Finance
Minister Amadou Sanneh has said a withdrawal of US$1,000,000 made from the
Social Security Housing and Finance Corporation (SSHFC) through executive
directives of former president Yahya Jammeh, for expenditures “uncounted for
and undocumented.”
He
made this statement during a press briefing held on Monday at the Finance
Ministry in Banjul.
According
to the report, cash withdrawals of US$1,000,000 were made from SSHFC through
executive directives of Yahya Jammeh for expenditures uncounted for and
undocumented.
All
these expenditures were out of the ordinary worker’s accumulated pensions fund,
and out of a total of D2, 094,891,000, the sum of D1.71 billion remains
non-performing without any payment made to it.
The
preliminary finding also revealed that GPA made some questionable expenditure
captured in its Business Development Expenses/Corporate Social Responsibilities
account for 2015 and 2016 as follows:
GPA
contribution towards Kanilai Alternative Medical Clinic, run by Yahya Jammeh
for D25,000, hiring of tents for Sukuta APRC Branch for D10,000, payment for
200 T-Shirts for APRC Militants and BCC for D75,000, 50% payment to Ministry of
Basic and Secondary Education for 22nd July scholarship pageant for D250,000,
and payment of D300,000 for 22nd July Celebration.
Also
honorarium to volunteers at Dobong Farm D108,000 on 10 September 2015
(10/09/2015) and another D108,000 on 18/12/2015, printing of green T-Shirts for
D255,750, and payment for sponsoring of a table for D375,000 for APRC peace and
love gala dinner.
For
the year 2016, GPA again made the following expenditures out of its Business
Development Expenses/Corporate Social Responsibilities accounts, “the resources
of the Gambian people”.
Payment
of its Business Development Expenses/Corporate Social Responsibilities
account - D500,000 for Jammeh Foundation
for Peace fundraising gala dinner on 20/1/2016, another D400,000 for platinum
plus and Sapphire table to APRC gala dinner, payment of T-Shirts amounting to
D46,000 for July 22nd celebrations, 2016 and payment of 855 T-Shirts ecogroup
for July 22nd celebrations 2016.
According
to Finance and Economic Affairs Minister Sanneh, there will be more revelations
on what Jammeh and his government had done over the time, as more revelations
would follow as soon as they have first-hand information gathered.
The
Minister of Interior, Mai Ahmed Fatty, said they would liaise and engage the
Interpol to arrest and extradite Jammeh to face justice for all the injustices
he and his enablers did commit.
