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Momodou
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 Posted - 10 Jul 2007 : 19:24:45
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SPEAKER ANNOUNCES THE PAC/PEC SESSION
By Abdoulie Dibba
The Speaker of the National Assembly, Hon. Fatoumata Jahumpa Ceesay, announced that a joint session of the Finance and Public Accounts Committee and the National Assembly Select Committee on Public Enterprises shall be convened from Tuesday 10 July to Thursday 30 August 2007 inorder to receive and consider annual reports and financial statements of the Republic of The Gambia. Hon. Jahumpa-Ceesay made these statements at the Assembly's Chambers during a news conference held on Thursday, the 4 of July 2007. She said the exercise is in pursuance of the powers bestowed on the PAC by the provisions of section (102), (109) and (110) of the 1997 constitution of the Republic of The Gambia. She also said the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) and the Public Enterprise Committee (PEC) shall, effective Tuesday 10 July 2007, proceed to jointly receive and consider annual Reports, Accounts and Financial statements of all public enterprises and agencies that are funded wholly or partly by taxes from the people of The Gambia.
According to the speaker, the principal objective of this statutory exercise is to perform lawful checks, scrutiny and serve as an over-sight over Public Enterprises and Agencies and the Public Services Delivery Systems, with a view to ensuring that the Government of The Gambia and its Public Service delivery systems, institutions, enterprises and agencies are all collectively, jointly and severally accountable to the Gambian people.
Source: Foroyaa Newspaper Burning Issue
Issue No.79/2007, 9-10 July, 2007
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