Of the allocated amount, Nimba County received US$1.55 million, Grand Bassa, US$1.02 million, while Bong got US$527,000, representing their respective SDF shares of 50 percent, 33.3 percent and 16.7 percent. “The Movement expresses great dismay at the comical display by the Government of Liberia in remitting the amount and making it a newsworthy issue. It is also requesting the Nimba County Legislative Caucus and the Government of Liberia to mandate the General Auditing Commission (GAC) to conduct a full-scale audit of the operations of the Nimba County Social Development Fund and the County Development Fund covering the period after the last audit to ascertain that the funds were used in keeping with law and procedures. It is during the setting decisions are made to expend the fund garnered from the SDF and County Development Fund (CDF). The group called for the County’s legislative caucus to proceeds with the hosting of the next County Council sitting in a manner and style that will reflect the true and genuine wishes, aspirations and desires of the majority citizens of Nimba County.

Source: Front Page Africa July 15, 2020 07:30 UTC