-Over Alleged Financial and Administrative Irregularities
Executive Mansion, Monrovia:-President Joseph Nyuma Boakai, Sr., has taken decisive action in response to serious allegations of financial and administrative improprieties at the Liberia Agricultural Commodity Regulatory Authority (LACRA).
In two separate communications dated June 25, 2025, the President suspended Mr. Christopher D. Sankolo, Director-General of LACRA, and Mr. Chea B. Garley, Deputy Director General for Administration and Finance.
The suspensions remain in effect pending the outcome of ongoing investigations by the Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission (LACC) and an audit requested by the President to be conducted by the General Auditing Commission (GAC).
“These actions are being taken in the interest of transparency, accountability, and good governance,” President Boakai noted in the letters.
The Liberian Leader further directed the suspended officials to immediately turn over all institutional properties, assets, and responsibilities to appointed interim officials.
Honorable Dan Torkamawon Saryee, Sr. has been designated as Interim Director-General of LACRA, while Honorable Adolphus Forkpa will serve as Interim Deputy Director General for Administration and Finance.
The President reaffirms his Administration’s zero-tolerance stance on corruption and reiterated that all public officials will be held to the highest standards of integrity and public service.
