Liberia: Accountability Issues at FDA As Levy Collected are Paid Into Mobile Money Account; Workers Alarm Corruption
MONROVIA, Feb. 21 -- The Forestry Development Authority has
been collecting hundreds of thousands in Liberian dollars as levy on non-timber
products at various checkpoints across the country but said money is not
deposited in government revenue account, rather transferred into a mobile money
account after being collected in physical cash by the agents at these
checkpoints.
The mobile
money number, 0888-207721, though registered as Forestry Development Authority
(Central Office), is mobile number of the Mr. Edward Kamara, Marketing Manager.
All 30 checkpoints across the country transfer fees collected to his mobile
money number.
Documents
obtained by FrontPageAfrica show that for the month of January, agents
assigned at the Kl...
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