-to submit preliminary report on Oil Block 13 to ExxonMobil SalePresident George Weah has instructed Justice Minister Musa Dean to investigate reports of alleged grave acts of corruption on the sale of Oil Block 13 to U.S. petroleum company ExxonMobil. According to a release signed by Information Minister Eugene Nagbe, President Weah has given Minister Dean two weeks to get a preliminary report before his desk. Block 13 was originally awarded by NOCAL in 2005 to Liberian-Anglo Company Broadway Consolidated/Peppercoast (BCP). “But Global Witness’ evidence shows that the company was likely part-owned by former Lands, Mines and Energy Minister, Jonathan Mason, and former Deputy Minister, Mulbah Willie. Mason and Willie are suspected of granting the oil block to a company in which they held interests while they were also ministers in 2005, which was illegal under Liberian law,” Global Witness said.

Source: Daily Observer April 02, 2018 02:26 UTC