The Mandingo Union UK & IR went to the polls on Sunday 28th May, 2023 to elect the chairman of the organization. The election was marred with tension and confusion but went on peacefully.
The incumbent chairman, Alhaji Ibrahim Sheriff’s loyalists clamoured for his retention, while rivals argued for a reset and created a skepticism that the union’s future lies in the dark.
But with the presence of the founding mother of the union, Haja Fatu Janneh whose emotional and poignant speech to both rival camps turn the tide. She admonished members of the union to be steadfast and maintain Unity.
But as the poll opens, the reactionary rival camp faces a disappointment that is graver than a political party defeat when the results of the election were announced by the electoral commissioner Alhaji M.S . Tunkara, the incumbent Alhaji Ibrahim Sheriff became the winner and was crowned as the newly elected chairman of the Mandingo Union UK &IR.
As for those who are associates of the newly elected chairman, fully knows that Alhaji Ibrahim Sheriff can be made chairman but only a matter of the ballot box which has come with an implicit seal of approval, and a tacit understanding of greatness and a good quality leadership.
For the newly elected chairman, a man of strong discipline and principles see his victory as a welcome gesture and what matters most was his profound development of the union, togetherness and strong commitment.
His leadership values he espoused and promoted categorically shows that, he is an icon of the Mandingo Union UK & IR. Alhaji Ibrahim Sheriff’s deep faith in his cultural heritage makes him cherished by the entire membership of the Mandingo Union. With his dedicated service to the union, we can better understand and accept his imperfections and understand him as a human rather than a chairman.
GOD BLESS THE MANDE UNION UK & IR
BY: SORIEBA SILLAH
NORTHERN STARS CORRESPONDENT UK