By Lamin Njie
President Adama Barrow has ordered the sacking of Abdoulie Cham, the director of finance and investment at the Social Security and Housing Finance Corporation.
Cham is among 31 people who have been found guilty by the Janneh Commission of assisting former president Yahya Jammeh steal billions of dalasis in public funds.
The commission’s report was released on Friday.
According to the investigation, served as finance director at Social Security during the period when most of the irregular and unlawful loans were granted by the corporation to former president Jammeh.
As director of finance and investment, Mr Cham failed to demonstrate vigilance and rigor in protecting pensioners’ funds, the probe added.
As a result, the Barrow administration said it has accepted the findings of the probe ‘in so far as they relate to Mr Cham.’
“The government accepts the commission’s recommendation that Mr Abdoulie Cham’s services at SSSHFC be terminated. It is hereby ordered that Mr Abdoulie Cham’s services at SSHFC be terminated with immediate effect,” a Barrow government white paper released on Friday said.
