{"id":86392,"date":"2025-09-20T18:33:33","date_gmt":"2025-09-20T18:33:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/nao-confirms-cherno-sowe-assumed-work-as-auditor-general"},"modified":"2025-09-20T19:06:04","modified_gmt":"2025-09-20T19:06:04","slug":"nao-confirms-cherno-sowe-assumed-work-as-auditor-general","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/nao-confirms-cherno-sowe-assumed-work-as-auditor-general","title":{"rendered":"NAO Confirms Cherno Sowe Assumed Work as Auditor General"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span><b>The National Audit Office last evening announced that Cherno Amadou Sowe has started work as auditor general following appointment by President Adama Barrow on 10 September 2025.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>A statement issued by NAO explained: \u201cIn line with Section 4 of the NAO Act, 2015, the auditor general shall be assisted in the performance of his or her functions by the first and second deputy auditors general, who are responsible for the technical aspects of the NAO\u2019s work and for administration and finance matters, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAG Sowe has thus begun engaging with the two deputy auditors general to facilitate the transition in the absence of a formal handing-over. Orientation measures are being implemented to ensure the uninterrupted execution of the auditor general\u2019s constitutional duties. He has also planned engagements with senior management and staff to reinforce professionalism and teamwork in support of the NAO\u2019s strategic vision and operations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAdditionally, AG Sowe has commenced outreach with external stakeholders, including the accountant general. The NAO affirms that work has resumed to normal within the office, with staff proceeding with their assigned duties and responsibilities. AG Sowe calls on all stakeholders to support the auditor general\u2019s constitutional mandate and to contribute collectively to strengthening our public sector financial management through robust public sector auditing.\u201d<\/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 Audit Office last evening announced that Cherno Amadou Sowe has started work as auditor general following appointment by President Adama Barrow on 10 September 2025. A statement issued by NAO explained: \u201cIn line with Section 4 of the NAO Act, 2015, the auditor general shall be assisted in the performance [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":86391,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,7,12],"tags":[260],"class_list":["post-86392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","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>NAO Confirms Cherno Sowe Assumed Work as Auditor General - Gambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The National Audit Office last evening announced that Cherno Amadou Sowe has started work as auditor general followin ...\" \/>\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\/nao-confirms-cherno-sowe-assumed-work-as-auditor-general\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"NAO Confirms Cherno Sowe Assumed Work as Auditor General\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The National Audit Office last evening announced that Cherno Amadou Sowe has started work as auditor general followin ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/nao-confirms-cherno-sowe-assumed-work-as-auditor-general\" \/>\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=\"2025-09-20T18:33:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-09-20T19:06:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/09\/sm_1758382519.674575.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\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=\"2 minutes\" \/>\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\/nao-confirms-cherno-sowe-assumed-work-as-auditor-general#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/nao-confirms-cherno-sowe-assumed-work-as-auditor-general\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"NAO Confirms Cherno Sowe Assumed Work as Auditor General\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-09-20T18:33:33+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-09-20T19:06:04+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/nao-confirms-cherno-sowe-assumed-work-as-auditor-general\"},\"wordCount\":230,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/nao-confirms-cherno-sowe-assumed-work-as-auditor-general#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/09\/sm_1758382519.674575.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Gambia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"head lines\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/nao-confirms-cherno-sowe-assumed-work-as-auditor-general#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/nao-confirms-cherno-sowe-assumed-work-as-auditor-general\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/nao-confirms-cherno-sowe-assumed-work-as-auditor-general\",\"name\":\"NAO Confirms Cherno Sowe Assumed Work as Auditor General - 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