By Kebba AF Touray
The ‘special’ select committee on the inquiry into the assets of former President Yahya AJJ Jammeh, last Wednesday 21st May 2025, commenced its work with a review of its strategic work plan that will serve as the guiding framework for the committee’s operations.
The workplan sets out its mandate, objective and structural approach towards a transparent, impartial and evidence-based inquiry into the said assets.
The Office of the Clerk of the National Assembly disclosed this last Wednesday, 21 May 2025, in a press release dispatched to media houses.
‘‘The special select committee established to probe into the sale and disposal of the assets identified by the Commission of Inquiry into the financial activities of public bodies, enterprises and offices regarding their dealings with former President Yahya AJJ Jammeh and connected matters, has commenced its sitting by starting with a review of its strategic work plan,” the release said.
In due course, the committee will communicate the timelines and schedule of its proceedings, and will invite members of the public, relevant individuals and public institutions, as well as witnesses, before every sitting of the committee.
“All sittings of the committee will be open to the public in line with procedural guidelines. The committee urges all concerned parties to assist in this crucial national exercise,” the office of the Clerk said in the press release.
Recently, the National Assembly held its first extraordinary session to establish the said special committee of inquiry, with the sole mandate of probing into the sold assets belonging to former president Jammeh.
The Majority Leader of the Gambian Parliament, Hon. Billay G. Tunkara, on Tuesday, 6 May 2025, formally told the Clerk of his intention to move a motion that sought to establish the said committee.
Procedurally, the matter was tabled during the extraordinary session when the motion was debated and adopted by members.
With the motion passed by the plenary, the committee is now poised to get the stage ready to begin its investigations into the sold assets of former President Yahya AJJ Jammeh.
