Sainey Jawara, national assembly member for Lower Saloum, has tabled a motion for lawmakers to investigate unaccounted petroleum products valued at over 30 million dollars.

This motion seeks to investigate and expose alleged scandals at GAM Petroleum.

Tabling the motion, Hon. Jawara told parliament: “this motion is to help parliament unearth the corruption and take necessary action.”

The motion has now been approved by parliament to respond to a report from the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) that highlighted a suspicious scandal at GAM Petroleum.

He told parliament that the FIU’s report also revealed that certain individuals receive monthly bribes of D600,000 from the purported petroleum dealers, with payments made through Eco Bank and Access Bank respectively. 

He also expressed optimism that a thorough investigation would aid in curbing tax evasion, corruption, and money laundering, along with other economic offences.

Other NAMs described the coming of the motion as timely and referred to the allegations as a “threat to the nation’s economy.”

Reporting by Adama Makasuba