The Gambia: National Assembly oversight committees

Q: Who chairs FPAC?

Hon. Alhagie S. Darbo, according to the Assembly's page.

Q: Where is the Gambian Hansard?

In the Hansard section of the Assembly's documents library.

Last checked: 22 October 2026 · By parliament

The Constitution of The Gambia requires the National Assembly to appoint a Finance and Public Accounts Standing Committee ¹. The committee examines the accounts showing how sums granted by the Assembly were spent ². A Standing Committee on Public Enterprises covers public enterprises ³. The Assembly adopts committee reports by resolution, as with the July 2025 resolution on the 2020 government accounts ². Hansard and other documents are published on the Assembly website ⁴.

Constitutional basis: Section 109(1)(b), Finance and Public Accounts Standing Committee ¹
FPAC chairperson: Hon. Alhagie S. Darbo ²
PEC chairperson: Hon. Lamin J. Sanneh ³
Committee powers: High Court powers to enforce attendance of witnesses and production of documents ¹
Adopted report example: Resolution of July 2025 on the FPAC report on the 2020 government accounts ²

The constitutional basis

Section 109(1) of the Constitution says the National Assembly shall appoint a Public Appointments Standing Committee, a Finance and Public Accounts Standing Committee, a Standing Committee of Privileges, a Standing Committee on Defence and Security and other committees it considers necessary ¹. Section 102(3) gives the Assembly power to examine the accounts and expenditure of the government and other publicly funded bodies and the reports of the Auditor General on them ¹. Section 109(3) gives committees the powers of the High Court to enforce the attendance of witnesses and the production of documents ¹.

The committees

The Finance and Public Accounts Committee (FPAC) has nine members ⁵. Its mandate is to examine the accounts showing the appropriation of the sums granted by the National Assembly to meet the public expenditure and other accounts laid before the Assembly as the committee may think fit ². The chairperson is Hon. Alhagie S. Darbo and the vice chairperson is Hon. Alhagie Mbow ².

The Standing Committee on Public Enterprises (PEC) has eight members ⁵. Its stated mandate is to examine financial matters, public enterprises, banking and economic policy. The chairperson is Hon. Lamin J. Sanneh ³. The Assembly lists a select committee on Monitoring the Implementation of Government Project ⁵.

Reports and adoption

The FPAC page lists a resolution of the National Assembly, dated July 2025, on the adopted FPAC report on the Auditor General's report on the government's audited accounts for the year ending 31 December 2020 and related public institution accounts ². The PEC page lists an FPAC report on the Auditor General's reports for the financial years ended 31 December 2021 to 2024, with no date shown ³.

This site has not found a published rule on how or when the executive replies in writing to FPAC or PEC reports, as of 22 October 2026.

Where to find documents

Committees list, with each committee's page ⁵.
Hansard, among the Assembly's official documents ⁴. Recent uploads in August 2026 include sittings from 2015 and 2017 ⁴.
Order Papers, Votes and Proceedings, Resolutions and Standing Orders, linked from the Assembly website ^6,4.

Records on this site

This site's Gambia record covers a 2026 Assembly recommendation on Securiport. It follows the method in How to track a recommendation.

Common questions

What is FPAC?

The Finance and Public Accounts Committee, which the Constitution requires the Assembly to appoint ^1,2.

Who chairs FPAC?

Hon. Alhagie S. Darbo, according to the Assembly's page ².

Where is the Gambian Hansard?

In the Hansard section of the Assembly's documents library ⁴.

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Sources

The Gambia: National Assembly recommendation on the Securiport contract (2026)
What the Public Enterprises Committee said about the Securiport airport security contract in 2026, what the 2022 audit said, and the responses.
How to track a recommendation
A step by step method for following one committee recommendation from report to government reply to outcome, with official links for six parliaments.
How committee recommendations work
How public accounts and oversight committees gather evidence, write reports and make recommendations to government, with examples from six parliaments.
Ghana: Parliament's Public Accounts Committee
How Ghana's Public Accounts Committee examines the Auditor-General's report, how follow-up is handled, and where to find Official Reports.