Alagie Jeng was probed on honorarium paid by the Council to cleaners for cleaning services which form part of their duties. Responding, he revealed that the payments were done with respect to their cleansing services for Sundays and public holidays.
Chairperson Jainaba Bah later asked what would warrant work on Sunday, since the cleaners should work 6 days a week, but the finance director answered that the situation sometimes gets serious.
Jeng also admitted that he knew some of the payments he made together with the CEO were wrong.
The Commission again raised that BAC made payments to individuals for clearing services without having any contractual relationship with them. Such payment amounted to D2.5 million and one of the recipients of the payment was one Mustapha Manneh, who received D390,000.
“He did not have a business. He did not register it. We do not have a contract with him. We only hired him to provide us more trucks,” Mr Jeng said.
Council Gomez asked the witness why will he pay someone who does not have a business and does not have a contract with the Council, but the witness maintained that they knew what they did was wrong.
Counsel Gomez again asked the witness why he and the CEO approved such payments, but the witness just said that the payments were wrong and they knew they were not in line with the Financial Manual.
Reacting to the question over who decide or effect such payments, Jeng said it was himself, the CEO and Seedy Kunta, a procurement manager.
