2010 PAC-PEC Approved Report Presented

The Daily Observer (Banjul)

Sheriff Janko

21 July 2011

The 2010 Joint Session Report of the Public Accounts Committee /Public Enterprises Committee (PAC/PEC) of the National Assembly was Wednesday presented to the vice president and minister of Women’s Affairs, Aja Dr Isatou Njie-Saidy at State House.

The 76-page report, which came in three chapters, covers 18 broad policy issues that cut across management service delivery of most sectors and public enterprises. It also covered details and specific issues relating and peculiar to public enterprises/agencies as well as the various appendices in support of their finding and conclusions.

It would be recalled that the principal objectives of this statutory exercise are: to perform lawful checks, scrutiny and oversight over public enterprises and agencies and the public service delivery systems. It is also designed to ensure that the government of The Gambia and its public service delivery system, institutions, enterprises and agencies are all collectively, jointly and severally accountable to the Gambian people from whom they derive their powers and on whose taxes and levies they exist.

Speaking to reporters shortly after submitting the report, Abdoulie Bojang, the speaker of the National Assembly said that the purpose of their visit was to present the report of the PAC/PEC Joint Session of 2010. “In fact, it was purposely for the 2000-2006 accounts of the Republic of The Gambia and the annual report and financial statements of the Public Enterprises and Agencies, set from November 1st 2010 to 23rd February 2011. It’s a very lengthy period that took close to five or six months,” he remarked.

Speaker Bojang averred that the report was for the welfare of the people as they are the representatives of the people and have a legislative responsibility. He said: “As a result, the PAC/PEC and even the central Government sat together to look into agencies and made a report regarding what we have seen in various parts of the government and other agencies and this went along with the good sides as well as non-good sides. So, the report was made and our concerns and recommendations were made there. This report was then presented to the president of the Republic of The Gambia through the vice president this morning.”

Hon. Bojang described the final document as quite voluminous as it covers all areas of government and parastatals. He said the vice president was quite impressed with the final report.He added that pertinent areas of concern were also discussed at the meeting.

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