Monrovia, Liberia – President Joseph N. Boakai has responded forcefully to grave accusations of financial and administrative irregularities at the Liberia Agricultural Commodity Regulatory Authority (LACRA), according to the Executive Mansion.
A statement reveals that the President suspended Chea B. Garley, Deputy Director General for Administration and Finance, and Christopher D. Sankolo, Director-General of LACRA, in two separate communications dated June 25, 2025.
The suspensions remain in effect pending the outcome of ongoing investigations by the Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission (LACC) and an audit requested by the President to be conducted by the General Auditing Commission (GAC).
The Liberian leader also instructed the suspended officials to quickly transfer all institutional assets, properties, and duties to the temporary officials who had been selected to head the institution. Dan Torkamawon Saryee, Sr. has been designated as Interim Director-General of LACRA, while Honorable Adolphus Forkpa will serve as Interim Deputy Director General for Administration and Finance.
In addition to restating that all public servants would be held to the greatest standards of integrity and public service, the president reaffirmed his administration’s zero-tolerance policy against corruption.
