By Adama Makasuba
The Gambia government has said the sale of former president Yahya Jammeh’s assets will continue and that it would use some of the assets that would be crucial for government.
The government announcement came weeks after it released the white paper on the commission of inquiry into the financial dealings of the former president Jammeh and his associates.
Several former government officials and businesses have been penalized by government in connection with the commission’s recommendations.
In a news conference on Monday, the minister of justice and attorney general Abubacarr Tambadou told journalists that: “recovery effort following the Janneh Commission report is an ongoing one we continue to sell the assets of former president Jammeh as the commission recommended, that’s is not going to happen very quickly.”
He said that government would ‘dispose of all assets and that the government has set up a task force at both the technical and administrable level to at which one to sell and which one to retain for government purposes” adding that Jammeh claimed two hundred and eighty one properties.
Weeks ago, the former ruling APRC party said Jammeh has been “unfairly targeted” by the Barrow administration and urged the government to honour the agreement between Jammeh and Barrow-led administration.
The interim party leader of APRC Fabakary Tombong Jatta also demanded the return of Jammhe’s assets seized by the government.
On Monday, the government unveiled fifty million dalasi reparation fund for the victims of Jammeh whose rights had been grossly violated. The money is generated from the sales of Jammeh’s assets.
