Jammeh-Jawara Deal Exposed State to Refund Sir Dawda Over D8 Million Hefty
The Independent (Banjul)
NEWS
September 23, 2002
Posted to the web September 23, 2002
By Jalamang Jammeh
Banjul
An agreement has been tacitly reached between Sir Dawda Jawara and The
Gambia Government to refund him more than D8 million accrued as rental
incomes from three of the former president's properties over the last eight
years.
Transactions from both ends to effect the refund of D6, 160, 000 million to
Sir Dawda are at an advanced stage and will involve rental incomes
emanating from two of the ex-leader's rented properties from 1994 (the year
of his overthrow) to 2002, the year he put paid to his exile with a short
and silent homecoming. Arrangements to release to him a further 68, 000
pound sterling as rental income from a third property are also in the
offing.
A correspondence (MF/C110/Part 9/(57) from the Department of State for
Finance and Economic Affairs dated 16 September 2002 was addressed to the
managing director of the Asset Management and Recovery Commission (AMRC),
requesting information about how much Jawara's properties were rented on a
yearly basis. The department had given a deadline of September 17 (the
following day) for the AMRC's response to its request to determine rental
income for Sir Dawda's properties listed as located at 7 Louvel Street, 38
Atlantic Boulevard and Wellington Street Flats in Banjul. The department's
correspondence copied to the permanent secretary at the PMO was the state's
means to independently ascertain how much was going to be paid to Sir Dawda
who had made his own conclusive calculations, which stood at D6, 160, 000
in respect of the properties in Louvel Street and Wellington Flats, and 68,
000 pound sterling in respect of his Atlantic Boulevard property.
Proceeding the department's correspondence to the AMRC, a 3 September 2002
fax statement from Sir Dawda to Seedy Jawara his cousin as the privileged
custodian of the ex-president's properties conveyed a simple proposal to
the Department of Finance and Economic Affairs to refund him rental income
in respect of three of his properties. Sir Dawda's statement to Seedy
outlined that the annual rent for his Wellington flats stood at D650, 000
while his Louvel Street property was being rented at D220, 000 annually.
Sir Dawda's fax also indicated that the annual rent for his 38 Atlantic
Boulevard, which was at 8, 500 pound sterling had accrued to 68, 000 pound
sterling from 1994 to 2002.
Ex-president Jawara's agreement with the current regime is set to culminate
in the release of D8, 404, 000 (eight million four hundred and four
thousand dalasi). This would represent a hefty rent refund package that was
denied him after his overthrow and subsequent exile in the United Kingdom.
Sir Dawda's deal with the current administration, which does not
conclusively signify the return of all of his assets comes less than a
month after his formal resignation as PPP secretary general. He had
communicated his wish to PPP local vanguards on August 29, 2002 and was
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