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Liberia: Lawmakers Disappointmented over Speaker Chambers’ ‘Unilateral Decision’ to Abruptly Adjourn Session Due to Power Outage at Capitol
Liberia: Lawmakers Disappointmented over Speaker Chambers’ ‘Unilateral Decision’ to Abruptly Adjourn Session Due to Power Outage at Capitol
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Speaking to the legislative press pool in the corridors of the Capitol Building, the Speaker said the decision was in the right direction, as it will allow the electricians sent by the Liberia Electricity Corporation (LEC) to perform their duties and restore power.
Capitol Hill, Monrovia – Several members of the House of Representatives on Tuesday were left astounded by Speaker Bhofal Chambers’ unilateral decision to abruptly adjourn the session due to power failure at the Capitol.
Senate cites heads of energy sector
Grand Kru County Senator Numene T. H. Bartekwa has attributed the closure of major businesses, including rich tax-paying supermarkets, to the Liberia Electricity Corporation’s
incompetence to provide the needed daily energy supply.
“For example, businesses along the Gardnersville Freeway, including the Harbel and Saksouk Supermarkets are closing because these businesses have to run generators for the upkeep of their businesses, which is undermining the revitalization of the economy; LEC Is proving incompetent and unable to provided the needed energy,” Senator Bartekwa told the
Daily Observer yesterday minutes after he submitted a communication to the Senate requesting the appearance of heads of the energy sector.
Pres. Weah Informs the Legislature Misapplied US$6m of Norwegian Grant, Wants It Recorded as Debt to Liberia
Pres. Weah Informs the Legislature Misapplied US$6m of Norwegian Grant, Wants It Recorded as Debt to Liberia
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MONROVIA – President George Weah has written the Legislature informing them about an alleged misapplication of two grants from the Government of Norway of over US$6 million between 2010-2015. The amount was part of an overall amount of US$42 which was to support of the Liberia Electricity Corporation extension of its distribution network in Monrovia.
In 2017, the government of Norway through its Ministry of Foreign, office of the Inspector General Commission KPMG performed an audit verification process of expenditure of the grant and the audit uncovered mismanagement of funds.
Josh Mailman, co-founder, the Threshold Foundation, the Social Venture Network and Business for Social Responsibility, commenting on US author John Perkinsâ best seller, âConfessions of an Economic Hitmanâ wrote the following:
âA fascinating insiderâs view of how private multinational companies legally rob the poor of the Third World, country after countryâ¦â
John Perkins had worked for years as a consultant with an American company, MAINS, doing stints in Latin America and Asia. And his key function was to prepare development models for Third World countries that would ultimately benefit predatory corporate interests rather than the people it would claim to help.