The Audit Findings

GAMBIA: Audit Exposes Manual Pension Tracking, D14.34 Million Loan Concerns at SSHFC

The National Assembly’s Public Enterprises Committee (PEC) has expressed concern over an outstanding D14.34 million in loans owed by pensioners to the Social Security and Housing Finance Corporation (SSHFC),...

GAMBIA: Lawmakers Seek Police Report After Audit Finds D39.15M Suspected Fraud at GPA

The National Assembly has ordered the Gambia Ports Authority (GPA) to submit the findings of a police investigation into an alleged D39.15 million fraud...

GAMBIA: FPAC Orders IEC to Account for D8.3 Million Unremitted Funds and D4.5 Million in Missing Receipts

The National Assembly’s Finance and Public Accounts Committee (FPAC) has directed the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) to rectify a number of financial and procurement...

GAMBIA: FPAC Gives EFSTH 45 Days to Recover Funds and Implement Reforms

The management of the Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital (EFSTH) has been given 45 days to recover public funds and take corrective measures following...

GAMBIA: FPAC Calls for Swift Recovery of D4.9 Million Owed by GACH Mining Company

The National Assembly’s Finance and Public Accounts Committee (FPAC) has directed the Department of Geology to take immediate steps to recover D4,875,062.51 in outstanding...

GAMBIA: FPAC Raises Alarm Over D266 Million in Unpaid SOE Loans, Calls for Stronger Financial Oversight

According to the report, government lending to State-Owned Enterprises currently stands at D6.9 billion. However, the committee noted that there was no evidence that...

GAMBIA: Audit Reveals Gambia Printing and Publishing Corporation Owed Over D9.4 Million in Long-Outstanding Debts

An audit of the Gambia Printing and Publishing Corporation (GPPC) has revealed that the national print media house is carrying D9.46 million in long-outstanding...

GAMBIA: Board Members Under Fire: Audit Reveals Staggering D5.3 Million in Duplicate Payments

An audit of the Social Security and Housing Finance Corporation found that board members received D5.398 million in duplicate payments over a 30-month period,...

GAMBIA: Audit Exposes Unrepaid Government Loans and Shocking Irregularities in $870 Million Bus Purchase

An audit spanning from January 2022 to June 2024, submitted to the Public Enterprise Committee of the National Assembly, has highlighted serious issues regarding...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...