The Office of the President’s Secretary to Cabinet, Alieu Njie, has formally apologized to the National Assembly Committee looking into the sale of former President Yahya Jammeh’s assets for originally neglecting to submit the necessary paperwork.
Last week, Mr. Njie made his first appearance before the committee, claiming that the pertinent documents were not available because they were in a “closed file.” Additionally, he said that his office did not have any papers related to the committee’s investigation. But he later withdrew that claim in a follow-up appearance on Wednesday, stating that the documents had been found and were now active.
The last letter was sent in April 2025, however it has been far more active. It is still rolling. I really apologize for that, as my recall was not very good. I clarified that it was not the Janneh Commission file, but rather a general file. The file belongs to the Janneh Commission. To correct your records, I sincerely apologize for those mistakes.
Mr. Njie went on to explain that the aforementioned filing was opened on June 29, 2017. “What I know is that it started in 2017,” he said in response to the question of whether there might be any older paperwork pertaining to the asset transactions.
During the meeting, the committee’s legal representative filed a formal application asking Mr. Njie to supply the following:
reports that ministries, departments, and agencies send to the Cabinet;
any minutes or reports that came from discussions of such submissions (assuming they weren’t already in earlier documents);
findings derived from the discussions;
as well as any additional documents or data pertaining to the above stated studies.
Additionally, cabinet minutes from January 19, 2017, to the present were requested from the secretary of the cabinet.
Not all of the former president’s assets had been sold, Mr. Njie assured the committee.
