The National Roads Authority (NRA) must explain how
or where it spent some D85 million which was meant to be spent on road
maintenance.
The NRA, on October 4, 2012, appeared before the National
Assembly select committees responsible for scrutinizing the performance and
financial status of government institution, the Public Accounts and Public
Enterprise Committees (PAC/PEC).
The Committees doubts the credibility and feasibility
of the reports submitted to it by the NRA, which they said contains numerous
unanswered questions.
“I don't think it is feasible for us to adopt the
reports because more than 53 questions directed by the honorable members were
not substantially answered satisfactorily,” stressed Hon. Abdoulie Bojang, the
Speaker of the National Assembly.
Bojang exhorted the management and board of NRA to
rework on the report to provide answers to the questions raised by the select
committees.
According to Hon. Lamin K Jammeh, member for Illiasa
constituency, D100 million was requested for road maintenance for the year
(2011) but the report indicates only D15 million was spent.
“So where is the remaining D85 million? That is a
question that needs to be answered by the NRA,” Hon Jammeh said.
