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toubab1020
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 Posted - 10 Jul 2018 : 21:19:51
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Madi M.K. Ceesay -
July 10, 2018
By: AlmamoKamaso
Recently, we ran a news story on government functionaries who are still said to be holding some D31 million government monies in form of unretired imprest. Here goes a list of more than 80 Gambians said to be holding the huge sum that is yet to be retired and spanned from the year 2007 to 2015. The discovery was made by the Finance and Public Accounts Committee (FPAC) of the National Assembly which came up with a report during its recent oversight functions. These names were submitted to the committee by the Accountant General’s Office. The committee later recommends that The Accountant General should ensure that all outstanding imprests are retired by the end of August 2018. Below goes the list:
DATES NAMES MINISTRY AMOUNT(GMD)
2007 Mrs. Ida Faye Hydara OP 50,000.00
2007 Neneh Amie Njie OP 2,000.00
2008 Amadou Cham OP 16,000.00
2008 Brig. Gen. Lang Tombong Tamba Misc 1,537,760.00
2008 Dr.Njogou L Bah MOFEA 500,000.00
2008 Ebrima O Camara MIsc 1,061,000.00
2008 Ebrima Bun Sanneh Immigration 105,002.00
2008 Ebrima Sama Corr MOFEA 419,150.00
2008 Ensa Jallow OP 81,300.00
2008 Etta Baldeh OP 17,000.00
2008 Hassoum Ceesay OP 10,000.00
2008 Maj Sering Momodou Njie Misc 457,675.00
2008 Mam Mbanyick Njie OP 150,000.00
2008 Musa Mendy OP 245,600.00
2008 Neneh Amie Njie OP 7,000.00
2008 O.G Sallah MOFEA 180,000.00
2008 Omar Gibba OP 1,050,350.00
2008 Omar Jah Health 48,606.00
2008 Sulayman Samba OP 1,136,151.50
2008 Suwareh Jabai OP 613,800.00
2008 Yancuba Colley OP 200,000.00
2008 Yankuba Touray OP 247,000.00
2009 Ebrima Bun Sanneh Immigration 164,998.00
2009 Brig.Gen.Lang Tombong Tamba Misc 73,000.00
2009 Fatou Jasseh Kuyateh MOFEA 100,000.00
2009 Girbriel Bojang OP 239,130.00
2009 Hassoum Ceesay OP 12,000.00
2009 Hon. Fatoumata G Jahumpa N/Assembly 25,000.00
2009 Joseph Jassey Army HQ. 4,000.00
2009 Maj. Sering Momodou Njie OP 150,000.00
2009 Manlafi Jawneh OP 46,930.00
2009 Mr. Mawdou Touray Misc 307,200.00
2009 Mrs. Ida Faye Hydara OP 336,960.00
2009 Neneh Amie Njie OP 10,000.00
2009 Suwareh Jabai OP 407,560.00
2010 Mustapha Faal OP 1,033,740.00
2010 Amadou Cham OP 177,600.00
2010 Benedict Jammeh OP 30,000.00
2010 Buba Bojang OP 15,000.00
2010 Brig. Gen. Lang Tombong Tamba Misc 5,000,000.00
2010 DR. Njogou L. Bah Misc 5,000,000.00
2010 Ebrima J T Kujabi OP 135,000.00
2010 Ebrima Ousman Camara OP 80,000.00
2010 Ebrima Sama Corr OP 684,540.00
2010 Isatou Neneh Touray OP 300,000.00
2010 Joseph F Gomez OP 1,500.00
2010 Lamin Bojang OP 988,330.00
2010 Louise Moses Mendy MOFEA 147,000.00
2010 Momodou Tangara OP 20,500.00
2010 Sako Drammeh Immigration 200,000.00
2010 Talibuya Dukureh OP 46,681.00
2011 Alieu Njie OP 575,000.00
2011 Alkali M Jabb MOFEA 275,500.00
2011 Babanding Sabally Health 100,000.00
2011 Samba Jalow MOFEA 75,695.00
2012 Comm. Madani Senghore Army HQ. 120,000.00
2012 Jerreh A B Sonko MOFEA 46,758.00
2012 Lamin Camara MOFEA 73,000.00
2012 Manga Sanyang MOFEA 150,000.00
2012 Mrs. Mariam Jeng Mboge MOFEA 79,750.00
2012 Sanna Malang Sambou Health 14,400.00
2012 Yancuba Colley OP 300,000.00
2012 Lt. Col. Lamin F K Jammeh Army HQ. 120,000.00
2013 Abdoulie F.N.S Sanneh Health 296,000.00
2013 Demba Jawla MOFEA 21,000.00
2013 Mariam Ndow Jrju MOFEA 43,170.00
2013 Mawdo Jallow Parks & Wildlife 14,000.00
2013 Momodou Saidy OP 267,300.00
2013 Momodou Lamin Kassama Parks & Wildlife 56,250.00
2013 Musukebba Sonko NGO Affairs 31,900.00
2013 Njogou L Bah OP 100,000.00
2013 Yancuba Colley OP 149,000.00
2014 Momodou Kanyi Fisheries 50,000.00
2014 Ousman Jobe OP 350,000.00
2014 Ousman Jobe OP 50,000.00
2014 Sierrending Sanneh OP 178,750.00
2015 Abdoulie Touray MOFEA 40,000.00
2015 Aminata Sifai Hydara OP 300,000.00
2015 Aminata Sifai Hydara OP 300,000.00
2015 Ansumana Ceesay UNFPA Projects 46,364.00
2015 Fanta Bai Secka MOFEA 46,500.00
2015 Lamin A Camara OP 2,897,000.00
2015 Modou Jatta OP 300,000.00
2015 Ndey Fatou Jobe OVP/ Wbureau 131,250.00
2015 Paul K Mendy MOBSE 75,000.00
2015 Sanna Jarju OP 80,000.00
2015 Yankuba Kolley OP 150,000.00
Total 31,731,600.50
http://dailynewsgm.com/list-of-people-holding-d31-million-unretired-imprest/
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"Simple is good" & I strongly dislike politics. You cannot defend the indefensible.
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Edited by - toubab1020 on 10 Jul 2018 21:22:32 |
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toubab1020
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Posted - 12 Jul 2018 : 23:05:22
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An Editorial from The Daily News on 2nd July 2018 again from Madi M.K. Ceesay
There are a lot more articles by this author in The Daily news : http://dailynewsgm.com/author/mceesay/
(this one below was published on 2nd JULY, I didn't see it ,sorry reader!)
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It is very disheartening to know that some individuals and institutions are still holding public funds in form of imprest for more than eleven years at the tune of millions and in some cases hundreds of thousands of dalasi, when the country is getting poorer and poorer by the seconds. This tantamount to corruption and something needs to be done about the issue now.
The government of the Gambia must put its foot down and take the necessary measures and make sure that the state gets back what is due to her. The people holding these millions of dalasi must surrender these monies with immediate effect without any further delay if we are to make any meaningful development.
How can individuals and institutions hold over D31 million dalasi as government imprest without retiring them for such a long time?
Just to give a few names on the list of over hundred individuals and institutions as per the interim report of the Finance and Public Accounts Committee (FPAC) of the National Assembly of the Gambia.
The following are the few on the list who are holding public monies without retiring them since 2008: Mr Ebrima O Camara in 2008 under Miscellaneous has up till now not retire D1, 016,000.00, Mr. Brig Gen. Lang Tombong Tamba under Miscellaneous also since 2008 has not retired monies belonging to state at the tune of D1, 537,760.00, and Mr. Sulayman Samba of the Office of the former President Jammeh is also holding D1, 136,151.00 since 2008 and did not retire to date and Omar Gibba also of the Office of the ex-President is holding D1, 050,350.00 since 2008 and to date did not retire. These are but a few among the many names catalogued in the report.
The Daily News will come up with the full list of names and institutions who are still holding public monies as revealed in the interim report of the FPAC in the near future.
How can we as a country develop when public monies sit in private bank accounts for this long? And where is the financial discipline? This must be corrected if we are to make any progress as a country.
The Accountant General from the period 2007 to 2015 must be held accountable for this gross financial mismanagement in our public accounts. The guidelines in the 2016 Financial Regulations specifically sections 28 sub-section (5) states that “The Accountant General shall not issue an imprest to an applicant who, at the time of making the application, has in his or her name an imprest due for retirement”
However among the one hundred names of individuals and institutions discovered by FPAC some are repeated twice, which goes against the 2016 Financial Regulations. The question then arises why are such people allowed another imprest when they are holding imprest that was not retired?
The Daily News is holding government accountable for not taking any serious actions for this long only for the FPAC to discover. It is our ardent position that actions be taken immediately to fix the mess. We should ensure that all those monies are recovered by all means necessary as they do not rightfully belong to those having them. Unfortunately, some of the names listed in the report are already dead as we publish this edition of our paper. |
"Simple is good" & I strongly dislike politics. You cannot defend the indefensible.
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Impressive result by N.A. commitee.
