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Ebola virus: Liberia watchdog says $800,000 in funding for fight against outbreak unaccounted for

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Thu, 2015-04-09 19:37 — mike kraft

AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION               April 9, 2015

Liberia's anti-corruption watchdog says some $800,000 in funding to fight the Ebola epidemic has not been properly accounted for, most of it passing through the defence ministry.

A report by the General Auditing Commission (GAC) covering the height of the outbreak last year analysed more than $13 million spent by the National Ebola Trust Fund (NETF).

"The conduct of the affairs of the ... [NETF] were marred by financial irregularities and material control deficiencies," read the report, published on the GAC web site....

The audit did not include donations from international organisations including the World Bank, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and other foreign donors whose contribution did not flow through the NETF.
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Thu, 2015-04-09 19:46 — mike kraft

VOICE OF AMERICA  by Benno Muchler                                                              April 9, 2015

MONROVIA—Liberia’s reputation for graft has international donors and many Liberians concerned that aid money pouring in to help the country recover from Ebola may disappear into the maw of corruption.

The international community has pledged nearly $5 billion to help West Africa fight and recover from the Ebola outbreak. But systemic fraud and mismanagement in Liberia has donors concerned the people who need the money most won’t see it.

Liberia Deputy Information Minister Isaac Jackson said his government has taken these concerns into account and the international community should be reassured.

“We’ve been able to put in place some of the best measures in accounting for the Ebola money," said Jackson. "As we speak, the minister of finance and development planning, the Honorable Amara Konneh, has challenged all ministries and agencies that received Ebola money to carry out proper accountability, meaning they will have to account for Ebola money.”

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Fri, 2015-04-10 00:42 — Kathy Gilbeaux

allafrica.com - by Rodney D. Sieh - April 9, 2015

CLICK HERE - GAC Audit - Liberia - Auditor General's Report - On the National Ebola Trust Fund - For the period August 1 to October 31, 2014 (96 page .PDF report)

. . . Millions of dollars was raised by the government and international donors and several container loads of supplies, anti-Ebola gears and medications shipped to Liberia as the Sirleaf administration appealed to the international community including U.S. President Barack Obama for aid in helping Liberia beats back the outbreak. . . .

. . . Months later, an audit by the General Auditing Commission obtained by FrontPageAfrica is providing some answers to much of the discrepancies that took place . . .

. . . On the overall, the audit noted that during the analysis of the expenditure reports of the Incident Management System and the Implementing Partners, financial irregularities amounting to US$792,663.20 and L$5,281,189.96 resulting from inadequate supporting documentation, unsupported transactions, variance from allowance distribution records and other supporting documents, unreported fuel balances, fuel purchases without evidence of distribution, unverified fixed assets and negative confirmation by third party among others. . . .

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