Monrovia, Feb. 17 -- Late last Thursday, February 13, 2020, as a growing number of vehicles sat idly in line with faint hopes of acquiring gasoline, Finance and Economic Planning Minister Samuel Tweah wrote a government check for US$1,800,000 (one million, eight hundred thousand United States Dollars to ECOBANK at the Central Bank of Liberia serving as authorization to transfer US$150,000(one hundred and fifty thousand United States Dollars) and credit to the Liberian Embassy in Sierra Leone's account at Ecobank in connection with transporting petroleum products to Monrovia to help curb the shortage of gasoline.

Report by Rodney D. Sieh, rodney.sieh@frontpageafricaonline.com

As a result of that payment, a vessel, Hafnia Hope, carrying b...