CENTAL Wants Defiant Officials Dismissed Over Failure to Declare Asset
August 7, 2025
By Laymah Kollie
Monrovia: The Center for Transparency Accountability in Liberia, CENTAL has called on President Joseph Boakai, to dismissed Officials of his Government who have failed to declare their assets.
According to CENTAL, upon assuming office, President Joseph Boakai appointed and commissioned a team, headed by Cllr. Findley Karngar to oversee the activities of the Office of the Ombudsman, whose responsibilities include, but are not limited to enforcing the asset declaration requirement and ensuring that public officials fully comply with other relevant integrity, accountability and transparency standards.
Addressing a news conference in Monrovia Tuesday, August 5, 2025, CENTAL Executive Director Anderson Maimen, outlined notable progress recorded so far in asset declaration compliance, including full compliance by the President and Vice President, Speaker, President Pro Tempore and other officials including 100 percent compliance levels at the Liberia Revenue Authority LRA.
Anderson Maimen stated that data gathered from the Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission, the LACC, shows that a considerable number of officials of government, including appointees, Legislators and Justices of the Supreme Court of Liberia are still reneging on declaring their assets, incomes and liabilities.
Recently, the Chairperson of the Office of the Ombudsman, Cllr. Findley D. Karngar recommended the suspension and withholding of one month salaries and benefits of four Justices of the Supreme Court of Liberia, including outgoing Chief Justice Sie-A-Nyene G. Yuoh, Justice Yussif D. Kaba, Justice Jamesetta H. Wolokolie, and Justice Ceaineh D. Clinton Johnson along with 29 lawmakers -17 representatives and 12 senators for their failure to comply with Sections 15.1(c) and (d) of the Code of Conduct.
CENTAL expressed alter dismayed that officials at the highest levels of government who swore oath to uphold the laws of Liberia are in gross disregard of the very laws they swore to uphold.
Anderson Maimen has called on the Legislature to exercise its oversight responsibility in ensuring compliance by Supreme Court Justices, including other sanctions provided by law and the majority lawmakers who have laudably declared their assets, incomes and liabilities to push for sanctions against their colleagues who have deliberately refused to respect the Code of Conduct.
Meanwhile CENTAL, has called on the Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission (LACC) to publish a full status report on these affected individuals so as to allay concerns of disregard of the Code of Conduct and the Presidential directive.
Anderson Maimen indicated that President Joseph Boakai to go a step further from suspension to dismissing all officials within the executive found to have remained defiant by their refusal to declare their assets, incomes and liabilities.
CENTAL urged the Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission to ensure that assets declared are not just kept on the shelves, but are timely verified, to ensure that the true essence and objectives of the asset declaration process are fully realized.
