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160 Baba F Trawally The current Amir of the Gambia also hails from Salikini jama’at. He is a very hard working man. He moved from Salikini to Banjul for education at higher school level at an early age. He came in contact with the jama’at there and being inherently virtuous he recognized the truth and performed bai’at. He remained the only Ahmadi in his family for a long time. Only recently his brother has also performed bai’at. He later went to America for further education. On returning from there, he started his job in the customs department and rose to the highest post. As regards the service to the jama’at he has been Sadr Khuddam-ul- Ahmadiyya, Afsar Jalsa Salana, Secretary Maal, National President and latterly Amir Jama’at. A non-Ahmadi acquaintance of mine of Pakistani origin who is doing business in the Gambia once told me that he was much impressed by our Amir who ‘is a very virtuous person’. He told me that one day he went to the Amir’s office in the customs department. He said, ‘I observed that unlike other employees in the section who hanker after money, the Amir was engaged in recitation of the Holy Quran. I told the Amir that a member of his jama’at owes me some money but he keeps dilly dallying and I requested the Amir for his help. The Amir picked up the phone straight away and rang the person concerned and told him to pay up immediately and ring him back to confirm. The man paid me the same day. ’ By the Grace of Allah, the jama’at is taking big strides under his leadership. The Guinea-Bissau jama’at is also under his supervision.