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Momodou
Denmark
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 Posted - 20 Dec 2005 : 09:24:41
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THE ALIEN ID CARD PALAVER D165 Million Not Accounted For!
During the review of the Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure for 2006, the National Assembly Member for Basse Hon. Momodou Sellu Bah said that in November 2005, the Director of Immigration Department went on a Country wide tour According to the member, in one of his (the Director’s) meeting in Basse (URD), he, (the Director) indicated that there are 500,000 Aliens in the Gambia and out of that number only 200,000 Aliens have paid for their Alien ID cards. Hon. Bah said the Immigration Director had called on Landlords/Ladies, Alkalolu, who are hiding or running from the Immigration Authority. Hon Bah indicated that going by what the Director of Immigration said, the estimates should have accounted for D200,000,000 (Two hundred million dalasis) instead of D35,000,000 (thirty five million) as indicated in the 2006 estimates.
Source: Foroyaa Issue No. 97/05, 19-21 December,2005
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