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Africa-Press – Gambia. <\/strong><\/span>The Banjul City Council thursday rejected claims of a missing D40, 810, 232.30 at the council as baseless, and ridiculous and a politically motivated cheap propaganda.<\/b><\/p>\n

The Council was responding to a terse scripted document anonymously shared on Ebou Faye for Banjul Mayor 2023 social media handle, alleging that D19, 909, 042. 14 in cash and D20, 901, 190,16 in cheques were collected and recorded as receipts in the main cash book but not deposited in the bank or spent between January 2019 and December 2020.<\/p>\n

Ebou Faye is a defeated Independent mayoral candidate in 2018 who is aspiring to contest the mayor ship again this year.<\/p>\n

The social media post stated that according to the financial and accounting manual for local government authorities, all collections made by the accounting staff should be immediately deposited into the council\u2019s bank accounts using pre-numbered paying-in-slip and that no cheque or cash substations shall be made from revenue collected.<\/p>\n

But reacting to the allegations, the BCC Chief Executive Officer Mustapha Batchilly, said the allegations are completely false and a fabrication designed to tarnish the image of the council. He noted that if the person who shared it is genuine, he or she could have reached out to the council for any queries before anonymously publishing it.<\/p>\n

\u201cEverywhere around the world, people know very well that whenever you have an audit query, you are also bound to have management\u2019s response. In this case, we don\u2019t have a clue as to who made this anonymous posting, but the allegations are spurious and just ridiculous,\u201d CEO Batchilly told journalists at the BCC offices in Banjul.<\/p>\n

He explained that every report that has queries should have at least a section in which the management is allowed to react.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut in this case, we just saw someone alleging financial malpractices in an anonymous post which has a huge potential to bring confusion, especially within our taxpayer community. So, we felt that we have to tackle this issue because we cannot be fooled anymore. These are things that we say should stop. If you want to attack institutions, you have to be very armed. This allegation is baseless and absolutely rubbish,\u201d Batchilly stated.<\/p>\n

Momodou Camara, the council\u2019s finance director dismissed the allegations and offered free access to all interested Gambians, especially citizens of Banjul to go and review the council\u2019s audited financial report.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat is circulating on social media has no substance whatsoever. I don\u2019t know where that anonymous piece of information came from,but the final audited report can be accessed at my office and at the National Assembly, our line ministry and all other relevant stakeholders,\u201d Camara said.<\/p>\n

He said the document circulating on social media has \u201cno bearing whatsoever on this final draft\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is hearsay and I don\u2019t like responding to social media comments. The documents are there and can be accessed. The report circulating on social media is fake. It has no reference point so it is just another hoax. This is just another politically motivated behavior attempting to tarnish the council\u2019s image,\u201d Camara said.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Gambia. The Banjul City Council thursday rejected claims of a missing D40, 810, 232.30 at the council as baseless, and ridiculous and a politically motivated cheap propaganda. The Council was responding to a terse scripted document anonymously shared on Ebou Faye for Banjul Mayor 2023 social media handle, alleging that D19, 909, 042. 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