MONROVIA, April 17 -- The Plenary of the Liberian Senate has established an Ad-Hoc Committee to investigate the questionable manner and form in which the former ruling Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) government of President George Manneh Weah signed a contract with a Qatari company Medtech Scientific that led to the establishment of a secret financial account in Dubai unknown to the other parties involved with the deal.

Plenary is the highest decision making body of the Senate.

The former government signed a 10-year contract with MedTech in July 2021 to conduct Destination Inspection of containers and to provide Verification of Conformity services at the Freeport of Monrovia. The company replaces BIVAC whose contract with the govern...