Report by Alpha Daffae Senkpeni, [email protected]Jemima Wolokollie, Deputy Minister for Administration, accused Mr. Tarpeh of conniving with shady foreign businesses in the country at the detriment of Liberian-owned businesses. “I’m asking my boss for him to open the market for Liberians to be able to do rice, for Liberians to be able to do petroleum, for Liberians to be able to bring in onions, and he has refused,” she alleged. While deputy minister Wollokollie’s revelations find a way in the public, Minister Tarpeh has refused to comment of the allegations made against him because doing so would be giving relevance to unsubstantiated allegations. FPA confirmed that Tarpeh was furious and wrote President George Weah requesting Wollokollie’s removal from the ministry, because he can no longer work with her. Some insiders at the ministry say Tarpeh’s letter to the President angered his deputy, who then opted to go public about the rift by making the allegations.

Source: Front Page Africa May 12, 2018 15:22 UTC