Author: Godfred Badu Quansah

Monrovia, Liberia – A monthly wage expenditure of US$23.5 million has been found by CSA to be excessively large, covering 67,746 employees spread among 103 government spending bodies. The CSA Director General, Josiah Joekai, revealed stark evidence of pervasive inconsistencies, inefficiencies, and irregularities plaguing the organization during a regular press briefing at the Ministry of Information on Tuesday, March 26, 2024. DG Joekai stated that concerning results were obtained from the CSA’s basic employee headcount exercise at a few expenditure institutions, particularly the Ministry of State for Presidential Affairs. He referred to these as “ghost employees” because they showed that…

Monrovia, Liberia – After 61 days in office, President Joseph Boakai doesn’t seem to have completed his duty. Appointing important people to important positions is still going on, but it seems like there is a lot of red tape involved, which is embarrassing for the administration. It is challenging to construct a government, yet one could legitimately contend that a significant portion of the government ought to have been formed prior to its official establishment. The claim is based on the finding that there were more than two months between declaring one’s candidacy and taking the oath of office. Several…

Monrovia, Liberia – The Commissioner General of the Liberia Revenue Authority (LRA), James Dorbor Jallah, and his legal representative, Cllr. Negbalee Warner, held a discussion with the Leadership of the Honorable House of Representatives on Monday, March 25, on Capitol Hill. The peaceful conference was preceded by a threat from the House to put Jallah in jail if he did not sign duty-free for two cars. Yesterday, they invited him to appear before them on their requests for duty-free items at the port. Every year, members of the House of Representatives receive two cars free of charge from the government…

AHEAD OF U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS Monrovia, Liberia – Former Liberian president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has expressed astonishment that a woman has not been elected to the presidency in the United States. Speaking ahead of the U.S. 2024 elections, the ex-Liberia president added that women should be given the chance to lead. In a recent interview with MSNBC conducted during the 30/50 Summit in Abu Dhabi, Mrs. Sirleaf emphasized the US’s significant worldwide influence and its function as a leader in numerous international endeavors, but she also noted that women have not been given the room or chance to demonstrate their…

ADDING, HE IS NOT DETERRED BY OPPOSITION THREAT Monrovia, Liberia – The president of Liberia, Joseph Boakai, has bragged that he will not be deterred from rebuilding his nation by any amount of threats from opposition politicians or parties. The Liberian leader stated that his main goal is to develop the nation for the good of all people, emphasizing that despite the opposition community’s criticism, he is unaffected by this aim. President Boakai claimed that his administration is working hard to provide the conditions necessary for the nation’s growth and is indifferent to criticism from the public or other opposition…

CALLS ON NATIONAL GOVERNMENT TO INCLUDE STATOTORY YOUTH ORGANOZATIONS IN WAR ON DRUGS Monrovia, Liberia – In a seven-count resolution for 2024, the Mano River Youth Parliament Liberia Chapter has called on the national government of Liberia to include statutory youth groups in the national campaign against drug and substance addiction. During its Third Parliamentary Session, which took place on Saturday, March 23, 2024, in Central Monrovia, 16 of the 30 members of the MRUP-LC, lawfully seated, passed a resolution outlining significant recommendations to the Unity Party Government. The phrase “Ending the Scourge of Drug and Substance Abuse through Dialogue…

CLAIMED FIRST NATIONAL BUDGET DOES NOT ADDRESS LIBERIA’S PROBLEMS Monrovia, Liberia – The first proposed national budget of the Unity Party Administration, according to Simeon Freeman, the Political Leader of the Movement for Progressive Change, does not address the issues of the Liberian people. Mr. Freeman claimed the proposed budget that was provided to the legislature was appalling and just intended to benefit President Boakai and his officials. Simeon Freeman claimed in a conversation with a group of journalists over the weekend that the UP’s clever plan to purportedly take from the common people living on the outside of society…

AT THE DARLINGTON JOHNSON MEDICAL CLINIC IN OLD ROAD, MONROVIA. Monrovia, Liberia – In order to provide free medical care and surgery to Liberians, two American-based Liberian physicians are visiting Liberia on behalf of Harvest Intercontinental Ministries Unlimited. This month, the Darlington Johnson Medical Clinic in Chugbor, Old Road, is hosting a free surgical medical mission led by doctors Gabriel Peal and Edward Shaw in Liberia. Church spokesperson Jeasey Burphy reported that, as part of Harvest Intercontinental Ministries Unlimited Medical Mission, Liberian surgeons Edward Shaw and Gabriel Peal are performing free surgery in Liberia. The surgeons, according to her, are…

Monrovia, Liberia – The formation of a five-person committee to discuss future strategies for tackling the numerous issues facing the country has resulted from a one-day consultative meeting of church leaders regarding the political, economic, and social landscape following the 2023 presidential and legislative elections. The purpose of the gathering, which was sponsored by the Faith and Justice Network, was to influence public opinion dialog, promote unity, and fight for justice and peace in Liberia. The purpose of the meeting, according to Reverend Doctor Tolbert Thomas Jallah, Executive Director of the Faith and Justice Network, who presided over the gathering…

Monrovia, Liberia – In order to avoid unspecified legal actions, the newly appointed Liberia’s Assets Recovery Property Retrieval Taskforce has given former government officials, employees, and private individuals who are still in possession of government properties a 10-day ultimatum to voluntarily surrender them starting on Friday, March 22 and ending on March 31, 2024. At the Ministry of Information, Cultural Affairs and Tourism (MICAT) Regular Press Briefing on Thursday in Monrovia, Cllr. Edwin Kla Martin, the Taskforce Chairperson, stated that the procedure is not intended to persecute or stigmatize any one group. No one will be wrongfully accused due to…