Monrovia, May 21 -- Members of the Liberian Senate have raised alarms over the alleged mismanagement and diversion of the National Road Fund (NRF), originally designed to support road and bridge maintenance across Liberia.

By Obediah Johnson, obediah.johnson@frontpageafricaonline.com

The fund, established through legislation passed in December 2016, collects US$0.25 on each gallon of petroleum products imported into the country.

The revenue is intended exclusively for routine and periodic maintenance of roads and bridges. However, senators say the NRF has become a political tool misused by successive governments and some petroleum importers.

During a plenary session Tuesday, Rivercess County Senator Wellington Geevon Smith said Lib...