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| toubab1020 |
Posted - 14 May 2018 : 21:11:52
This article from The Standard Newspaper,please see an example of this in the RELATED TOPIC BELOW which referred to my friend who has since died
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By Tabora Bojan
Yusupha Jaiteh, a pensioner and former national director of SOS, has said the former board of the Social Security and Housing and Finance Corporation must be prosecuted for helping Jammeh steal poor pensioners’ funds.
Speaking to The Standard on the sidelines of the recent pensioners’ congress at the Friendship Hotel, Bakau where a new board was elected, Jaiteh alleged that if the current revelations at the Janneh Commission are anything to go by, the board were responsible for the millions of dalasi unlawfully taken by the exiled former President Jammeh from the pensioners’ funds.
”They cannot blame everything on the nature of the regime because some people have stood their ground and rejected Jammeh’s evil intentions. So no one can be excused by saying that they could not refuse Jammeh,” he said.
According to Mr Jaiteh, the average pension for a pensioner is just D910 which he said cannot buy anything useful for the family.
“Yet Jammeh through the help of the SSFHC board took hundreds of millions from that money to waste it.
”What is more disheartening is that from what we heard from the commission, the SSHFC had lots of money and yet they were paying pensioners that pittance when they have enough to give to that monster to waste it,” Jaiteh said angrily.
He said no one can imagine how the poor pensioners’ funds could be used to buy rams for Jammeh or sponsor useless ventures.
”We all know that the federated pension scheme, the National Provident and industrial injuries compensation fund are financially rich institutions, because contributing institutions have to contribute by law only for one man to waste that money,” he added.
Jaiteh who also worked at the former Gambia National Insurance Company said Pensioner’s retirement fund has to be reviewed over specific periods but for the last seven years it has not been reviewed and pensioners are paid at the rate of seven years ago.
“How do you expect them to live and survive and they have families and kids,” he quizzed.
http://standard.gm/site/2018/05/14/pensioner-wants-jammeh-sshfc-board-
prosecuted-for-stealing/
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| toubab1020 |
Posted - 15 Nov 2018 : 17:10:11
By Omar Bah November 15, 2018
Staffers at the Social Security and Housing Finance Corporation have embarked on another sit-down strike with effect from yesterday, a letter addressed to President Barrow and shared with The Standard has confirmed.
The staffers said they will not work until such a time that President Adama Barrow meets their demands.
“We are hereby expressing our total unwillingness to work under Muhamadou Manjang as we lost total trust and confidence in him as our leader and in this vein, we as staff are hereby commencing our sit-down strike as of today the 14th November, 2018,” the letter signed by 278 staff read.
President Barrow recently ordered for the administrative leave of MD Manjang to be lifted and ordered that the services of Mr Momodou Camara, the staff representative on the board be terminated with immediate effect.
But the staffers said they are hoping that the president “will be guided by wisdom” to reconsider his stance in order to come up with a balanced and fair judgement in the best interest of the country.
The staffers also alleged that Manjang’s “unsubstantiated claim of making an operating profit of D82 million has now come down to D21 million as per ongoing audit report and that by the time the report is finalised, the figure might further go down”.
Manjang resumes work on Tuesday after missing work for over a month. He was suspended together with Momodou Camara, the SSHFC staff rep, following an investigation into the saga.
http://standard.gm/site/2018/11/15/sshfc-staff-begin-another-sit-down-strike/ |
| toubab1020 |
Posted - 13 Nov 2018 : 19:05:00
By Omar Bah November 12, 2018
President Adama Barrow has ordered that the administrative leave of the managing director of Social Security and Housing Finance Corporation Mr. Muhamadou Manjang be lifted and that he be duly notified to resume duties. According to a statement from State House, the president has also ordered that the services of Mr. Momodou Camara, the staff representative on the board be terminated with immediate effect and the termination to be compliant with corporate policy.
Both men were put on administrative leave in August 2018 following a longstanding internal conflict at the corporation.
A panel commissioned by the President in September – shortly after their suspension – was tasked to look into the crisis. The panel had since finished its work and had submitted a report to the president.
The statement from State House said the latest development followed a review by the President of the report and recommendations of the independent fact-finding/investigative panel on the crisis.
There has not been any immediate comment from Mr Manjang but Momodou Camara described his termination as the ‘height of dishonesty’.
“The president’s decision is not fair to me and all the other staff of the SSHFC who stand up to fight injustice and hypocrisy in the cooperation,” Mr Camara said in a Standard interview shortly after confirming his termination.
He charged that the president’s decision has put the government into disrepute by ignoring the Ombudsman’s report to take the report of people that are “juggling” and looking for positions to be ambassadors and other things which he said “is very wrong and dangerous for our democracy as it will kill transparency and accountability. This was not what we voted for.”
http://standard.gm/site/2018/11/12/another-twist-in-sshfc-saga/ |
| toubab1020 |
Posted - 13 Nov 2018 : 15:54:16
Tuesday, November 13, 2018
Fear has gripped the staff of Social Security and Housing Finance Corporation (SSHFC) after it was announced that the managing director, Muhamadou Manjang would bounce back as managing director.
The staff said that their jobs are at risk following the sacking of their leader Momodou Camara, and after months of acrimonious duel with the managing director.
A staff who spoke to The Point on the condition anonymity, said there is fear at the institution as many staff could equally lose their jobs. The staff whispered that some employees might have their contracts terminated, while others may go for six months suspension without salary. “Almost all the staff are distressed and feel insecure and the working mood is so stressful.”
Out of 340 permanent staff of Social Security, 270 staff has signed a petition demanding the resignation of the managing director Muhamadou Manjang.
Since the reinstatement of the MD on Friday, PIU officers have been deployed at SSHFC.
Author: Fatou Dem & Fatoumatta Koma
http://thepoint.gm/africa/gambia/article/social-security-staffs-feel-insecure |
| toubab1020 |
Posted - 12 Nov 2018 : 22:46:37
Monday, November 12, 2018
Concerned pensioners believe that their funds accumulated at the Social Security and Housing Finance Corporation (SSHFC) are at risk.
At a Movement meeting over the weekend, Ashyme Saine-Kah, member of the organising committee explained that they want their monies to be invested in them, arguing that SSHFC should explain how their monies are spent.
“We have now suffered,” saying one works until retirement and cannot even by a compound or enough money to buy rice for his/her family.
“It’s painful and annoying at all. Imagine some of the pensioners are paid 910 dalasis in every three months. What can that buy?”
Salifu Jawara, member of the Movement said: “It’s painful that I work till I retired and still cannot buy anything for my family. We want them to be paying us. Let them give us our money, it belongs to us. The government should not interfere.”
Sulayman Njie said he was paid 300 dalasis at a time he started receiving pension allowance, and after three years, he said, it was increased to 700 dalasis. He believes their allowances should be increased now.
He, therefore calls on members to be united and fight for their rights.
Musa Gakou believes there was some element of mismanagement. “If we want our country to develop, the leaders should be free from corruption,” he stated.
Author: Pa Modou Cham
http://thepoint.gm/africa/gambia/article/pensioners-believe-their-funds-are-at-risk |
| toubab1020 |
Posted - 12 Nov 2018 : 22:42:06
Monday, November 12, 2018
President Adama Barrow has reviewed the Report and Recommendations of the Independent Fact-Finding/Investigative Panel on the crisis involving Social Security and Housing Finance Corporation (SSHFC). Having closely reviewed the report, the following decisions have been taken:
I. That administrative leave of the Managing Director, Mr. Muhamadou Manjang will be lifted and that Mr. Manjang will be duly notified in writing by the Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs (the line Ministry) to resume duties;
II. That the services of Mr. Momodou Camara will be terminated with immediate effect and the termination to be compliant with corporate policy;
III. That the Board of Directors of the Corporation to receive further advice on the staff that were culpable in the saga and who have to be subject to disciplinary actions in line with the panel’s recommendations; and
IV. That the Board of Social Security through the Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs will be provided with the Recommendations of the Panel’s Report so that these are adopted and fully implemented.
It could be recalled that in July this year President Barrow tasked an Independent Fact-Finding/Investigative Panel on the Crisis in Social Security and Housing Finance Corporation (SSHFC). The task force presented its report in October after three months of fact-findings.
Source: State House
http://thepoint.gm/africa/gambia/article/social-security-md-reinstated-staff-leader-fired |
| toubab1020 |
Posted - 09 Nov 2018 : 18:06:11
Three months for the Panel to complete its investigation is commendable as extensive work must have been required.
I do think that we may not have heard the last of this matter.
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| Momodou |
Posted - 09 Nov 2018 : 16:03:21
Press Release
President Barrow Decides on the SSHFC Panel Report
State House, Banjul, 9th November 2018 – His Excellency President Adama Barrow has reviewed the Report and Recommendations of the Independent Fact-Finding/Investigative Panel on the crisis involving Social Security and Housing Finance Corporation (SSHFC). Having closely reviewed the report, the following decisions have been taken:
I. That administrative leave of the Managing Director, Mr. Muhamadou Manjang will be lifted and that Mr. Manjang will be duly notified in writing by the Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs (the line Ministry) to resume duties;
II. That the services of Mr. Momodou Camara will be terminated with immediate effect and the termination to be compliant with corporate policy;
III. That the Board of Directors of the Corporation to receive further advice on the staff that were culpable in the saga and who have to be subject to disciplinary actions in line with the panel’s recommendations; and
IV. That the Board of Social Security through the Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs, will be provided with the Recommendations of the Panel’s Report so that these are adopted and fully implemented.
It could be recalled that in July this year President Barrow tasked an Independent Fact-Finding/Investigative Panel on the Crisis involving Social Security and Housing Finance Corporation (SSHFC). The taskforce presented its report in October after three months of fact findings.
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Contact:
Amie Bojang-Sissoho
Director of Press & Public Relations
Office of the President, State House, Banjul
Email:absissoho@op.gov.gm
dpprop2017@gmail.com |
| toubab1020 |
Posted - 03 Nov 2018 : 00:11:12
Again, The Standard newspaper has got a scoop,being the only newsaper that I have found who was privy to this leak of information,unconfirmed as yet by the Office of the Ombudsman
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By Omar Bah November 2, 2018
A report purportedly written by the Office of the Ombudsman said to be the outcome of an investigation into the social security saga is doing the rounds on social media.
Dated October 29th 2018 and addressed to the Secretary General, Office of the President, the report made several recommendations on the way forward in solving the matter.
Among the key recommendations include one which suggests that
MD Muhammed Manjang return a cash amount of over D100,000 to the cooperation without delay.
“The seven days per diem paid to the MD amounting to D103, 040 to attend a meeting in Sierra Leone which he never attended should be refunded to the corporation without delay,” the report stated.
The report also accused Manjang of ethical misconduct, abuse of the corporation’s entertainment budget, gross violation of the service rules, discrimination, favoritism, amongst others.
The report also frowned on the decision to send Isha Bayo and Pa Yusupha Gaye for overseas training instead of allowing them to pursue ACCA in the country, the purchasing of two mobile phones for himself costing D119,435.50, highlighting that such acts contradict the managing director’s austerity measures.
“The Ombudsman recommends that the Managing Director should refund to SSHFC the sum of D29,869,85 being money spent on dinners at Coco Ocean Resort Spa and KORI d’OR with his family members without delay. This is because the entertainment vote is not meant for his family but for office and official guests. Misusing of Public funds must be discouraged,” it stated.
The Ombudsman’s report also urged the MD to be guided by the relevant laws, service rules and policies in taking and making administrative and management decisions.
The report also said the management of the SSHFC should ensure that there is a training policy in place to guide the training needs of the institution.
“Promotion and training should depend on appraisal of staff and institutional needs. It is important that staff are appraised and their training needs, weakness identified for building their capacity and that of the institute rather than giving staff the choice to accept or decline training offer.”
The Ombudsman also recommended that competent members of staff of SSHFC should be nominated to fill the existing vacant board seats to represent the corporation’s interest on the various boards such as Trust Bank Home Finance and Gam-Petroleum without delay.
The Ombudsman report said the claim by the staff that the MD traveled to Dakar many times for treatment is incorrect while another claim that he occupied 5 seats on the GNPC board is also not true.
Also according to the report, the board should take appropriate actions in relation to the misbehavior of the staff during the strike.
It however said that judging by the past challenges of the corporation, for the MD to cut administrative cost by such a margin and register profit after a year of losses is commendable.
Though The Standard could not reach the office of the Ombudsman, two highly placed credible government sources have confirmed that the report is authentic.
http://standard.gm/site/2018/11/02/ombudsman-drops-bombshell-in-sshfc-saga/ |
| toubab1020 |
Posted - 22 Oct 2018 : 21:13:12
Read the FULL article follow the link;
SNIPPET:
...."The staff of the Social Security and Housing Finance Corporation have reacted to news of the report on the just concluded presidential investigations into matters between them and MD Muhammed Manjang . The panel last week presented its report to President Barrow recommending that Manjang should go back to his work and disciplinary actions be taken against the protesting staff.
In their reaction through a letter addressed to the Director General of the State Intelligence Service signed by one Kebba Touray, the SSHFC staff made the following observations:
“On the 18th October 2018 at about midday, reports started circulating on social media specifically on the website of the ‘State House of the Gambia’ indicating the submission of the independent inquiry’s report to H.E Adama Barrow, the President of the Republic of The Gambia. This same report was relayed to the various print and mass media platforms and we the staff are finally relieved that this whole debacle is coming to an end and we will get back to normalcy."......................
RELATED TOPIC:http://standard.gm/site/2018/10/22/sshfc-staff-react-to-investigation-report/ |
| toubab1020 |
Posted - 20 Oct 2018 : 16:09:33
By: Kebba AF Touray October 19, 2018
Following the completion of their investigations into the industrial dispute at the Social Security and Housing Finance Corporation (SSHFC), the Investigative Panel submitted their report to the President yesterday October i8th at State House.
A six member panel was on the 28th August 2018, constituted by President Barrow and tasked with the responsibility of probing into the aforesaid industrial saga that erupted at the said Corporation.
Presenting the report to the President, the Chairperson of the panel Lamin Samateh, said they completed their assignment with interviews conducted for some staff, and looked at the Staff complaints in their petition, and various incidents that happened during the saga, structural and systemic weaknesses of the Corporation as stipulated in their TOR, and came up with recommendations.
“In tracing the background and causes of the crises, the panel established that on assuming duty, the Managing Director Muhammed Manjang found the institution in severe financial and management distress. We had then set out to address some of the problems discovered by embarking on a number of cross cutting measures which did not at the time, appear to have provoked resistance from the staff,” he said; that part of the measures they chose to address, was through the commissioning of the institutional assessment and staff audit of the Corporation by an independent consultancy firm, and a report of that exercise with a number of recommendations with implementations, would mean that the staff would have to be entrenched or redeployed, appointment and promotions would need to rationalize; that Staff skills would have to be looked at against the functions they carry out.
He said the panel observed that the Corporation generally needs reforms, as it has severely suffered from bad governance of recent decades and the panel thus recommended the full implementation of the recommendations contained in the consultancy report entitled: Institutional Assessment and Human Resources Audit, by Senghore Associates.
“The implementation of the recommendations in the report, will be beneficial to the owners of the Corporation who are the Pensioners and the Contributors. It could also be beneficial to the staff who are the trustees and of course the country at large”, he said.
He disclosed that change is absolutely necessary at the SSHFC and those who may be charged to bring about reforms, must communicate effectively with all who may be affected; that the panel recommended that the Board of Directors responsible for policy formulation and overall management and control of the Corporation, be supported strongly in the reform process.
“The panel also sees the need for the Board to request for expertise in the reform process implementation, to help the board and management ensure full implementation of the proposed reforms,” he said; that the panel is of the view that those who have broken the Laws and regulations and staff rules during the crises, be disciplined by the board, saying that rule of law and stability at workplaces, must be maintained in order to bring about the benefits of development to the people, with particular reference to Section 15 subsection 2, and Section 139 of the Labor Act 2007, and subsection 3 of the Ombudsman Act of 1997, and Section 9 of the Public Order Act, as well as 0504 of the Service Rules of the Corporation; that there were serious lapses in the way staff expressed their concerns for redress and settlement, and thus contraband these sections.
On his part, the President thanked the panel for the good jobdone, which he cited is a test to the country’s democracy; that with the cooperation of the citizenry is a strong foundation that can be built for the nation’s democracy.
“The report will help Government in making decisions. I will sit down with my team and make sure we look at the report. If there is the need to consult you, we will, in order to make a correct decision in the interest of the Gambia, in the interest of Social Security, and in the interest of workers in this country”, he concludes.
http://foroyaa.gm/sshfc-investigative-panel-submit-report-to-president/ |
| Momodou |
Posted - 19 Oct 2018 : 15:16:46
Report on Social Security to help gov’t make correct decision: Barrow
The Point: Friday, October 19, 2018
http://thepoint.gm/africa/gambia/article/report-on-social-security-to-help-govt-make-correct-decision-barrow
 President Adama Barrow has stated that the panel report on Social Security and Housing Finance Corporation (SSHFC) will help the government take a correct decision.
“I will sit down with my team to make sure that we look at the report and if there is need to consult you, we will consult you to make decision in the best interest of The Gambia and in the interest of Social Security, and in the interest of the workers with a view to move this country forward,” the president said.
Mr. Barrow was speaking at State House as the SSHFC panel on Thursday morning presented to him their findings at State House in Banjul.
President Barrow thanked the panel for accepting to be part of this assignment. “We have been tested, but with the cooperation of every Gambian, we can build a strong foundation for our democracy to move this country forward as it is the only way others can help.”
“We acknowledge the good work of the panel about the assignment they were tasked with, and we thank them for completing the assignment in a very short period. They took the assignment very seriously and I think everybody is waiting for this assignment.”
The chairman of the SSHFC Panel, Lamin Samateh, said that they have gone beyond the dispute within the organisation as required in their terms of reference. “We have looked at the structural and systematic weaknesses of the corporation and have come out with recommendations.”
Mr. Samateh noted that it is the view of the panel that the people who have broken the law, the regulations and the staff rules during the crisis be disciplined by the board. “Rule of law and stability at our work places must be maintained in order to bring about the benefits of development to the people. There were serious lapses the way the staff expressed their concerns, redress and settlement.”
“In tracing the background and causes of the crisis, the panel established that on assuming duty the managing director Muhammed Manjang has found the institution in severe financial and management distress. He had then set out to address some of the problems discovered by embarking on a number of cost-cutting measures. He did not at the time appear to have provoked resistance from the staff.”
He said part of the measures he chose to address was through the commissioning of an institutional assessment and staff audit of the corporation by an independent consultancy firm. “The report of that exercise made a number of recommendations whose implementations would mean that staff would have to be retrenched or redeploy; appointment or promotion would need to be rationalised and staff skills would have to be looked at against the functions the staff carry out. Apparently, this information got to be known to the staff after a management meeting at which the report has been discussed,” he stressed.
Mr. Samateh said generally, the panel observed that the corporation needs reforms as it has suffered severely of bad governance of the recent decades. “The panel therefore recommends the full details of the recommendations of the consultancy report entitle: ‘Institutional Assessment and Human Resource Audit’ by the consultant Senghore Associates. The implementation of the report will be beneficial to the owners of the corporation and the staff. We have recommended that the board be supported for the implementation of the reforms”
Author: Momodou Jawo |
| toubab1020 |
Posted - 18 Oct 2018 : 18:39:10
A first step in the right direction,BUT the facts still exist that the SSHFC has been found badly wanting in the past,can and will this be remedied in the future in the vision of the New Gambia?
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Originally posted by Momodou
#StateHouseToday
THE SSHFC FACT-FINDING REPORT PRESENTED TO THE PRESIDENT
His Excellency, President Adama Barrow has been presented with the findings report of the presidential inquiry set up to look into matters of industrial actions undertaken by staff of Social Security Housing Finance Corporation against their Managing Director.
According to the Chairman of the Panel, the report highlights a series of serious cases of procedural impropriety, and lapses in adhering to the extant rules and regulations governing the conduct and actions of public/civil servants. While summing up the issue as a classic example of organisational resistance to change, he said it is strongly recommended that individuals found wanting in breaking the law and other service rules be disciplined.
In receiving the report, the President thanked the panelist’s for a job well done indicating that “they’ve made his job simple”. He said the outcome of the findings would help ensure that public institutions smoothly perform their mandate.
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| Momodou |
Posted - 18 Oct 2018 : 14:31:41
#StateHouseToday
THE SSHFC FACT-FINDING REPORT PRESENTED TO THE PRESIDENT
His Excellency, President Adama Barrow has been presented with the findings report of the presidential inquiry set up to look into matters of industrial actions undertaken by staff of Social Security Housing Finance Corporation against their Managing Director.
According to the Chairman of the Panel, the report highlights a series of serious cases of procedural impropriety, and lapses in adhering to the extant rules and regulations governing the conduct and actions of public/civil servants. While summing up the issue as a classic example of organisational resistance to change, he said it is strongly recommended that individuals found wanting in breaking the law and other service rules be disciplined.
In receiving the report, the President thanked the panelist’s for a job well done indicating that “they’ve made his job simple”. He said the outcome of the findings would help ensure that public institutions smoothly perform their mandate. |
| Momodou |
Posted - 11 Sep 2018 : 12:42:01
Social Security Members call for non-interference
Foroyaa: September 10, 2018
By: Kebba AF Touray
http://foroyaa.gm/social-security-members-call-for-non-interference/
A group of people calling themselves Members of the Social Security and Housing Finance Corporation[SSHFC], have called for interference of the government in the running of the corporation. They expressed this view at a meeting held on Saturday at the B O Semega Janneh Hall.
This meeting is a follow-up to the meeting held a week before. These SSHFC Members and their Board Representative were supposed to report on a meeting with the Vice President, with a view to resolving the Corporation’s ongoing saga.
The meeting was attended by scores of the Members and Board members, and has availed these members the opportunity to interact, clarify their doubts and put their concerns to the Board.
Dilating on the Board Representative Meeting with the Vice President report, Tamsir Sallah, said they had a meeting with the Vice President on Wednesday 5th September 2018 and a frank discussion with him.
He said that The Chairman of the Board put forward the concerns of the Board to the Vice President, that as a board and they should be given the trust they deserve to discharge their obligation and he promised that without government interference, the board would be able to deliver to expectation.
He added: “We appealed to them that as far as governance issues of Social Security is concerned, it should rest on the board, as provided by the…. Act. By virtue of that and what was heard from the members, there should be no government interference in the governance issue of the Social Security, because by doing so that means that they are also obstructing the powers vested in the Board, meaning that they don’t have any trust and confidence in the Board”.
Sallah emphasized that the Board should be fully left to decide on the ways and manners Social Security should operate as far as policy and disciplinary issues are concerned and that the Board should be allowed to deliberate and make decisions on the governance of Social Security.
“There was also a call for the Managing Director on leave to resume work and that the Investigative Panel instituted by the government to be put on halt. We requested for non-government interference, members stand by the decisions of the Board and that the investigative Panel be dissolved or put to stop”, he said.
He said they were made to know by the Vice President that as far as the Chairman of the Board is concerned, it is the government that appoints the Chairman of the Board and the Managing Director of the Social Security, citing them as the agents of government on issues regarding Social Security, in view of which the government had to constitute an investigative panel to probe into the issues and report back to them, from which they will make their decisions. He added that the VP assured them that the government will not undermine the credibility of the board.
Sallah assured the members that the Board will be resolute and will not relent in its efforts to making sure policy issues concerning Social Security will be diligently reviewed and will not compromise with critical issues of the Social Security, while urging the membership to be calm and allow the investigation to go ahead.
Ashyme Saine Kah, on the report on the Members of SSHFC and the Vice President, explicated that the Board and Members were invited by the Vice President, during which the Vice President showed them appreciation of the stand of the members and due to the many allegations levied against the MD, they have come up with the investigative panel to probe into the issue.
“My response to that was that we checked the constitution and what we saw was that section 175 is saying that if there is any panel that is supposed to be setup, it should be the Commission of Inquiry and not an investigative panel, because the problem is we don’t want anybody to undermine the Board, because we said in our resolution that the Members are fully behind the Board and the recommendations of the Board,” she explained. She further said that the Vice President expressed his appreciation but added that because of the allegations that the Social Security Staff are coming up with, they need another investigative panel outside to look into the allegation and give a recommendation.
She was concerned with the government trying to undermine the decisions of the Board. She said they put to them that whatever the outcome of the panel, they are also protecting their interest and they realised that the only person who can do that is the Managing Director.
She further said: “We told them that we cannot make any confirmation, because we are there on behalf of the members, but will convey the message to the members for them to discuss it in today’s meeting and whatever we have will be put in writing and send it to the government through the Board to know what our stand.”
Members have called for the full independence of the Board from government interference, a halt to the investigative panel, the Managing Director to resume work, who they said is on an administrative leave.
The members also recommended for the SSHFC Act to be reviewed, the Board to address Finance Ministry’s interference in the affairs of SSHFC, thorough audit of Social Security and the restructuring of the SSHFC among others.
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| toubab1020 |
Posted - 01 Sep 2018 : 14:21:13
AGREED .The New Gambia is awash with Inquiries and Commissions at the moment the aims of which are laudable,their conclusions and Presidential actions on these are awaited.There is nothing to be gained until the aforegoing has been initiated, EXCEPT to keep these matters in the public eye until the results are know and any action taken has been implemented to transparently show that a clean slate exists
in Adama Barrow's vision for a NEW GAMBIA in which GREED, Dishonisy,confusion, cease to exist and development and trust are restored in the thinking and ACTIONS of ALL Gambians,and those who live or work in Gambia from whichever country they come from.
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August 31, 2018
Suspension is not the way to contain a crisis. The establishment of an instrument to inquire into the causes of contradictions within a state enterprise or institution should not be accompanied by measures that would interfere with the status quo which is to be investigated. Once any other person is given responsibility to perform duties that were performed by those who are a subject of an inquiry, the status quo would change.
In our view what is reasonable and justifiable to ensure an independent and impartial inquiry is to restore the status quo which gave rise to allegations which are to be inquired into. In this way, all the facts could be gathered and reviewed to draw appropriate conclusions.
http://foroyaa.gm/social-security-in-focus/ |
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