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Screensize: 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1280 x 1024 UserName: Password: Format Mode: Basic  Help  Prompt  Format: Videos: Font Andale Mono Arial Arial Black Book Antiqua Century Gothic Comic Sans MS Courier New Georgia Impact Lucida Console Script MT Bold Stencil Tahoma Times New Roman Trebuchet MS Verdana   Size 1 2 3 4 5 6   Color Black Red Yellow Pink Green Orange Purple Blue Beige Brown Teal Navy Maroon LimeGreen Message: * HTML is OFF * Forum Code is ON Smilies [quote][i]Originally posted by kobo[/i] [br][img=left]http://www.foroyaa.gm/foroyaa-wp-upl/uploads/2014/06/Mambanyick-Njie.jpg[/img=left][b]1.[/b][b][size=4][url="http://www.foroyaa.gm/archives/235#more-235"]Former Sports PS continues Defence[/url][/size=4][/b] [b]Source:[/b] [url="http://www.foroyaa.gm/archives/235#more-235"]Foroyaa[/url] June 23, 2014 By Mamadou Dem Mambanyick Njie, former Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of YouthMambanyick Njie and Sports, yesterday, Thursday, 19 June, 2014 continued his defense in his ongoing case of a single count charge of ‘Giving False Information’ contrary to section 114 of the Criminal Court, laws of The Gambia. Mr. Njie testified that he did not agree with the evidence given by Lamin King Kolley, the then 2nd Vice President of the Gambia Football Association (GFA) and fifth prosecution witness in this trial. “It is unfortunate that Lamin King Kolley who served as the then 2nd Vice President of the former Gambia Football Association (GFA) does not understand the Constitution that guides and determines how that association should be run,” said the witness. “Why do you say that?” quizzed senior counsel Antouman Gaye. “Because according to the Constitution (Defence Exhibit2), article 21 states that “There shall be a General Assembly of delegates which shall be the Supreme Organ of the Association, and which shall consist of:-Two delegates from every First Division National League Club (Men and Women), Two delegates from every Second Division National League Club (Men and Women) and Two delegates from every Third Division National League Club (Men and Women),” responded Mr. Njie. Further citing the same Constitution under Article 55, the witness said “The Executive Committee shall prepare, submit and defend an Annual Budget to the General Assembly for adoption provided such is circulated to members at least one calendar month before.” According to the former Youth and Sports PS, from 2009-2011, the then GFA executive never submitted an annual budget for approval as enshrined under Article 55 of the said Constitution, adding that from 2009-2011, the same executive was in existence and operating. At this juncture, the matter was adjourned to June 23rd for continuation of defence. Readers could recall that the prosecution alleged that Mr. Mambanyick Njie on or about the 1st day of March 2012, in the City of Banjul, Republic of The Gambia, whilst as Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Youth and Sports, petitioned the Office of the President to wit: that the Ex GFA (Gambia Football Association) Executive were engaged in financial malpractices and never gave a through account of the impress given to them for international marches and therefore sought approval to dissolve the said GFA Executive an information he knew to be false or does not believe to be true and thereby committed an offence. He pleaded not guilty as charged. [b]2.[/b]The Point News Tuesday, June 24, 2014; [list][*][b][size=4][url="http://thepoint.gm/africa/gambia/article/mambanyick-njie-continues-his-evidence"]Mambanyick Njie continues his evidence[/url][/size=4][/b] [/*][/list] [b]3.[/b] Daily Observer News Tuesday, June 24, 2014; [list][*][b][size=4] [url="http://observer.gm/africa/gambia/article/mambanyick-njie-says-gfa-loan-amounts-to-over-d1m"]Mambanyick Njie says GFA loan amounts to over D1M[/url][/size=4][/b] "As the permanent secretary, he went on, he was the head of administration and that the FIFA subvention is mainly for the development of football and its related activities in the Gambia for national development.He maintained that he is aware that some of the GFA officials gave themselves loans out of the FIFA subvention fund, which he said was not meant for that purpose." "FIFA funds are not for GFA members to us to give themselves loan themselves, he asserted, and that he can tell the court the people who took loans among the GFA officials." The first defense witness stated that looking at page 8 of the defence exhibit(4), dated 31st December 2010 , the former secretary general of G.F.A Jammeh E.K Bojang took a loan of D200,000, PW2 Kemo Ceesay, the former Treasurer took a loan of D150,000, Bakary Dahaba (PW3) D150,000, the former assistance secretary general Abdou Salam Jammeh, D150,000, Lamin Sarr, a coach of GFA D60,000, Lamin Sambou also a coach took D70,000, Dawda Barrow a member of the GFA secretariat D50,000, GFA team doctor Kalifa Manneh D50,000, and Victoria Roberts, also a member of the GFA secretariat took a loan of D30,000."[/*][/list] [b]4.[/b] Related Bantaba topic [b][size=4][url="http://www.gambia.dk/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=13814"] Gambia U20 disqualified[/url][/size=4][/b] [/quote]   Check here to include your profile signature.