Monrovia - A controversial directive from Liberia’s Finance Minister Mr. Samuel Tweah has many Liberian government vendors scratching their heads. But Minister Tweah told FPA via phone Tuesday that the measure is simply an enforcement of a Presidential mandate. An Ecobank executive confirmed to FrontPageAfrica Tuesday that only vendors whose names are on a list from the Finance Ministry would not experience bounced checks. Critics are slamming the finance Minister’s controversial policy, suggesting that he may be overstepping his bounds as this should not be the main focus right now. “We have to graduate from having our finance Ministers becoming deeply involved in a routine-financial-transaction such as managing payroll and accounts payable.

Source: Front Page Africa February 28, 2018 01:18 UTC