“To be honest, there was no revenue assessment. The reason might be capacity. The personnel are not there.” he stated.
“We are supposed to have a separate unit, like an assessment team or data unit that is in charge of assessment of all the revenue sources of council in order to determine the expected revenue from the field before eventually deploying the collectors on the field.”
“I set up a data unit around 2018 where a manager was appointed. The unit was set up to specifically carry out that assessment. They started doing the assessment, but eventually the unit disbanded again because the manager absconded and never came back.” he disclosed.
Njie also said he could not recall “if there were any” internal audits.
On the issue of fraud detection, Njie said that at the end of the year, they used to pass the cash book to the internal auditor to review the entire cash books of the collectors.
“I did that, but they haven’t provided any fraud.”
Njie also affirmed that there were salary and allowances increments from 2018 to 2020.
“I cannot remember the actual date, but it was prepared through the budget process. It was presented to the General Council for approval and sent to the Ministry of Lands, Regional Government and Religious Affairs. Through the bilateral, they reviewed the allowances and endorsed the budget.”
