By Lamin Njie
Former cabinet secretary Noah Touray found by the Janneh of authorising cash withdrawals of public funds and received large sums of money on the instructions of former President Jammeh has been appointed new secretary general and head of the civil service.
Mr Touray’s appointment came during the Eidul Fitr holiday, with no official announcement. He replaces Muhammed BS Jallow who spent only nine months in the post.
The former cabinet secretary worked closely with former President Yahya Jammeh and an investigation into the financial, business and asset dealings of the former president found Mr Touray, together with former secretary general Momodou Sabally, to have authorised cash withdrawals of public funds and received large sums of money on the instructions of former President Jammeh – ‘although he accounted for the money he jointly authorised’. Withdrawing public money was never part of Mr Touray’s responsibilities.
The probe – the Janneh Commission – then recommended that Mr Touray be reprimanded.
