{"id":88480,"date":"2025-10-22T17:34:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T17:34:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/dr-ceesay-criticizes-journalists-audit-reporting-skills"},"modified":"2025-10-22T18:28:20","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T18:28:20","slug":"dr-ceesay-criticizes-journalists-audit-reporting-skills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/dr-ceesay-criticizes-journalists-audit-reporting-skills","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Ceesay Criticizes Journalists\u2019 Audit Reporting Skills"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span><b>Dr. Ismaila Ceesay, Minister of Information, Media, and Broadcasting Services, has criticized certain journalists for misreporting audit findings, suggesting that many lack a proper understanding of the auditing process.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Speaking in an interview with West Coast Radio, Dr. Ceesay emphasized that audit figures require context and should not be treated as isolated statistics. He expressed concern that some reports have exaggerated or misrepresented government debt and public expenditure figures.\u201cMost of our analysts, particularly journalists who report on auditing, are not skilled and don\u2019t have the competence to report on auditing. You need to understand the nuances and the complexities of auditing for you to report and analyze auditing,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Ceesay also addressed criticism of The Gambia\u2019s debt-to-GDP ratio, noting that it is often assessed unfairly when compared to other nations. \u201cAll countries borrow; the average debt-to-GDP ratio in G7 countries is over 100 percent, Japan has 240 percent, America has 125 percent, and we are talking about 67 percent for Gambia, and we are complaining about that,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<p>Highlighting the importance of precise figures in audit reporting, he added that audit reports alone are not sufficient evidence for legal proceedings. \u201cThe audits themselves are not enough evidence in a competent court. It has to go through a process. It has to go through further investigations. Process has to be followed; we live in a democracy, and due process must be followed,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Ceesay also expressed concerns over the motivations behind some online reports. \u201cThere are quite a few people who call themselves journalists, by the way, whose reports, particularly those online, whose reports definitely, there is an agenda behind how they are reporting these audit reports,\u201d he said.<\/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. Dr. Ismaila Ceesay, Minister of Information, Media, and Broadcasting Services, has criticized certain journalists for misreporting audit findings, suggesting that many lack a proper understanding of the auditing process. 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