Mr. Modou Jobe, who is the secretary of the Gambia Cement Importers and Traders Association, was the one who first initiated this investigation that later involved the Bureau of Weights and Measures to begin with. From the beginning, he extended an invitation to the media to visit a number of Jah Oil Cement Outlets. While there, he purchased and weighed the cements, all of which were underweight.
It was acknowledged by Nasiru Janneh, the Controller of the Weights and Measures Bureau of the Ministry of Trade, Industry, Regional Integration, and Employment, that Jah Oil Company was penalized for selling cement that was underweight. He stated that the decision violated subsection (3) of section 45 of the Weight and Measures Act of 1977.
Specifically, Janneh asserted that Jah Oil Company had violated section 45 (3) of the Weight and Measures Act of 1977. He stated that his agency had sent a letter to the Jah Oil Company requesting that all cement bags weighing less than 50 kilograms be replaced. During this time period, the majority of the cement bags that were manufactured weighed less than fifty kilograms, which is less than the threshold of one kilogram. The company has been contacted in writing, and we have requested that they replace all of the bags that were not sold. According to Janneh, his office will make sure that Jah Oil replaces the bags within a week. Despite the fact that they claimed there was a technical problem, we still fined them D50,000.
Jah Oil could not be reached to also hear their side of the story.
