![A 25% to 100% Crime Reduction Blueprint Strategies matter, and all strategies are not equal. Focus on the minimum of 25% to trust me or read on, or doubt on the 100% because you are pessimistic, but put a number you trust before you read the proposed details and a different number after you read or see the implemented ideas. Every stage I present will be with feasible numbers, so journeying through all the stages requires determination, sacrifice, and hopefully sweet patience. The stages include: Education, minor rewards, re-education, major rewards. The good news is part of it can be with or without the governments, since governments are hard to convince on doing unprecedented good. Yes! The Blueprint revolves around nationwide and worldwide culture of Cameras, except I am detailing aspects in ways I was yet to use. Mass education, Mass Access, Mass Participation, and up to Mass rewarding beyond money. Yes! We will need money to implement the Blueprint, but a few millions for some small countries, and a few billions for worldwide realization. First, let me tease you with what all of us can relate to: money. Yes, this plan includes how to make hundreds or thousands of new millionaires while helping eliminate or reduce crime. Again, our definition of crime may vary, and different countries are at different levels, may run the plan differently, so may arrive at different levels of achievements. You may need to search my recent article: 'two to hundred Billion dollars for world peace and security' to have a better understanding on some aspects, including technical feasibilities I will avoid repeating here. The new higher quality of body cameras will significantly boost interest and mass participation is tantamount to mass success. Stage One or Education: By using much greater education on how all citizens must invest in body cameras, will modestly boost participation. ' Invest or stop complaining about crime+ or blind trust without irrefutable evidence.' Me doing it may yield one to twenty percent boost; Trump, Elon Musk, president Tinubu, Barrow, Beyonce, Taylor Swift, etc may see ten to twenty percent boost. Meaning, trust matters, but we should not underestimate the importance of the message (education). We will have national and worldwide pitchers. Since my estimate here is even less than the 25% minimum, you should agree I am realistic, not naive, nor doubting some countries may actually register even 50% participation at this stage, depending on the used message and/or deliverer. Detailing the types of messages to use will just lengthen the article and raise too many unnecessary doubts. Think of what you deem fit and let us assume we are using that. Stage Two or Minor Awards: Imagine a weekly or monthly awards of $1000, to $10,000 awards for using your body camera footage to solve a crime or learn something huge through the news. Even announcing such by a trusted voice in every country can have many people buying body cameras. Let's do the rough maths: $1000 a month or three prizes of such is how much for your country and worldwide? Very little and I detailed how to raise the funds in my mentioned article. New company sponsors can be sought. Depending on the riches or size of the country, we should consider $10,000 on the top monthly prize to boost participation. Spending $25 to $100+ on body cameras to reduce crime, and potentially win $1000 or $10,000 is something many may consider. This is a part we can privately do through a special commission of judges, journalists, board, etc. We do not need the government on this aspect. However, the second minor reward of 15 to 25% reward of splitting fines through your footage requires government participation. Luck or The judges and lawmakers will essentially determine how much you make through this stage. I estimate about $25 to $1000+ through such, depending on the country or crime, and many will be happy. Stage Three or re-education: Again, detailing the types of messages I think we should use may be controversial or premature to discuss. However, by simply announcing our monthly winners and educating how their videos helped will likely boost participation towards 50% or more in the average countries. Showing real winners on TV and social media will certainly trigger more interest towards mass buying or participation. Stage Four or major reward: Million dollars is both small and big. It is small in the sense of raising it per country or raising one to xyz billion dollars if we can convince billionaires or governments of the effective nature of our strategy. Million dollars is also big in the sense that the poor and many rich folks will gladly receive it as a huge blessing while trying to do good. Meaning, even millionaires may buy and remember to permanently turn on their body cameras, vehicle cameras, etc to potentially win good money. From the minor rewards to the announcing of this minimum of million dollars per country, I estimate about 75% may participate in many countries. Feel free to doubt my numbers, but you may agree every stage is vital and will help reduce crimes, from deterrence to convictions. Doing the maths: Let say there are about 300 countries in the world, or to participate. That is still way under one billion dollars even if we add modest second and third prizes raffle or merit based analysis per country. Again, countries spent billions on weapons to destroy through wars, catch international criminals, etc. Feel free to debate politicians will be hard to convince, but about ten percent of presidents/leaders may actually gladly participate through tax payers funding of such, if the idea reaches them. Those ten percent likely know billionaires who will be interested in funding such to speed up human evolution on character and beyond. Here again, an NGO or movement can handle the awards based on raffle and/or merit based. I am most concerned with mass participation, so I think the raffle is much better. With enough money, we can have both. Remember the stages and understand the human mind: 'for the month of May, we have awarded about 1000 people different amounts and all of them are now entered in a million dollar lottery/raffle will trigger more participation and hope.' My body camera caught a petty thief and your body camera or vehicle camera caught a rapist of an adult woman is for 'merit based folks ' to debate, but if my thief would have raped a child, then let God decide who deserves a nice financial reward through stages of deterrence, including contribution to convictions. The village boy or girl will be more willing to understand that the prospects are closer and beyond crimes. I will consider learning or news making videos of even animals to be considered for potential awards. Our target is mass participation, so let the villagers be encouraged beyond potential rape that is near zero in some poor but caring areas. Since the primary raffle is likely between a few thousands, not millions, the prospect of winning is much higher than traditional lottery. Meaning, switch or split your lottery budget towards the best 'raffle' for humankind yet? Although I am presenting the plan as a worldwide plan, I expect you to pitch it from a national level. By ascertaining all ministers in your country get this article, one may be able to convince your president or leader towards actions. If you share with journalists who may publish and/or write it differently, a billionaire or centi-millionaire may be interested in making it happen. I happen to be from a poor country called the Gambia, but we have few people that can realize it with or without the potential of making decent money through the plan. By opening a world class camera store and following the plan, countless poor Gambians or xyz will buy. Confronting the Pessimistics: You have the disbelievers, but also the doubters. The disbelievers in the good of cameras can have all kinds of fears and excuses I am not interested to debate here, but willing to debate anyone on TV. As for the doubters, they may claim things like affordability. Yes, there may be ten percent of Gambians or xyz who are struggling on food at times, but they also own smartphones and expensive dresses in the poor villages. The messaging in some good months will send poor folks to buy, the awards can boost buyers, the real mass achievements of less crimes by even animals will uplift the poor. Our cameras will help certain farmers detect destructive monkeys or pigs+ earlier, boost their production for food or your cost. Our generation must accept body cameras as a huge blessing that must be worldwide. Cameras are tight to food, security, better character, health, etc. So let us accept the level we have, research further as my other mentioned article hinted, and help the poor+ to own enough cameras. Considering mass access of various body cameras is indeed a problem in many countries, I think the rich folks and politicians are the pessimistic guilty ones, but how many of them may repent and amend if we share to educate them? The journalists are arguably the second guilty doubters who may 'repent, amend, and proclaim' until realised, as ch.2:160 hinted differently. Cameras, money, and crime rates: If the title is about crime rates, then why is the article leaning on money and cameras? Reducing crime is primarily through education, but cameras help in both deterrence and securing convictions. The way we convince people to mass participate in camera buying will speed up with money or financial rewards. Any sane person will agree that if 75% of individuals own body cameras, have vehicle cameras, house cameras, farm cameras, etc it can reduce over 25% of crimes. Most countries hardly see 10% reduction in crime in a year, and even some measure reduction in questionable ways. So my title is a range, depending on a country and other issues. Do not endlessly debate against me, my plan, the title, etc, but accept reality, share, or come up with a better plan or writing. Seeing what may help your country or the world significantly reduce crime is a major blessing that demands you employing efforts, not doubting. Among the descriptions of Heaven is 'free of lies [and cruelties]'. Should we try to build heaven on earth, aspects of heaven, or just pray for heaven? Cameras are heavenly and may God give the best heavens to those who sincerely try to give others the aspects of heaven humans can offer to humans. I know devils hate cameras, so I can fairly assume God loves cameras, gave us cameras, and may he give us much better cameras within weeks, worldwide. When rich countries like the u.s are branding cellular phones to record in protests or crimes, it reveals the journalists+ are not doing their job in urging for mass buying of body cameras. Also for fairly rich countries like the u.s, I will suggest one million dollars award per state or the big states. Billionaires like Pretzker, Bloomberg, and how many residents of Florida may be strongly opposed to the law that bars even recording of abusive cops? By partnering up, we can remove such laws through mass participation and raise your prospects towards winning the next presidency or governorship. The Democrats or xyz can complain or try to educate the masses, or even consider laws and subsidies towards mass culture of cameras. I hope God realizes it worldwide in 2026, but if we push for rich countries in 2026, R&D and others can force them to upgrade, or results may pressure the 'followers' to eventually accept investing in cameras is arguably better than weapons, prisons, questionable roads, etc. If all or many countries participate and how many states in a country, then how many millionaires am I helping create? Remember the crimes to deter or solve, remember the learning and other good things. May God bless the caring who will publish and/or share. Lord, help me and help them, deter evil away from them, including diseases or any pain, give them happiness, and even proportionately give me and all of them huge man made wealth through proportionate efforts... May God bless Showlove Trinity: let's learn, let's work, let's have fun. By Jarga Kebba Gigo An Activist and Transformer Author of Juts Quhr-aahn](https://thenews-chronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/1210202270401-2vmyqdc553-jarga.jpg "Jarga Gigo")
The cost of higher education is often high, from personal level to the institutions that usually provide the services. Then, capitalism tends to make such costs much worse because we have over-commercialised almost everything and every field. Since trying to disparage capitalism and our under-repenting will lengthen the article, then let us pray Lovism is quickly realised and focus on the main title. Recently, Mr. Muhammed Jah, the CEO of Qgroup poorly pledged fifteen million Dalasis to the funding of higher education in the Gambia. For the foreign readers, 15 million Dalasis is under quarter million dollars, so it is very little money compared to what is needed. Mind you, my poor self is not belittling the pledged or donated amount, but rather suggesting a better ‘how’ to meet our targets, which demands tens or hundreds of millions of dollars, if not billions of dollars.
Different ways will likely yield different results, so it is often wise to gauge which way will probably yield the best results. We already know the poor governments hardly have money for such, except through more debts, and I favor laws that force all governments of developing countries to spend at least 25% of all debts on higher learning. I know that may be controversial to those who do not understand how Africa+ is poor and the most probable remedy must include lifting human knowledge. Besides the government, which parts of the public or private sector can fund higher education? Billionaires, millionaires, and poor you and me. Poor Gambia is yet to have a billionaire and our centimillionaires are probably under ten. So we must realistically estimate how much we can raise from our centimillionaires (those worth over hundred million dollars), then our other millionaires, then poor you and me.
Mr. Muhammed Jah happens to be among the Gambian centimillionaires, so if his under quarter million dollars is overpraised or worse: over-depended on, then our assumptions may terribly fail us. Considering part of his donation is his value for higher education or country, but part of it is likely due to the bestowed honor as a board member or Chairperson of the very funding institution/organisation. This simply means most of the other centimillionaires may donate less unless they value education and the Gambia more than Mr. Jah. Also, one or few may refuse to donate for different reasons. You can call me a pessimist who doubts if we can raise over ten million dollars from our centimillionaires or call me a realistic person who is trying to squeeze a lot more from the rich and the poor. Do you honestly think they will voluntarily pledge or what kind of private versus public urging can increase the chances of more donations?
Seeming Belittling: In my article ‘International Open Chance Day’, by Jarga kebba Gigo, I clearly outlined the importance of helping in more efficient ways, which implies inefficient helping does exist. In that article, I also mentioned how we should not negatively judge ‘rich people’ if they happen to seemingly ‘under help’ in a given year, that they do have financial troubles at times. So no matter how hard I may seem, do not ever think I am belittling the amount Mr. Muhammed Jah or any rich person gives. However, our responsibility to urge based on percentages should be realistic and fairly consistent.
One to ten percent : If someone is reportedly worth over a hundred million dollars, should we suggest they donate at least one percent of their worth to learning related help, before work or fun related (including rescue)? It is a very tricky question. Someone who is reportedly worth a hundred million dollars may also have a debt of ten million dollars, plus you cannot sell your factory or hotel to help the poor? Or what Jesus (pbuh) reportedly said about the rich and heaven, or what conscience says through reciprocal-law? I mean, the estimated annual income of rich and poor folks is a better yardstick to suggest, even with shifting percentages. The real financial condition of Mr. Jah is mere speculation to many of us, so we can appreciate the amount in ‘what’, but we have every right to suggest a different ‘how’ and even urge for more or differently.
Ihq-rah Funding Days: By choosing two days in the year and calling them Ihq-rah funding days is a psychological re-education appeal to Muslims, but Christian+ leaning countries can just call it ‘education funding days. The word Ihq-rah is reportedly the first revealed word to Muhammad (pbuh), and it essentially means learn. So let’s say July first and December or February first for the Gambia, Africa wide, or worldwide? The wisdom is one day may not be ideal for all. The end of year is tough for many individuals, so February or December first may seem awkward but smart for many individuals to donate generously every year. Business folks tend to pay taxes at the end of the year, so July first may be great for such. Our diaspora folks, especially in the u.s, get tax returns from February to around June, so again, we must cater for all.
The actual suggested rectification: I Mr. Muhammed Jah, as Chairperson and caring Gambian, I am hereby positively challenging Gambians and beyond towards funding Higher Education, which requires hundreds of millions of dollars, if not billions. Everyone of us should donate something, rich or poor. We have identified February first or xyz as one of the Ihq-rah funding days. Come that day, if ordinary Gambians donate generously, I will match up to Quarter million dollars or xyz. Meaning, if you donate only one thousand dollars, I may donate only one thousand dollars, but if you donate a quarter million, one or ten million dollars, I must donate at least a quarter million dollars… I am hereby further challenging all rich Gambians and beyond to do similar. By rich, I mean anyone who is worth over a million dollars is not poor or ordinary, you should donate generously or put up a similar challenge. Our website is xyz, you can donate now or in the near future, by xyz date. I am further challenging the government on xyz terms…
The above is very different from the reporting I read, and the reaction would be different . You can imagine at least eight other millionaires pledging big, because it will be on TV and history books, including the top pledges. We will significantly raise a lot more with the rich and poor if we ‘culturised’ it with educative messages before and on that day. You have TV and phone crowdfunding donations … You can even have a special fund raising event, but avoid any contract that may lead to losses or scandal. Regaining public trust can be very hard. So can Muhammed Jah offer Qcity or the government offer a stadium for free or a dangerous discount that may still lead to losses? Can artist ST or which Gambian artists offer a day for funding Higher Education? Again, be careful of discounts, but consider percentage sharing to cover costs like transportation+…
You can also vary from gentle urging to hard urging. You can have my type, on TV and radio, telling people: ‘Ihq-rah’ certainly includes conventional schooling or you will pay the West+ to go to Mecca forever? How many of you donate to praise singers, marabouts, or even sick people, but refuse to donate to Ihq-rah? Well, we are around 3 million Gambians. We know stingy Gambians will not donate or will under donate, but if one million Gambians donate at least $5 , that could be 5 , 15, or xyz million dollars . How many Gambians can donate $100 for Ihq-rah or only to pretty women, who spend mainly on beauty? I am fairly certain that the poor public may donate a lot more and will benefit, Lord be willing (LBW) .
The Dangers of Banking on Only the Rich: First, I do not think the rich will meet the target. If you recall, we said less than ten Gambians are centimillionaires. So if Muhammed Jah did under quarter million dollars, then our top ten folks are less likely to come up with even three or five million dollars, and they get praises? Our young people and best minds will then struggle for the limited funds and we may ignore a research oriented store. Although I am among the hardest against Capitalism, I am not anti riches or rich folks. I do believe it is OK to build more millionaires, but access to learning and working opportunities should be seen as a right. We can regulate to improve people’s lives. To ordinary people, direct and indirect contributions are very different. I do not think it is smart to say: Muhammed Jah or xyz should rob us more and give back more? If Muhammed Jah takes one more dollar from a million customers, that is one million dollars to donate. He gets praises and potential God’s reward, but if you and I choose to directly donate, we get rewarded a lot more and feel good. Also, remember some other business folks have complex businesses that may have to compete globally. So we must eventually try personal responsibilities, not just personal rights. Remember, the rich folks will have their kids in the limited private or public universities. So having more universities will likely help the poor more than the rich. Yes, I agree regulating fees, books and equipment cost will help, but it is a gradual and hard process. Life is not easy and that is why we must also utilise revealed knowledge to control our birth ratio or be ready to accept the hard bottom, except a few as false hope or luck as excuses.
Beyond Fees: The theory looks beautiful, because it includes: ‘turning ideas into industries and research to solutions’. Hmn, These politicians+ are good with words, often copied, but poor in even estimation? I have long called for a multi-million dollar research oriented store, to buy products and order for inventions+. Our journalists did not ask or report the estimation per section? We do not need hundreds of Engineers, but thousands or tens of thousands. We also need high level chemists+ in the thousands. Where is the plan and funding for that?
Tax Breaks: Although I did admit the government does not have much money, it does not mean governments cannot contribute in other ways. If you search for my article: ‘Suggestions to GRA…’ by Jarga Kebba Gigo, I mentioned how the government can help. If you claim Muhammed Jah is worth over hundred million dollars, it may mean his gross annual income is about five to ten million dollars. He is to pay a one million dollars fee to the government and how much taxes? The fees are not negotiable, but what can you do with taxes, slow thinking and greedy government? You can offer anyone who donates over thousand to hundred thousand dollars to fund this higher learning, you can deduct up to 50% of your tax dues. Meaning if your tax dues is hundred thousand dollars, half of that must be directly paid to GRA or xyz in your country, but the amount you donate to such can be fully or partially deducted on the 50% tax dues. Another example: Muhammed Jah or xyz may have over million dollars tax dues, so he may then offer million dollars to this fund and get half or full million tax break. This means how many millionaires may donate heavily with the understanding it is not just great usage, but the new higher tax payers may one day reduce the burden of even fees? Apparently, education is vital, but thinking is a special blessing, because one camp gets more formal education than me, and the other gets more dollars, but I have to serve them higher knowledge for free?
Again, we must group it up and smartly work together. The Gambian associations abroad should be able to do at least notification, because some Gambians hardly read. They can call meetings, which means listening or sending them messages. Again, I am by no means belittling Mr. Jah’s contribution, but I think all of them and the minister are not optimising the opportunities and perhaps under estimating the needed funds. International funding means are much more complex, but should be explored. I have repeatedly said Barrow or someone should reform how the OIC works. The Muslims either misunderstood Ihq-rah or arrogantly looked down on conventional learning. The repentance cannot be investing hundreds of billions in the west for products of learning , but ignoring the needed investments for learning in the OIC+ poor countries. Please do not remind me of ‘OIC funded roads’, which largely goes to countries+ that valued conventional learning first or later, not last or never? When will we have a Billion dollar OIC funded university or universities? Every year, Ihq-rah funding days should mean Arab+ billionaires should spend at least one percent of their worth on such. If you and I cannot urge Muhammed Jah, Youssou Ndure, Dangote, etc to do at least one percent of their worth per year, then how can we ask Arabs and Whites+ to help? If our diaspora folks refuse direct help, argue on indirect help and focus on only blood and friends, then the hard co-worker+ who donates to institutions or NGOs is better in character. Your parents partially paid your ‘reduced’ school fees, it is NGOs , foreign governments, loans, etc that made up the bigger chunk. So mature up and let us do much better. Urging can yield a lot more and is part of ch.103. Mr. Jah can urge to raise over ten million dollars from rich and poor folks compared to his under quarter million dollars? So let’s all urge. Giving is a good deed if you have it, urging is a super good deed for the rich and poor, as per ch.103, which is sadly the ignored checklist of the guided. Can this urging lead to a billion dollar university in the Gambia, Ghana, Nigeria, etc and how much will I and every contributor deserve? Well, maybe we should first wish God would realize it first, bless it, and every other thing is just a bonus, because God is already doing us a favor, except we need more and believe every choice awaits some form of payment . So may we always choose good, on and beyond urging. May God bless me a lot more and every trying soul. May God bless Showlove Trinity: let’s learn, let’s work, let’s have fun.
By Jarga Kebba Gigo
An Activist and Transformer
Author of Juts Quhr-aahn
