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A day after the U.S Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned three top officials of the George Weah-led administration for involvement in ongoing public corruption, the presidency announced that President Weah suspended the officials with immediate effect, to face an investigation.
Reports have said that the president is being bombarded by calls from several institutions and citizens, urging him to sack the three officials – Nathaniel McGill, Sayma Cephus and Bill Twehway for their involvement in ongoing public corruption in Liberia. The latest to join in making the request is the National Civil Society Council of Liberia (NCSCL). In a statement issued through its National Chairperson Loretta Alethea Pope-Kai, the NCSCL commended the United States Government for placing targeted sanctions against the three.
However, it called on the president to take some concrete steps beyond the suspension, to save the government from embarrassment and ensure public trust by dismissing, prosecuting, and confiscating of ill-acquired properties or wealth and barring of said officials from participating in political affairs and governance of the state.
The U.S. report states: Nathaniel McGill bribed business owners, received bribes from potential investors, and accepted kickbacks for steering contracts to companies in which he has an interest. Sayma Cephus developed close relationships with suspects of criminal investigations and received bribes from individuals in exchange for having their cases dropped. Bill Twehway orchestrated the diversion of U.S.$1.5 million in vessel storage fee funds from the National Ports Authority, into a private account. He secretly formed a private company to which, through his position at the NPA, he later unilaterally awarded a contract for loading and unloading cargo at the Port of Buchanan.Â
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