alieu Mboge as interim chairman until the elections on February 12, 2008. Njie Sanneh wanted to run for the APRC, but Samba Faal was chosen as the APRC candidate, who also won the election.

In the 2013 elections for the Banjul City Council, it was set up by the APRC for the Portuguese Town Ward .

Even after the previous Gambian President Yahya Jammeh went into exile, she remained his supporter and continued to work for the APRC.

Other activities

From 2012 to at least 2015 she was president of the Gambian section of the West African Women's Association (WAWA), which represents 1,500 women's groups.

In addition, around 2012 she was elected Deputy General Secretary of the Gambian section of the Federation of Business Women and Entrepreneurs of the West African Economic Community ECOWAS (ECOWAS-FEBWE), which represents women entrepreneurs in West Africa and supports them in setting up companies.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Comium Takes Banjul Mayoress' Husband to Court. Retrieved July 7, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Nomination begins with seven APRC candidates in Banjul. In: GAINAKO. March 14, 2018, Retrieved July 7, 2019 (American English).
  3. ^ In the Build-up to Local Gov't Elections - WOW Gambia. Retrieved July 7, 2019 .
  4. ^ Gambia: Banjul Selects APRC Candidates for April Polls. Retrieved July 7, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Lamin Sanyang: Jammeh loyalists cry openly as strong man flies to exile. In: The Fatu Network. January 22, 2017. Retrieved July 4, 2019 (American English).
  6. ↑ Nomination begins with seven APRC candidates in Banjul. In: GAINAKO. March 14, 2018, Retrieved July 7, 2019 (American English).
  7. ↑ Gambia: CRC Continues Engagement With Political Parties. Retrieved July 7, 2019 .
  8. ^ Est Africa: Women Discuss Ecowas Treaty On Free Movement. Retrieved July 4, 2019 .
  9. ^ Editor: 9 Women groups in Banjul benefit from CILIP Project. August 31, 2015. Retrieved July 7, 2019 (American English).
personal data
SURNAME Njie Sanneh, Mam Sai
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Njie-Sanneh, Mam Sai; Njie, Mam Sai
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Gambian politician
DATE OF BIRTH 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH Bathurst, now Banjul