16 June 2008
President Yahya Jammeh is offering a one-million-dalasi reward to the winner of the anthem competition for the July 22nd commemoration.
As reported by the Daily Observer, the sum of around £24,000 will be awarded to the best anthem for the July 22nd revolution which represents one of the major events in the Gambian history.
The winning anthem will also be adopted by Mr. Yahya Jammeh's political party, the Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction (APRC).
July 22nd marks the beginning of the Second Republic when in 1994 Mr Jammeh organised a military coup to overthrow Jawara's government which had been in power for 30 years.
Mr Jammeh later won the Gambian national elections with 56 per cent of the votes, becoming Gambia's first president under the Second Republic.
For this14th year anniversary of the revolution, other awards will also be distributed, including 500,000 dalasi to the first runner up for the anthem competition, 150,000 dalasi for the best fashion designer for the July 22nd event, as well as smaller prizes for the first and second runners-up.
