The Bukonjadeh Group of Companies has lauded the Unity Party’s leadership for speaking against government officials involved in alleged corruption.
According to the Chief Executive Officer of Bukonjadeh Group of Companies, Elton D. Johns, for the Chairman of the ruling party, Rev. Luther Tarpeh, to call on the Commerce and Industry Minister, Amin Modad, to clear his name of US$100K vehicle purchased for him by the Liberia Revenue Authority (LRA) Commissioner General, James Dorbor Jallah, speaks volumes of a new day in Liberia in the fight against corruption.
Johns emphasized that the Liberian people needed change to transform the development of the nation and its people, but it is unfortunate that some government officials want to get rich at the expense of the ordinary masses.
The Bukonjadeh boss made the statement Thursday in Monrovia, as Rev. Tarpeh is indicating alleged corruption against government officials in the Unity Party government under the leadership of President Joseph Nyuma Boakai.
He explained that President Boakai declared to Liberians and the rest of the world that business will not be as usual in his government, but the ugly hands of corruption by some of his officials have been visible in the public space without any concrete action from him, which makes it worrisome whether the fight against corruption will actually be battled in this government.
He maintained that there are lots of allegations of corruption about government officials since President Boakai came to power, but the President is yet to set up committees to investigate these allegations against his officials, whether they are true or not, and the public is concerned about these issues.
Johns asserted that Liberians have been faced with poverty over the years as a result of government officials continuing to do business as usual: the misuse and misapplication of public funds intended to transform the country and its people.
He lamented that corruption by government officials in Liberia has deprived and denied Liberians of basic social services for too long, pointing out that corruption has created huge gaps in terms of the lack of good roads, poor health sector, bad educational system, among others, which have contributed to the underdevelopment of the oldest independent country in Africa.
Johns emphasized that the culture of impunity has undermined the growth and development of Liberia over the years, and that President Boakai should not allow the culture of impunity to continue under his watch, as the Liberian people look to see change in the near future.
