Liberia: LIGIS Boss Backtracks on Comments that US$1 Million Given to UNFPA; Says It's a "Slip of Tongue"

MONROVIA, June 16 -- Prof. Francis Wreh, Director General of the Liberia Institute of Statistic and Geo-Information Services (LISGIS) has told the Senate that his earlier comments about transferring US$1 million to UNFPA for the conduct of population census was a "slip of tongue."

The LISGIS Director General comments comes in the wake of a FrontPageAfrica publication that revealed that contrary to claim that LISGIS transferred US$1 million, only US$700,000 was given the implementing partner by LISGIS. FrontPageAfrica's publication was based on a tipoff by a source within the UNFA.

On Tuesday, June 15, 2021, the LIGIS boss reacted to the FrontPageAfrica's under the headline "US$300k Lost in Thin Air", terming it as "erroneous, unfounded, u...