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Liberia: Five Incompetent LTA Commissioners resigned as President Sirleaf appoints Commissioners shortly
May 19, 2009
by Michael Kpayili / Staff Writer
Five Commissioners at the Liberia Telecommunications Authority have resigned their posts after instruction forwarded to them by the President of Liberia directly after May 13, 2009 emergency meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
According to Presidential press Secretary Cyrus Badio, all five Commissioners tenured in their resignations as mandated by the President of Liberia, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf for what she termed as ‘incompetence and constant misapprehension at the entity’. Mr. Badio further indicated that president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf will shortly constitute a new Board of Commissioners to steer the affairs of the Liberia Telecommunications Authority.
Although the Chairman of the Board of Commissioners at the LTA is currently serving suspension and possible prosecution by the Liberian government, he is believed to have tenured in his resignation along with his colleagues. The five Commissioners that tenured their resignation to the Minister of State for onward submission to the President of Liberia are LTA suspended Chairman Albert Bropleh; Ruth Jappah Samukai, Lamini Wariety, Nathaniel Kelvin and Edwin Yory. It is still not clear whether the President’s action against the LTA Board of Commissioners was legal according to the Act that established the entity. According to the Act, Commissioners are appointed by the President of the Republic of Liberia for the period of four years and confirmed by the senate. The Act further states that during the four-year life span of the Commissioners, they can only be dismissed and replaced for a cause. The cause is certain to have been determined by the Court of competent jurisdiction. The President of Liberia has however stated the cause of ineffectiveness as sufficient reason to request the resignation of the five Commissioners, which is not only an affront to their integrity, academic ability and professional careers to run the affairs of the LTA but also the worst dishonor that any proficient person can suffered especially where the President of Liberia has linked you to such an embarrassment.
Commissioners at the Liberia Telecommunications Authority are among the highest paid government officials with almost all of them taking more than a cabinet Minister in government. According to information gathered at the Commission which copy is in the possession of this media indicate that, each Commissioner receives a monthly salary of U,500.00 (twelve thousand five hundred United States Dollars) which is broken down as U,000.00 (eight thousand), gross salary and allowances; U,500.00 (four thousand five hundred), excluding U0 monthly gasoline allotment, car, driver and security, while the Chairman receives a monthly salary of U,500.00 (thirteen thousand five hundred) and a yearly salary of U2,000.00 (one hundred and sixty two thousand ), and unspecified benefits.
Confusion at the entity escalated when Chairman Albert Bropleh and his special secretary made an unannounced visit to South Africa without the knowledge of his fellow Commissioners which sparked serious inner fight as the nature of his visit was kept private though official. Speculation in the media was that Mr. Bropleh has stolen huge sum of money belonging to the entity and when Commissioner Wariety was requested to give clarity to the unfolding situation at the LTA and the whereabouts of his Chairman, Mr. Wariety said that he had no knowledge of Chairman Bropleh’s whereabouts and as such, he was not in the position to make statement.
Besides, internal backbiting at the institution, the General Auditing Commission (GAC) headed by John Morlu linked the LTA to numerous counts of corruption and financial improprieties which President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf ordered the immediate blockade of the entity’s account.
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About the Author:
Michael Kpayili is a staff writer for TheLiberianTimes.com. Kpayili has written articles which have appeared on TheLiberianTimes.com since late 2005, and his hard hitting investigative journalism has earned the respect of the Liberian press community.
Michael Kpayili may be contacted at mkpayili@theliberiantimes.com.
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