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GAMBIA: Budget Breach Exposed: Tour Spending Jumps from D30M to D64M
According to the auditor general's report on the government's 2024 accounts and financial statements, the Meet the Peoples Tour cost D64,666, 881.00 in total, even though the National Assembly...
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GAMBIA: Mining Fee Chaos: Auditor General Slams Geological Department over Weak Verification
The Geological Department's management of mining license fees has drawn criticism from the 2024 Auditor General's Report, which points to weak verification procedures that...
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GAMBIA: Auditor General Sounds Alarm Over Lingering 6 Million in Uncollected Fisheries Fines
The Auditor General has indicated that over GMD 6 million in administrative fines levied against fishing companies are still uncollected, highlighting issues related to...
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GAMBIA: Auditor General Uncovers D5 Billion Gap in Government Cash Balances
Concerns over the sufficiency of financial controls and the integrity of public accounts have been raised by the 2024 Auditor General's Report, which found...
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GAMBIA: Former Civil Servant Illegally Received D99,526 After Dismissal, Audit Finds
A former civil official continued to receive close to D100,000 in salary long after she was fired, according to an audit of the Gambian...
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GAMBIA: Auditor Uncovers D855,000 in ‘Ghost Salaries’ on Government Payroll
A recent review of the central government payroll revealed that over D855,000 was disbursed in salaries and allowances to civil servants who were officially...
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GAMBIA: Three Ministries Fail to Submit Budget Performance Reports Despite Formal Requests, According to an Audit Report
The National Audit Office has identified three three ministries that have not submitted budget performance reports, despite official requests, which raises concerns regarding the transparency...
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GAMBIA: Millions Missing: Unaccounted-For Government Funds Total 14.9 Billion, Audit Reveals
The 2024 report from the Auditor General has raised significant concerns regarding unreconciled government cash and bank items, dormant accounts, and inconsistencies in official...
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GAMBIA: National Audit Office Uncovers Fee Irregularities in Alpha Kapital’s Asset Advisory Services
An audit of government financial statements has recently brought to light concerns regarding the fees imposed by Alpha Kapital Advisory in the asset sales...
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GAMBIA: Loan Default Disaster: State-Owned Enterprises Owe Government GMD 1.82 Billion
According to the 2024 Auditor General’s Report released this week, key state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in The Gambia have not repaid a total of GMD...
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GAMBIA: Government Responds to EFSCRJ’s Allegations Concerning the 2021-2023 Audit Reports
The Edward Francis Small Center for Rights and Justice (EFSCRJ) has accused the Gambia's government of trying to undermine the 2021, 2022, and 2023...
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GAMBIA: Why You Must Focus on the Audit Reports
Apart from the Constitution, the most important law of the land is the National Budget. Together, they define the governance of our nation –...
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GAMBIA: The Attempt to Discredit the Audit Reports Has Begun
The Ministry of Transport, Works and Infrastructure (MoTWI) has fired the first shot in what is clearly a coordinated campaign by the Barrow Government...
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GAMBIA: Part 10: From Audit to Action: Turning the Missing Billions into Accountability
For three years, the Auditor General has shouted one message through hundreds of pages:
” The system is leaking, and nobody is fixing the holes.”
We...
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GAMBIA: Part 9: The Ghost Assets: What the Government Bought but Citizens Never Saw (2021 – 2023)
The government buys vehicles, equipment, furniture, computers, and land with taxpayers’ money every year. Those items are supposed to be listed in an asset...
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GAMBIA: Part 8: The Evidence They Forgot to Read (Continued): What Happens Next?
When a Ministry Denies, but the Audit File Speaks Louder
When the Ministry of Works called the Auditor General’s report “false,” they hoped citizens would...
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GAMBIA: Auditor General’s $377M Road Findings Dismissed as False by Infrastructure Ministry
The Auditor General's report, which revealed a D377 million discrepancy in a road construction contract in the North Bank Region (NBR), was strongly rejected...
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GAMBIA: Gambian Lawmaker Claims Audit Reports Released Only Under Donor Pressure
The Gambian government only released the 2021, 2022, and 2023 National Audit Reports due to pressure from foreign budget support donors, according to Hon....
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GAMBIA: Part 7 — “Where Did The Money Go?” The Expenditure Story They Don’t Tell (2021–2023) — Part 1 of 2
Minister Seedy Keita says 2023 spending was “broadly in line with the approved budget.” Sounds neat. But when you open the Auditor General’s files,...
