Sidia Sana Jatta was born on 1945 and is a Gambian politician, academic, and writer.
10 Facts About Sidia Jatta
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Sidia Jatta was educated locally and at Nungua Secondary School, near Accra, Ghana from 1961 to 1963, before returning to The Gambia to attend Yundum College from 1964 to 1966.
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Sidia Jatta returned to France again to further his study in 1983.
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Sidia Jatta resigned from the government in 1986 in protest of the performance of the ruling People's Progressive Party government.
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Sidia Jatta founded the People's Democratic Organisation for Independence and Socialism in 1986, an opposition party to ruling president Sir Dawda Jawara and was elected its first chairperson in 1987.
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Sidia Jatta is the coeditor of the party's newspaper, Foroyaa.
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Sidia Jatta stood in Wulli Constituency for the PDOIS in the 1987 House of Representatives election stood and again in 1992 but finished last in both elections.
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Sidia Jatta was briefly detained in August 1994 in defiance of the government's ban on political activities.
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Sidia Jatta is a member of the national assembly from Wuli West.
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Sidia Jatta is the Secretary General of Wulli Adult Literacy Development Association.