Liberia: Three Individuals Who Deserve Our Thanks and Praise for Serving With Integrity and High Ethical Standards.

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As a supporter of the General Auditing Commission of the Republic of Liberia, I had absolutely no doubt about the audit report that the Auditor General recently published regarding the National Ebola Task Force/ Incident Management System (IMS) for the period of August 1 to October 31, 2014, until I had the opportunity to carefully read and analyze the report.. Again, I have no doubt that the report was done professionally and written in good faith; however, it was totally unfair to three honest and hardworking individuals.

As an anti-corruption activist who also happens to be a financial expert, I read the entire 96-page report, and was quite alarmed and consequently decided to do my own investigation. I was alarmed when I read on page 8 of the report, "For the period under audit, financial activities and the conduct of the affairs of the National Ebola Trust Fund (NETF) were marred by financial irregularities and material control deficiencies for a number of transactions carried out by the Incident Management System and the eight (8) Implementing Partners of the NETF. These irregularities were the result of the Incident Management System and the Implementing Partners not fully adhering to the Public Financial Management Act of 2009, Public Procurement & Concession Act of 2010, IPSAS Cash Basis of Accounting, the Ebola Trust Fund Financial & Procurement policy and other applicable laws and regulations."

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