{"id":14861,"date":"2022-04-26T17:23:33","date_gmt":"2022-04-26T17:23:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/ex-finance-minister-tells-assembly-to-investigate-op-over-missing-d669m"},"modified":"2022-04-26T17:59:34","modified_gmt":"2022-04-26T17:59:34","slug":"ex-finance-minister-tells-assembly-to-investigate-op-over-missing-d669m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/ex-finance-minister-tells-assembly-to-investigate-op-over-missing-d669m","title":{"rendered":"EX-FINANCE MINISTER TELLS ASSEMBLY TO INVESTIGATE OP OVER \u2018MISSING\u2019 D669M"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span>The former Minister of Finance, Amadou Sanneh, has challenged the National Assembly to investigate the Office of the President over the missing D669 million in accounts managed by the presidency as revealed by an audit report of 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Sanneh, who was in office at the time, said the assembly should take up the D669 million as its first task to make sure the signatories are held accountable, especially the president who should take responsibility.<\/p>\n<p>A National Audit Office summarised audit report on the government\u2019s 2017 financial statements revealed that the government made withdrawals amounting to D669 million without approval from the Accountant General. The report said the money was withdrawn from \u201cSpecial Security\u201d accounts, which were closed on its [NAO] recommendations but were reopened with the same account name but with a different account number.<\/p>\n<p>Since the publication of the report, fingers have been pointing at Amadou Sanneh, who was the finance minister when the withdrawals were made. But reacting to the auditors\u2019 findings yesterday in a Standard exclusive, Mr Sanneh said the reported withdrawal of the D669 million is news to him, saying throughout his time as minister he operated based on the 2017\/2018 approved budget.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHowever, there used to be a security fund under former President Jammeh and we said this should be closed because these funds were never audited and nobody dared to ask Jammeh what happened or where he got them. So when we came to office, it was decided that the account should be closed and we had hoped the account should not have continued but if the auditors have revealed that it existed in 2017, that means the same Jammeh style still continued,\u201d Sanneh told The Standard.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Sanneh said the finance intelligence unit was instructed to ensure that nobody accessed those accounts. \u201cSo if the accounts were reopened, then it means somebody deliberately did it. So the Office of the President has full responsibility and liability to explain how they opened those accounts and how the funds were received because apart from the budget, I don\u2019t remember giving the Security Funds to the OP especially the tune of D669 million when the country was suffering and crying for funds. I had to even reverse the budget and reduce spending,\u201d he clarified.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Sanneh said this matter is not a UDP or political matter but a very serious matter that requires further investigations. \u201cThe National Assembly should investigate this because if it exists like that without approval, it is criminal and the president should be subpoenaed and possibly be impeached for this because the country cannot go like this, from one case to the other. This is not the way a country should be run. People should be accountable, they should be responsible,\u201d Sanneh said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\">Gambia<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. The former Minister of Finance, Amadou Sanneh, has challenged the National Assembly to investigate the Office of the President over the missing D669 million in accounts managed by the presidency as revealed by an audit report of 2017. 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