Monrovia – The Ministry of Finance and Development Planning is drowning in corruption but the sincerity of efforts being made to rescue the situation is being questioned. Finance Minister, Boima Kamara, on Tuesday evening disclosed the discovery of an ‘illegal’ account and transaction in the tone of US$49,000 and L$1.9 million. Speaking on the recently discovered ‘illegal account’, Finance Minister Boima Kamara disclosed that the ‘illegal transactions’ occurred in the SOE Unit (State Owned Enterprise) of the Ministry which is headed by Siafa Chowo. I want to make it clear that it is not an illegal account, it went through the proper channel,” he said. But indeed the account is not an illegal account, it was opened through the proper channel,” he asserted.

Source: Front Page Africa March 09, 2017 02:35 UTC