Five key appointments have taken place at the newly established Gambia Revenue Authority, according to reports reaching the Daily Observer.

The appointees are: Mr. Baba Trawally, formerly Deputy Director General of Customs now Commissioner for Customs, Mr. Bakary Sanyang, and former Deputy Commissioner of Income Tax now Commissioner for Income Tax. In the same vein, Messers Samba Saye and Alieu Jabo is now adviser to the Income Tax Division of the GRA. The duo had once served as Commissioner of Income Tax.
Mr. Saye who retired about four years ago after more than a decade in office was made Adviser to Income Tax soon after his retirement. He was then succeeded by Mr. Jabo who hold the position until his recent appointment also as adviser to add up to Mar Saye at the Income Tax Division of the GRA.

In the same vein, Mr. Ebou Touray, is now the adviser to the Customs Division of the GRA. Like Messers Jabo and Saye, Mr. Touray had also served as Director General of Customs and later Adviser to Customs the post he held until the advent of the GRA.

All the three advisers are given three years contract.

The Daily Observer was only able to get in touch with Bakary Sanyang, the Commissioner for Income Tax who said “Yes it is correct that am appointed as Commissioner for Customs. I felt happy and looking forward to working smoothly with my Staff.”

It could be recalled that The Gambia Revenue Authority was established by the government through an act of The National Assembly in 2004 to maximise government revenue by bringing the two revenue collecting agencies namely, Customs and Income Tax together as one body which is the GRA. The Authority which starts full operation last month is headed by a Commissioner General in the name of Momodou Kaba Tambajang, former Director General of Customs.