New Gambia TV Director General Appointed

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New Gambia TV Director General Appointed

Thursday, 27 December 2012 17:22

(JollofNews) – The director of television programming of the Gambia Radio and Television Services (GRTS), Lamin Manga, has been appointed as the new director general of the state broadcaster.

Mr Manga, 35, succeeded veteran broadcaster Alhagie Momodou Sanyang, who left his post over a month ago on health grounds.

Malick Jones, was earlier appointed as acting director general but has had his appointment rescinded for unexplained reasons.

Lamin Manga: Photo/ The Point
Mr Manga started his career as a disc jockey with Radio 1 FM in the early 1990s before leaving for the UK to study print journalism.

While in the UK, he did an internship with BBC Radio Manchester and later served as public relations assistant with the British all-girl group Cleopatra.

He later returned to Banjul to work at the GRTS for seven years before leaving to start the Unique FM radio group. He returned to GRTS last December as director of programmes.
Written by PK Jarju

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0 #13 bah 2013-04-06 13:58

thanks GOD ,for geting mr manga as a directo,we hope there will be more devalopment. i hope he will solve the problem of internation..such as w who are living in Europe,,, now a days we cant get GRTS..the band u have change i not working here..

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+1 #12 2012-12-31 15:35

Another one jumping to the fulfill the dictator's wish. Why in the world would anyone wanna work for this monster? Lamin here are your options moving forward.
1) kiss Jammeh's ass and do everything forthright
2) Defy 1) and find yourself dismissed if you lucky, Mile 2, or worst case scenario dead. Bleak but true!

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-1 #11 2012-12-30 16:03

Congratulations i hope that Allah will save u from the kanilai monster.
be good and be yourself

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+2 #10 2012-12-29 23:26

I will call Mr Manga a Gambian educated fool until he use you position to challenge/be disobedient the dictatorship in the Gambia.Until you prove me wrong,i will see you as a propanganda machine working at propanganda state media of a dictatorship in the Gambia.Dictator jammeh claimed that GRTS is his own and even the cameras are his properties, so i wonder how can Mr Manga serve the interest of the nation at GRTS when the owner of GRTS(Dictator jammeh) is not serving the interest of the nation.Unless Mr Manga is able to change the greed and fear in him to challenge/be disobiendient to the dictatorship in the Gambia, his position,experi ence or education is irrelevant to the nation, just like many other educated fools of The Gambia/Africa.“When the people fear the government there is tyranny, when the government fears the people there is liberty.” Thomas Jefferson

Always remember that we will all be judge one day!!

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+3 #9 2012-12-29 14:19

Congrats to Mr Manga..I hope he has been equipped with the training and skills needed to fulfil this role and do the job properly...Whilst Manga's experience in broadcasting cannot be disputed,it must be pointed out that more than experience alone is needed for the position of Director General of GRTS...

GRTS,we understand,is in a difficult financial situation and unable to generate enough to be financially sound..Turning the fortunes of the institution around is a big challenge and I wish Mr Manga all the best of lucks there is,as he would need it to survive in this mess of an administration..

As paPierre pointed out,you never know when the sack is coming,and you are lucky if you don't get a midnight visit from the NIA,for being sacked...Somehow,being sacked means you are guilty of some crime..Really messy..

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-1 #8 2012-12-29 07:02

FYI

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-1 #7 2012-12-29 07:00

FYI

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+1 #6 2012-12-29 01:37

Congratulation! !!

We knew objective journalism and we reward them accordingly. May Allah helps you carry the weight easily. Ameen.

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+1 #5 2012-12-28 17:02

Good pick! May God help you execute all your duties without fear or favor.

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+3 #4 2012-12-28 04:34

congratulations Lamin Manga just always do what is right and fear not.remember one day Allah will judge you how you run GRTS.
MAY ALLAH HELP AND GUIDE YOU IN YOUR DUTIES

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