Kanio Bai Gbala, Vice Chairman of the Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission (LACC), has requested a one-month leave of absence following a FrontPageAfrica investigation that uncovered his alleged conflict of interest and corruption at the National Port Authority. Gbala, the Managing Director of the National Port Authority and others established a company with the sole purpose of awarding the handling services contract at the Port of Buchanan to the company. According to the source, “Bill Tweahway has 60% share in the company, Cllr. Kanio Bai-Gbala was given 10% share, Deputy Comptroller Christian Brownell was given 15% share; while Hamed Sidiki Fofana was given 15% share. Mr. Tweahway did not respond to FPA’s inquiry while Mr. Fofana and Brownell could not be reached up to press time for comments.

Source: Front Page Africa August 30, 2021 13:48 UTC