{"id":81390,"date":"2025-07-04T19:06:53","date_gmt":"2025-07-04T19:06:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/commission-demands-vouchers-from-former-bcc-ceo"},"modified":"2025-07-05T08:14:22","modified_gmt":"2025-07-05T08:14:22","slug":"commission-demands-vouchers-from-former-bcc-ceo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/commission-demands-vouchers-from-former-bcc-ceo","title":{"rendered":"Commission Demands Vouchers from Former BCC CEO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span><b>The Local Government Commission of Inquiry has called on Mustapha Batchily, the former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Banjul City Council (BCC), to produce vouchers for withdrawals totaling D1,536,590 that remain unaccounted for.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>According to Lead Counsel Patrick Gomez, a special audit of BCC covering the period from 2021 to 2022 revealed that the amount in question was withdrawn from the Council\u2019s Trust Bank account by Deputy Finance Director Muhammed Cham.<\/p>\n<p>The audit further highlighted that these withdrawals were neither recorded in the council\u2019s cash book nor supported by any documentation. Additionally, the report noted that no bank reconciliation statements were available to justify the transactions.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Batchily, who served as CEO at the time of the transactions, acknowledged authorizing the payments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen there will be vouchers for these. We will need all the supporting documents for these payments,\u201d Counsel Gomez told Batchily, who proceeded to note down the request.<\/p>\n<p>Referencing a specific instance from the audit report, Counsel Gomez stated, \u201cFor instance, on 8th of January 2021, a cheque was paid to Muhammed Cham for One Hundred and Forty-nine Thousand, Three Hundred Dalasi, and there are ten cheques altogether, which will give you the total of One Million Five Hundred and Thirty-six Thousand Five Hundred and Ninety Dalasi. Did you look into this matter as CEO?\u201d Counsel Gomez asked Batchily.<\/p>\n<p>Batchily responded in the affirmative, adding that, \u201cCham\u2019s side of the story was that some of these payments made in his name were for things like salaries, wages, and pensions and subsequently some areas were looked into and he was able to provide answers to some of the areas in that line of query.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He told the commission it would be important if they could look into some of that information as a follow-up to the audit query.<\/p>\n<p>The inquiry continues as the Commission seeks clarity on the financial management of public funds during Batchily\u2019s tenure.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Gambia<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. The Local Government Commission of Inquiry has called on Mustapha Batchily, the former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Banjul City Council (BCC), to produce vouchers for withdrawals totaling D1,536,590 that remain unaccounted for. 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