The trial
for alleged economic crime involving the former coordinator of the West Africa
Agriculture Productivity Project (WAAPP), Sheikh Tijan Sosseh, is slated for 20
February 2014 at the Special Criminal Court in Banjul before Justice Emmanuel
Nkea.
The particulars of the offence in count one stated that Sheikh Tijan Sosseh, while employed as the project coordinator of the Gambia Emergency Agricultural Production Project (GEAPP) failed and or omitted to fully apply the Euro 5.3millions agricultural grants from the European Union through the World Bank and thereby caused the return to the World Bank of the sum of $67,489.20, which omission was detrimental to the Gambian economy and the welfare of the people of The Gambia.
Sheikh Tijan Sosseh was also accused on count two that while employed in the public service of the Gambia as the project coordinator of the Gambia Emergency Agricultural Production Project (GEAPP), neglected to effectively supervise the construction and rehabilitation of Seed Multiplication Center at Chamen in the Gambia.
On Count three, Sheikh Tijan Sosseh, was alleged that while employed as the project coordinator of the Gambia Emergency Agricultural Production Project (GEAPP), recklessly paid D15,895,152.25 to general procurement services in spite of the shoddy construction and rehabilitation works at the Chamen Seed Multiplication Centre and thereby caused economic loses to the public bodies in the Gambia to wit, the Ministry of Agriculture and the Gambia Emergency Agricultural Production Project.
