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    President Weah sanitises Liberia’s central bank

    Politics DeskBy Politics DeskMay 30, 201902 Mins Read
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    Liberian President, George Weah has shaken the leadership of the Central Bank of Liberia in a bid to restore confidence in an institution dogged by scandal.

    Weah announced on national radio, Wednesday, that the CBL’s executive governor, Nathaniel Patray, would retire within the next three months and his Deputy for Economic Policy, Mounir Siaplay, had tendered his resignation with immediate effect.

    Patray was appointed in July 2018.

    Last October, rumours swirled that newly printed Liberian dollars worth US$102 million (92 million euros), intended for the West African country’s reserves, had disappeared shortly after arrival from abroad.

    Liberia has been struggling with rampant corruption which Weah vowed to combat when he took office in January 2018.

    While an independent probe found that no money was missing, investigators did raise “concerns regarding the overall accuracy and completeness of the CBL’s internal records.”

    More irregularities within the CBL have come to light related to a cash injection of $25 million that Weah ordered in July 2018 to mop up excess Liberian dollars and bring inflation under control.

    Weah said that only $17 million of the money had been used and an investigation was underway into where the rest of the money had gone.

    “All of these reports and lapses point to a major lack of systems and controls at the Central Bank of Liberia, and call into question the ability of its present leadership to effectively revamp its internal mechanisms to provide greater accountability and professionalism,” the president said.

    The government will open nominations for a vetting committee to appoint the bank’s new leadership, Weah said.

    He also announced that the International Monetary Fund was to send a team to draw up a programme specially “tailored for Liberia”.

    The programme will require “greater discipline across government budgets” and salary caps will be introduced for government workers, he said.

    Weah vowed to step up the fight against corruption.

    “Education and healthcare are at the heart of our agenda, but we are also prioritising roads and infrastructure to grow economic opportunity,” he said.

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