The newly appointed Managing Director of the Forestry Development Authority (FDA), Rudolph J. Merab, Sr, a no stranger in the sector has vowed under his watch to robustly accelerate the professional services of the entity in order in order for it to regain its prewar status, as one of Liberia’s functioning state enterprises. Sources closed to the sector, revealed that the new FDA Managing Director previously worked in the Timber Industry in the early 1970s when he purchased a small sawmill from the Methodist Mission in Ganta and started producing sawn Timber. The investigation also revealed that the Merabs then engaged the LBDI and concluded a sales agreement for all of the assets of their company. We got permission from the Forestry Development Authority to remove and dispose of all logs fell by the company paying taxes to the government. The Merabs and their wives and the children of their employees fled to Sierra Leone due to the war.

Source: GNN Liberia February 24, 2024 20:12 UTC