Here are the facts:1) The budget for the Office of the President under both President Sirleaf and President Weah have never exceeded US$4.5 million. 3) Under President Weah, the Office of the President was allotted the amount of USS3,385,823 in the 2018/2019 Budget. The fact that there has been no downward change in the Special Allowance appropriation under President Weah proves that, contrary to the pronouncement by President Weah that he would take a 25% salary cut, President Weah is actually taking 100% of the salary allotted for the President. Also, the Foreign and Domestic Travel appropriations under the Office of the President in 2016 were all higher than what they were in 2018/2019 under President Sirleaf. 7) A comparison of the Special Operations Appropriation, which can be used mainly at the discretion of the President, under President Sirleaf versus that of President Weah shows a troubling fact.

Source: Front Page Africa August 18, 2020 06:56 UTC