EXHIBIT 32.2

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350, AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION
                     906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

         In connection with the Quarterly Report of Gouverneur Bancorp Inc. (the
"Company") on Form 10-QSB for the period ending December 31, 2006 as filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I,
Robert J. Twyman, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to
18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes
- -Oxley Act of 2002, that:

     1.  The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or
         15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

     2.  The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
         material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of
         the Company as of and for the period covered by the Report.


February 9, 2007                       By: /s/ ROBERT J. TWYMAN
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                                           Robert J. Twyman
                                           Vice President and Chief Financial
                                           Officer




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