Editor,

Please permit me to articulate my profound appreciation to Mr Momodou Kabba Tambajang for his magnificient appointment as the commissioner general of the Gambia Revenue Authority (GRA) by H E, the president of the Republic of the Gambia.

As a proficient and workaholic employee of the Gambia Customs and Excise Department, I wholeheartedly recognized Mr. Tambajang's extreme personal humility (character) and intense professional will (competence) coupled with Mr. Tambajang's accredited pivotal role in fostering collective responsibility and mutual service pertaining to his staff.

As I often communicate directly with this soft-speaking leader (Mr Tambajang), I realized his prolific notion of "live the values" (character) and "deliver results" (competence). It's to be recalled that Mr Tambajang's appointment came as a result of the Gambia government's brilliant idea in amalgamating the Gambia Customs and Excise Department with the Income Tax Department now called Domestic Tax Department.

Since the effective implementation of GRA in January 2007, the Authority under the distinguished leadership of Mr M K Tambajang and his competent Board of Directors not only constantly fosters more revenue generation, but also promotes the need for sustaining the staff welfare.
Following his appointment to his previous position as director general of Customs and now the commissioner general of the Gambia Revenue Authority (GRA), revenue collection improved greatly beyond expectations. In fact, I was very much gladdened to hear our Gambian parliamentarians (NAMs) congratulating GRA in the National Assembly while I sat down comfortably in my residence at Tallinding.

I therefore believe that Mr Tambajang is a "leader of the people"(character) and a "leader of the business" (competence). Mr Tambajang is a leader who prioritises "integrity"(character) and "intelligence"(competence) as the qualities he looks for in people. As an employee currently in Amsterdam-Holland, I urge all employees under the GRA to embrace Mr Tambajang's leadership.

I, also, humbly take this opportunity to thank HE, the President of the Republic of The Gambia for appointing Mr MK Tambajang as the commissioner general of GRA. Editor, please let's together say 'BRAVO' to Mr Tambajang.

Seedy Drammeh,
Customs Administration.
(From Amsterdam)