Africa-Press – Gambia. Officials of the Banjul City Council (BCC) have continued to present documents before the Local Government Commission of Inquiry, following its ongoing probe into the operations of the council. The submissions were made on Monday, 18th, and Tuesday, 19th August 2025.
On Monday, Administrative Manager Sandigi Njie presented 28 documents to the Commission. He was, however, directed to furnish additional records to aid the inquiry.
Acting License Manager Pamodou Ndow also appeared, submitting several key documents, including the trade license register for 2019–2023, a list of corporate institutions operating in Banjul, trade license arrears for 2019, actuals for 2019–2023, arrears for EMK Stores for the same period, and trade license tailoring invoices. The commission further instructed him to provide the arrears for 2020–2023, along with authentication documents for a bureau de change he claimed had received remittances from his sister.
Reappearing on Tuesday, Ndow informed the commission that he had contacted Becky Finance regarding the authentication document but was told the proprietor had traveled and would not return until the weekend. He was advised to obtain and submit the required document upon availability.
Revenue Collector Mustapha A.B.E. Sarr presented his 2020 cashbook and his Trust Bank account number. The commission requested additional documents, including his one-year leave application and a letter he allegedly wrote to Batchily seeking consideration to resume work.
When he reappeared the following day, Sarr admitted he had no such letter to present. He explained that the Director of Administration had informed him that he never applied for a one-year leave, but only for a month.
Counsel Sunkary Camara pressed him on the inconsistency:
“But you knew you never wrote a letter applying for leave for one year, and when I initially asked you about this, you said yes; you know very well this letter never existed,” Counsel Sunkary Camara put to him.
Sarr responded: “I thought that they adjusted my one-month leave application to a year. It was yesterday that I knew I should have written again.”
Counsel Camara stressed that a one-month leave request could not be automatically converted to a year-long leave and told him he should have been forthright with the Commission. Sarr was further directed to provide the letter he wrote to the CEO seeking reinstatement.
Meanwhile, Jorjoh Sagnia presented her interdiction letter alongside her 2018 and 2023 cashbooks.
Mustapha John submitted a range of documents, including BCC market collection analyses for 2022 and 2023, the shop register for 2020, a revised shop register for 2018, a list of shops at the Royal Albert Market, and cashier deposit slip postings for 2021.
Macumba Sanneh presented a trade license income estimate, head invoice, revenue and expenditure budgets for 2023, annual income, and expenditure statements for 2017–2020, and his personal emoluments records.
Other BCC officials, including Muhammed Cham, Ida Njie, and Abdoulie J. Core, also submitted documents requested by the Commission.
All the documents tendered were admitted into evidence and marked as exhibits.
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