Sphere: Related ContentLiberia: Corruption Denies Country of Bush’s Gesture, Cyrus Badio Discloses
Jimmey C. Fahngon
The NEWS (Monrovia)
Barely four days after the visit of the United States President George W. Bush to Liberia, Presidential Press Secretary Cyrus Badio says corruption, bad governance, lack of accountability, among others, were major reasons why the American President did not make any financial commitment to Liberia.
Speaking to journalists Monday at his weekly press conference at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Badio said Liberia was lagging behind in meeting benckmarks set by the United States to get such financial assistance.
He named the benckmarks as accountability, good governance, transparency, among other democratic practices.
Badio said unless Liberia can meet these benckmarks, it would be behind in assessing fundings from the United States.
He stressed, “if we do not meet these benchmarks, it will be difficult to convince American taxpayers to send their money here.”
According to him, Ghana, Tanzania and other countries where President Bush made financial commitment to, have met the required benchmark of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) thus qualifying them to get such financial support. (more…)
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that is funny. Why won’t congress use these measurements as a way to determine funding for this war.