Gambia’s Truth Commission Secretary resigns US job
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Dr. Baba Galleh Jallow, the Executive Secretary of Gambia’s Truth Reconciliation and Reparation Commission (TRRC), on Friday announced his resignation from his teaching job at La Salle University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Until his resignation, Dr. Jallow was an assistant professor of African and World history at La Salle.
Part of Dr. Jallow’s letter of resignation to La Salle University’s Dean of Arts and Sciences reads: “As per the terms of my leave of absence, I was supposed to return to La Salle University in fall 2020.
“However, due to the fact that my work here requires at least an additional year of service to The Gambia’s Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission, I will not be in a position to do so.”
Prior to joining the La Salle faculty in 2015, Dr. Jallow taught African history and was director of the African Studies Programme at Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska, USA.
Upon his invitation to come home in the Gambia and serve as Executive Secretary of the TRRC in 2017, Dr. Jallow sought and was granted a two-year leave of absence.
However, in a recent communication, the University explained that it would not be able to extend Dr. Jallow’s leave of absence beyond September 2020 when it expires.
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