LPP Implores Legislature Probe 2024 GAC Reports -Says Revelations of Unaccountability Concerning

MONROVIA – The General Auditing Commission’s 2024 audit reports on government’s consolidated account—the first empirical assessment of the fiscal deportment of the Unity Party government by the Supreme Audit Institution of the country—don’t portray of a good and responsible image of Government. An array of unsightly revelations bordering imprudence, mismanagement and unaccountability has angered many Liberians, though the managers of the country’s fiscal regime continue to fight back, and there have been national uproars over the matter. Is it all going to stop at talk show exchanges? One of country’s oldest political parties, the Liberian People’s Party (LPP) is saying ‘No!’ It wants the audit-report debate to be taken to its logical conclusion by the National Legislature which is under constitutional obligation to do so. The Analyst reports.    

In its September 17, 2025 open letter to the Legislature, the Liberian People’s Party (LPP) called on lawmakers to demand full implementation of the recommendations contained in the 2024 General Audit Commission (GAC) Reports.

The LPP said the reports, as published, highlight critical allegations of mismanagement and potential corruption which if left unaddressed could fall outside Liberia’s Statute of Limitations and sketch an escape pathway from accountability by the ruling establishment.

In particular, the LPP drew attention to issues surrounding the US$6 million donated by Norway and the US$181 million loaned to agricultural investors, something the party said demand urgent scrutiny to ensure transparency, accountability, and the protection of Liberia’s resources.

“We believe that the Legislature, as the direct representatives of the people, must exercise its oversight authority to safeguard the nation’s interest and compel the Executive Branch to act in compliance with the GAC’s recommendations,” the party said.

Sadly, since the 1970s, the LPP recalled, “efforts directed at the war on corruption are dissipating or declining,” citing an instance where instead of adhering to “the biblical commandment that says ‘That Shall Not Steal,’ and/or the traditional practice of naming and shaming perpetrators, influential Liberians are encouraging perpetrators to steal government’s resources.”

The party stated further: “Former President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, the recipient of the $5M Mo Ibrahim Prize, advised Liberians to surrender to corruption because it has become indomitable. Former President George Weah and his advisers argued that stealing is okay if the stolen resources are reinvested in Liberia. Nowadays, some Liberians insist that anyone who steals outside of Liberia and/or from foreign entity is not guilty of corruption.”

LPP further said what is most concerning is Liberians’ tolerance towards corruption is encouraging perpetrators and Liberians alike to accept any yardstick in defining/judging on how best to fight the war on corruption.

“Honorable Lawmakers, Liberia’s failure to investigate and/or prosecute individuals/institutions mentioned in the audit report published in 2024 by GAC will encourage more Liberians to use illegal means and get rich at the expense of our motherland,” the LPP open letter stated, adding: “Government is a place to serve, not to steal. It is possible for a better Liberia.”