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| Momodou |
Posted - 01 Feb 2017 : 13:22:26
NIA renamed SIS
The Point: Wednesday, February 01, 2017
http://thepoint.gm/africa/gambia/article/nia-renamed-sis
 President Adama Barrow has renamed the National Intelligence Agency as the State Intelligence Services, a press release from the Office of the President has stated.
The NIA is, therefore, now called the State Intelligence Services (SIS).
The press release from the Office of the President further stated: “This new services shall only deal with intelligence gathering and analysing to protect The Gambia from external and internal threats, and shall no more arrest, detain, or undertake any activities that are unconstitutional, especially with regards to human civil rights in line with the government’s new dispensation for the new Gambia.”
The release, in a separate development, also stated that it has come to the attention of the government that there are a lot of vehicles driving around without number plates, and also a lot of government or state-owned vehicles are in unauthorised hands, as well as movement of vehicles without permission within and outside The Gambia.
“With effect from Thursday, February, 2nd 2017,” the release stated, “vehicles without number plates shall no longer be allowed to ply the public roads without adequate proof of permission such as new vehicles in transit or such.
“All persons in possession of government vehicles and other such assets without authority are requested to return the said vehicles to their proper offices and assignees or to the government vehicle controller or the nearest police station.
“All government vehicle control officials are requested to take stock and confirm to their respective mandated authorities that they account for all vehicles under their control, and that they are assigned to duly mandated officers.”
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| Momodou |
Posted - 03 Feb 2017 : 10:31:41
IS IT CORRECT THAT THE NAME OF THE NIA HAS BEEN CHANGED BY EXECUTIVE ORDER?
Foroyaa Editorial: February 2, 2017
QUESTION OF THE DAY
IS IT CORRECT THAT THE NAME OF THE NIA HAS BEEN CHANGED BY EXECUTIVE ORDER?
That cannot be correct. President Barrow has promised the nation that he will not give any executive order that is not backed by the Constitution and law. It is not possible for the name of the NIA to change without amendments to Section 191 of the Constitution and the Act establishing the NIA.
Section 191 reads:
(I) There shall be a National Intelligence Agency which shall be under the command of the President. ·(2) Subject to any Act of the National Assembly and the provisions of this Constitution, the National Intelligence Agency shall be governed by the National Intelligence Agency Act.
The change of name and mandate of the NIA will therefore require amendment of the constitutional provision and statute establishing the NIA.
We are confident that President Barrow will comply with this notion.
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| Momodou |
Posted - 01 Feb 2017 : 20:50:49
NIA renamed to State Intelligence Services
By MUHAMMED S. BAH
Foroyaa: February 1, 2017
http://www.foroyaa.gm/archives/14178
The state TV on Tuesday during the 8pm News bulletin announced that the National Intelligence Agency NIA has now been renamed State Intelligence Services (SIS) with a different mandate for Intelligence gathering and protect Gambians from internal and external threats and shall no more arrest and detain them.
The press release added that the SIS shall no more undertake any activities that are unconstitutional especially. Human rights will be safeguarded,it added.
The National Intelligence Agency (NIA) is an organisation of Gambia established by the AFPRC in July 1994. This secret Agency was known for detention without trial and disappearance without trace for the past 22 years.
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