By Da One
Communication, like governance, is both a science and an art. I am making a wild guess that Hamat Ngai Kumba Bah, the Minister of Tourism and Culture of The Gambia, has never heard of this dictum. And if he had, he has never taken the time to digest their full meanings as a public figure, or he is simply grossly incapable of applying them in his communication toolkits as an individual.
But let’s just say if finger wagging is a test of the mastery of the science and art of refined communication, Hamat Bah and Mai Fatty will be top contenders with the ignoramus Babili Mansa for putting their “messages” across.
Hamat talks, Hamat praise sings, Hamat fumes, Hamat hums, Hamat wags his finger, Hamat foams, Hamat dilates his pupils, and Hamat bends forward. On his clownish stage, he’s the drum, the drummer and the dancer.
At the end of all these, he achieved nothing but condemnation, rancor and scorn from the public. That’s an indication of his amateurish strategies to win votes for his lord and master, President Adama Barrow. For all intent and purpose, Hamat’s blabbering should not be taken at face value. Politicians like him do not care about the building of a nation, nor the prosperity of its citizens of diverse linguistic, ethnic, religious and cultural backgrounds. He is dividing the population on default demographic lines. His intention cannot be misread. It’s calculated to divide us as a people with a common destiny, sow seeds of suspicion, whilst at the same time claiming love for our commonwealth—the country called The Gambia. In truth, what he loves is his position and the powers and the privileges it bestows on him. Hamat Bah has exposed his true colors. He has exposed his true intentions in our politics. All it shows is that he’s, undoubtedly, in for his personal aggrandizement.
I hereby ask all Gambians, both at home and abroad, to demand for the sacking of the ignominious Hamat Bah as a state minister. At minimum, his voluntary resignation for his callousness in driving a wedge among Gambians by uttering words that have potentials to set the nation on flames will be the first step to salvage himself from abyss of ignominy and bigotry.