The Executive Director of Justice Forum Liberia (JFL), Maxson Kpakio, has told the Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission boss, Cllr. Edwin K. Martin, to manhunt all those that have stolen from the people of Liberia while serving in positions of trust.
“Open your office doors to CSOs in the quest of sharing ideas while we all fight against our biggest enemy, corruption,” Kpakio said, admonishing Cllr. Martin to be robust in clamping down on corruption.
The Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission (LACC) is an autonomous commission with the mandate to create awareness as well as investigate and prosecute acts of corruption involving public officials and state resources.
On Friday, Kpakio visited the LACC boss at his Congo Town office. He revealed a textbook, “Corruption, My Enemy Now and My Enemy Forever”, to Cllr. Martin. The book is to be taught in every public school and private school nationwide to serve as a deterrent to future generations the danger of corruption.
With the recommendation and display of the textbook to assail corruption from every nook of the society, the LACC head lauded Kpakio and wished implementing his quest. “The clampdown on corruption would be inclusive for positive result,” the LACC boss noted.
“I appreciate you always for spending days and nights and countless hours writing a textbook for Liberia in the quest of fighting corruption,” Cllr. Martin said, with smile shaking his hand. “The anti-graft agency is willing to work with civil society organizations across the country to tackle corrupt individuals.”
Liberia, being a unicameral state, has been fighting corruption through the LACC, the General Auditing Commission and the court, but it is a challenge to make the nation corruption-free due to its citizens with diverse backgrounds. Civil society and other human rights groups launched the operation, dubbed, “Free Liberia from corrupt individuals”, but it has yielded no fruit in eliminating the evil act. The Justice Forum Liberia boss expressed joining the struggle with his team and civil society actors to buttress the effort.
“My team and civil society organization will work with the LACC in the combat of corruption,” Kpakio said, frowning on corruption in the country.
With his commitment, the LACC boss presented a copy of the act that created the Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission to Kpakio, and assured him of the usage of the textbook in the future so that the children of Liberia can benefit from it. In a related development, both LACC and JFL bosses have praised Emmanuel Tuloe, a motorcyclist, who found over US$50,000 in Nimba County and hand-delivered it to the owner. For his sincerity, the LACC Commissioner promised to work with Emmanuel and his parents, and appreciate him further.