By Kebba AF Touray
The Finance and Public Accounts Committee of the National Assembly (FPAC) has tasked the Office of the Vice President (OVP) and the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to implement the resolution on the provision of information relating to the sales of assets belonging to former President, Yahya Jammeh.
The committee assigned this task to the two offices, in its latest update on the execution of the resolutions of the National Assembly on the imprest and covid-19 relief fund.
The said treasury receipts are to the tune of Twenty-two million three hundred and nineteen thousand nine hundred and fifty-seven Dalasi and Ninety-two Bututs (D22, 319,957.92).
The resolution demands “that the Accountant General liaise with the Minister of Justice to provide to the Auditor General and the FPAC relevant documents including the Janneh Commission’s Treasury Receipts amounting to D22, 319,957.92 and other information pertaining to the sale of the assets of Former President Jammeh on or before 28th September 2023, failing which, the Inspector General of Police must launch an investigation and report to FPAC within 90 days.”
FPAC updated that after engagements with the Inspector General of Police, the latter sent a letter dated 28th October 2024 to the Accountant General and Ministry of Justice, requesting Information and Focal Persons.
The Finance and Public Accounts Committee resolved “The OVP and Inspector General of Police to ensure the implementation of this Resolution.”
The committee reported on the resolution requesting the Municipalities and Area Councils to prepare a credible account for 2019 and 2020 by the end of October 2023, 2021, 2022, and by the end of December 2023.
The said resolution challenged the regional councils and municipalities “That all City, Municipal and Area Councils to prepare credible accounts for 2019 and 2020 by the end of October 2023, and for 2021 and 2022 by end of December 2023, and submit them to the Auditor General for auditing.”
FPAC highlighted that the affected Councils could not provide credible Accounts for 2019 and 2020 to FPAC.
The committee further resolved that the audit queries remain unresolved, but the status of 2021 and 2022 reports: KMC – [2021 done but 2022 remains]; BCC – [2021 and 2022 ongoing]; BAC – [2021 is done but 2022 remains]; BSAC – [2022 received for audit], and KAC – [2022 draft received for audit].
