PUBLIC UNHAPPY AS LAWMAKERS APPROVE HOUSING LOAN FUND IN GAMBIA

The public are unhappy with lawmakers for approving a D54milliin housing loan fund when their tenure is almost over.

The loans scheme is designed to help them build their houses that were given to them by the government. But the latest news has not be received by the public as many Gambians described the incident as “self-interest.”

Lawmakers made the decision after 16 National Assembly Members (NAMs) voted against a loan scheme which was moved by nominated member Ya Kumba Jaiteh, while 17 other parliamentarians voted in favour of the loan scheme.

However, Halifa Sallah came up with a motion for the Assembly to rescind its decision on Yakumba’s proposal, arguing that it’s not in line with the constitution, Public Finance Act, and relevant Standing Orders of the Assembly.

According to him, Section 112 of the Constitution, states categorically that National Assembly members must defend the integrity of the National Assembly and must at all time, ensure that what “we do defend the national interest.”

The decision is bring division in the house but for sure Gambians will not be in support considering how the nation has been struggling financially due to the corona virus pandemic that has devastated the world.

Source: The Point

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