This is Part 2 of my Audit Report Breakdown for Every Gambian.
This is Part 2 of my Audit Report Breakdown for Every Gambian.
In Part 1, I showed how billions vanished from our national accounts. Today, I expose how the truth itself was buried.
For three years, Gambians were left in the dark. The Auditor General’s reports, which should have been debated in Parliament and shared with the people, were hidden. When they finally surfaced, something was wrong.
The numbers looked smaller, the language was softer, and the names—the very names of those responsible—were missing.
That’s because there are really two audit reports:
• The originals were written by Modou Ceesay, the Auditor General, who refused to bow to pressure.
• The submissions edited by Amadou Sowe, the man handpicked to replace him after Ceesay was unconstitutionally removed.
The Cash that Disappeared
• Ceesay’s truth: GMD1.83B missing (2021); GMD7.13B discrepancy (2022); GMD6.1B hole + GMD55.8B uncleared since 2019 (2023).
• Sowe’s edits: Shrunk to “GMD65M discrepancy” or “GMD209.9M overstatement.”
Billions reduced to millions, the scandal downplayed.
GRA – The Closed Cashbox
• Ceesay: Auditors blocked from ASYCUDA & GAMTAXNET. GMD96M lost from old FX rates. USD 23.1M customs scanner signed without checks.
• Sowe: Total silence.
The very authority that collects our taxes is shielded from scrutiny.
Rice that Never Reached the People
• Ceesay: GMD64M paid for 58,500 bags. Only 17,096 delivered. 41,404 missing. Vendors named.
• Sowe: Vendors deleted. Reduced to vague “procurement weaknesses.”
41,000 families went hungry while intermediaries grew fat.
Mining: GACH and Sino Majilac
• Ceesay:
• GMD43.7M black sand royalties owed (2021).
• GACH exported 659 containers while delaying royalties (2022).
• Sino Majilac & GACH defaulted on GMD3.6M surface rentals.
• GACH failed to pay $100,000 for the training fund (2023).
• Sowe: Names erased. Reduced to “royalties understated GMD79.9M.”
From real names and figures to faceless “royalties understated.”
Stadiums, Roads, and Banquet Halls
• Ceesay:
• Stadium contract to CFTM (a marketing firm). Costs ballooned to GMD153M + GMD83M.
• GMD857M Kiang West Road, no tender, no GPPA approval.
• Banquet Hall: GMD9.8M overpaid, GMD3.3M duplicate, missing aircon, GPPA warning ignored.
• GMD32.5M OIC loan diverted off-system.
• Sowe: Numbers blurred, projects erased.
The concrete of our national projects is mixed with corruption.
Debt: The Silent Killer of Our Future
• Ceesay’s reports:
• In 2021 and 2022, he warned of severe mismatches in debt reconciliation, billions not correctly recorded.
• By 2023, he reported that The Gambia’s Present Value (PV) debt-to-revenue ratio had exploded to 491%, exceeding the legal threshold of 240%. In plain words, for every 1 dalasi the government collected, nearly 5 dalasis were already owed in debt. He explicitly called this unsustainable and aligned with the IMF/World Bank’s “high risk of debt distress” rating.
• Sowe’s submissions: Softened the language, removed the ratios, and overlooked that our debt levels had breached every international red flag.
• Replaced “unsustainable” with bland phrases like “monitoring weaknesses” or “delays in reconciliation.”
This is not just accounting. It is about our children’s future. Every dalasi stolen or wasted today is borrowed against tomorrow, trapping the next generation in debt slavery.
Names That Disappeared
• Mama Jabbie: GMD1M wrong budget line.
• National Security Advisor: Double salary + pension.
• CBG Officials (Haja Jallow & Abdoulie Jallow): Ineligible duty waivers.
• Cuban Doctors: $120,800/month in cash, flagged as fraud risk.
Ceesay named them. Sowe deleted them.
The Tone
• Ceesay: “fraud risk,” “funds diverted,” “unjustified single sourcing.”
• Sowe: “ineffective monitoring,” “weak controls.”
One shouted the truth. The other whispered excuses.
Why This Matters
This is not about accounting. It is about life and death.
• The missing rice is a meal your children never ate.
• The unpaid royalties are for classrooms that were never built and equipped.
• The lost billions are medicines never bought.
• The unlawful waivers are why families struggle while big companies walk free.
The People’s Verdict
Two men, two reports:
• Ceesay told the truth and was removed.
• Sowe buried the truth, and was rewarded.
As 2026 approaches, Gambians must decide:
Do we keep living in the bedtime story?
Or do we demand the absolute truth and accountability for every dalasi stolen?
Part 2 Ends Here. Part 3 is Coming.
I will reveal even more about SOEs, projects, and how billions are quietly shifted behind people’s backs.
But I need your help:
10,000 FB shares to take this to every Bantaba, every WhatsApp group, every TikTok video in our local languages, every corner of the country, so our National Assembly members will have no choice but to debate it.
By Jallow Modou, Washington, D.C, USA
