Liberia: Pres. Weah Informs the Legislature Misapplied U.S.$6 Million of Norwegian Grant, Wants It Recorded As Debt to Liberia

Monrovia — President George Weah has written the Legislature informing them about an alleged misapplication of two grants from the Government of Norway of over US$6 million between 2010-2015. The amount was part of an overall amount of US$42 which was to support of the Liberia Electricity Corporation extension of its distribution network in Monrovia.

In 2017, the government of Norway through its Ministry of Foreign, office of the Inspector General Commission KPMG performed an audit verification process of expenditure of the grant and the audit uncovered mismanagement of funds.

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