{"id":43058,"date":"2023-09-18T16:12:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-18T16:12:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/?p=43058"},"modified":"2023-09-18T14:40:35","modified_gmt":"2023-09-18T14:40:35","slug":"gpa-board-to-meet-over-missing-d17m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/gpa-board-to-meet-over-missing-d17m","title":{"rendered":"GPA Board to Meet Over Missing D17M"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span><b>State auditors have discovered a D17m revenue shortfall at the Rating Department of the Gambia Ports Authority (GPA) and the GPA board of directors will meet later this week to dissect the auditors\u2019 report, The press gathered from credible sources.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The National Audit Office (NAO) was sometime last year mobilized at the ports following reports the GPA rating unit\u2019s staff members were allegedly issuing falsified receipts, deflating freight fees, and receiving bribes and inducements.<\/p>\n<p>Auditors settled down to work in March of last year and completed their task late last week following several months of work.<\/p>\n<p>Sources hinted this medium that the GPA board of directors will meet on Wednesday to knock heads together over the auditors\u2019 finding that D17m had gone missing at the rating department from 2019 to 2022.<\/p>\n<p>The specific issues to be discussed during Wednesday\u2019s meeting were not clear. What was clear though is that many people have started raising questions about the GPA\u2019s ability and willingness to forestall the recurrence of such a damning discovery, how the government is going to deal with the perpetrators, and how it intends to recover the missing millions.<\/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. State auditors have discovered a D17m revenue shortfall at the Rating Department of the Gambia Ports Authority (GPA) and the GPA board of directors will meet later this week to dissect the auditors\u2019 report, The press gathered from credible sources. 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