The Civil Society Network of Liberia (CSNL) says its attention has been seriously drawn to the FrontPage Africa newspaper’s June 9, 2025 edition, which reports a series of allegations of administrative breaches, including unauthorized payments, procurement irregularities, audit obstruction, conflict of interest, and politically motivated staffing decisions against John Siafa, Mayor of the Monrovia City Corporation (MCC). The CSNL said these allegations, which was sourced from an unknown whistleblower, are bunch of manufactured information intended to undermine Mayor Siafa’s transformative policies and achievements at the MCC.
In a release issued recently, the Civil Society Network of Liberia (CSNL) said it has fundamentally established that, contrary to claims of corruption, poor waste management and other mal-administrative practices against Mayor Siafa, investigation conducted on the operations of the MCC shows that the mayor has rather instituted a transparent, accountable and systemized financial operations and robust waste management system at the MCC.
“The wave of allegations against Mayor John Siafa are malicious propaganda designed by the suspended staff, including the Comptroller. The allegations of financial misappropriation and procedural breaches stems from Mayor Siafa’s crackdown on widespread financial fraud, arising from a sophisticated syndicate involving fake deposits, impersonation, extortion, and payroll theft. The suspended staff, especially the comptroller, has embarked on maligning the administration of Mayor Siafa as a means of covering up their dangerous syndicate of defrauding the MCC,” the release observed.
According to the release, “Since Mayor Siafa took over the MCC, he has ensured that all financial transactions are transparently conducted. Contrary to mismanagement and diversion of funds, US$300,000 from the Clean Cities Project (PSIP 2024) and another US$400,000 from the World Bank-funded CLUS Project, were used for the intended purpose with approval from assigned staff of the Internal Audit Agency (IAA).”
The Civil Society Network of Liberia said it has observed that contrary to allegations of poor wasteful management system under Mayor Siafa, Monrovia and its environment has witnessed great improvement in the management of wastes. The Cheesemanburg Landfill Urban Sanitation (CLUS), implemented by the Project Implementation Unit (PIU) of the Monrovia City Corporation, is aimed at improving access to solid waste collection and disposal services in Monrovia and its surrounding.
“Monrovia’s solid waste management system has significantly improved, in realization of the government’s ARREST agenda of which Sanitation is a core component. The allegation of staffing controversies is an illogical argument because the mayor, as head of agency, has the right to employ and promote staffers. We observed that employment and promotion at the MCC is not politically influenced, as even youths from the Unity Party recommendations had not been favored,” the release added.
The Civil Society Network of Liberia investigation revealed that all financial transactions at the MCC, including payroll process, are managed through relevant laws and policies, including the Public Financial Management (PFM) laws and Public Procurement & Concession Commission (PPCC). The group then called on all those involved in making fake propaganda and misleading allegations against officials of government, like the Mayor of the Monrovia City Corporation, to desist.
