{"id":84950,"date":"2025-08-28T16:36:58","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T16:36:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/come-prepared-or-face-consequences-committee-tells-registrar"},"modified":"2025-08-28T17:22:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T17:22:06","slug":"come-prepared-or-face-consequences-committee-tells-registrar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/come-prepared-or-face-consequences-committee-tells-registrar","title":{"rendered":"Come Prepared or Face Consequences, Committee Tells Registrar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span><b>The National Assembly\u2019s Special Select Committee on Tuesday adjourned its hearing with Mrs. Marie Therese Gomez, Registrar of Companies, after she struggled to respond to questions, prompting a stern warning from committee members.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Lead counsel said the session was going in circles, wasting the committee\u2019s time, and requested that the hearing be postponed until the witness could return better prepared. Hon. Madi, vice chair of the committee, echoed the concern, advising Mrs. Gomez to review all submitted documents thoroughly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cApparently, it looks like you have not gone through the documents properly, and as a result, you are ill-prepared for this session,\u201d Hon. Madi told the Registrar. He emphasized that witnesses must come prepared to avoid obstructing the committee\u2019s work, which operates under strict time limits.<\/p>\n<p>The session was adjourned, with the next hearing scheduled for Thursday at 11:00 a.m. Committee members also noted that next week\u2019s proceedings will shift away from the public hearing format as planned activities take place outside the conference hall.<\/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 National Assembly\u2019s Special Select Committee on Tuesday adjourned its hearing with Mrs. Marie Therese Gomez, Registrar of Companies, after she struggled to respond to questions, prompting a stern warning from committee members. Lead counsel said the session was going in circles, wasting the committee\u2019s time, and requested that the hearing be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":84949,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[260],"class_list":["post-84950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-gambia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Come Prepared or Face Consequences, Committee Tells Registrar - Gambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The National Assembly\u2019s Special Select Committee on Tuesday adjourned its hearing with Mrs. Marie Therese Gomez, Regi ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/come-prepared-or-face-consequences-committee-tells-registrar\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Come Prepared or Face Consequences, Committee Tells Registrar\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The National Assembly\u2019s Special Select Committee on Tuesday adjourned its hearing with Mrs. Marie Therese Gomez, Regi ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/come-prepared-or-face-consequences-committee-tells-registrar\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Gambia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-08-28T16:36:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-08-28T17:22:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/08\/sm_1756389050.590236.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"719\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/come-prepared-or-face-consequences-committee-tells-registrar#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/come-prepared-or-face-consequences-committee-tells-registrar\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Come Prepared or Face Consequences, Committee Tells Registrar\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-28T16:36:58+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-08-28T17:22:06+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/come-prepared-or-face-consequences-committee-tells-registrar\"},\"wordCount\":188,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/come-prepared-or-face-consequences-committee-tells-registrar#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/08\/sm_1756389050.590236.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Gambia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/come-prepared-or-face-consequences-committee-tells-registrar#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/come-prepared-or-face-consequences-committee-tells-registrar\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/come-prepared-or-face-consequences-committee-tells-registrar\",\"name\":\"Come Prepared or Face Consequences, Committee Tells Registrar - 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