The Auditor General (AG) of the Republic of Liberia, P. Garswa Jackson, and his entire team at the General Auditing Commission (GAC) have been urged to resign his position for being associated with double-dipping, in the interest of national security and preventing national calamity.
The GAC stands accused of conducting two audits covering almost the same period, under the same Auditor General, P. Garswa Jackson, a contradiction that cannot be considered a mere technicality, but also double-dipping for the identical work that yielded conflicting results.
According to information, the first audit, dated December 2022, covered 1980–2021, was conducted by the AG Jackson during the CDC administration, and recorded 617 claims with a total value of US$1,149.57 million and validated $775.36 million. This outcome underpinned domestic debt payments made under the CDC government and its IMF ECF obligations.
The second audit, dated June 2025, covered 1980–2024, and was produced under the same AG Jackson during the Unity Party administration. It reviewed 784 claims valued at US$798.20 million but validated just US$93.52 million.
As of today, there are two audit reports, same office, but opposite conclusions, with no published reconciliation, no explanation of changed methodology, and no independent peer review.
Economic analysts have informed the Hot Pepper that the consequences of AG Jackson’s action are profound, especially when claimants, whose debts were once validated, now face sudden erasure, noting that tension between citizens, creditors, and the state could easily escalate. They say the absence of clear methodology or reconciliation charts points to either gross incompetence or political interference, either of which is unacceptable for the nation’s supreme audit body.
They recommended that, in the interest of national security, the controversial second domestic audit report of 1980–2024 should be considered null and void since there were already similar audit results being used for domestic debt settlement.
They further recommended that, in the face of preventing this national calamity, the Auditor General and all those associated with this double-dipping Audit must resign immediately to save the integrity of the GAC.
In a related development, Nimba County’s district #7 Representative, Musa Hassan Bility, has termed as deceptive, wrong and unfair the continued delay by the General Auditing Commission (GAC) to conduct an audit on the House of Representatives—a request he made to the Auditor General, P. Garswa Jackson Sr., two years ago.
Bility said almost two years ago he wrote a formal letter to the Auditor General of the Republic of Liberia requesting a comprehensive audit of the Legislature. In the AG’s official written response, he assured that his office was conducting both a system audit and a compliance audit, and that upon completion of those reviews he would undertake a comprehensive forensic fiscal audit of the Legislature.
According to Bility, the commitment gave hope to the Liberian people—hope that, for once, those entrusted with public office would be held accountable under the law, and that the Legislature, as the custodian of the people’s trust, would finally open its books for scrutiny.
However, the Nimba lawmaker disclosed that, up to date, almost two years later, they have found themselves hearing the same promise repeated as if it were new, again about a system and compliance audit. “This repetition, without delivery, is deceptive, wrong, and unfair to the Liberian people,” he warned.
“Mr. Auditor General, this nation looks to you and your institution, the General Auditing Commission, as our last stronghold for accountability and integrity in public service. The GAC is our only institutional hope to keep the government transparent and to ensure that no one, not even those in the Legislature, is above the law,” Representative Bility observed.
Representative Bility urged AG Jackson to fulfill his promise and commence and complete the forensic fiscal audit of the Legislature without further delay; maintain his independence and not allow the Legislature or any public official to dictate where or how the audit should begin; and publish the findings and, when complete, release the audit report to the public so Liberians everywhere can see where their money went.
He said the Liberian people are watching, and they deserve the truth. “The credibility of your office and the integrity of our country’s financial system depend on your actions now,” the lawmaker maintained.
The lawmaker emphasized that Liberia has suffered too long from a broken and opaque system, noting that the people have placed their faith in Jackson, and so they ask that he does not allow that faith to be betrayed.