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Police Officers Storm Central Bank In Demand of Delayed Salaries Courtesy: Liberian Observer June 19, 2009  MONROVIA,
Some police officers on June 18, 22009, and two days before, stormed the
Central Bank of Liberia (CBL) over delayed salaries.An investigation gathered by this paper indicated that since the end of May this year, some police officers only received their checks just last week, and some, three days ago. Moreover, they faced some problems in cashing their checks at the CBL. Speaking to the Daily Observer, some of the police personnel, who preferred anonymity, said they were getting frustrated with the system of payment and that they were not happy with the situation at all. One officer who only identified himself as Thomas had this to say: “We are feeling too bad because we don't expect things like this to go on. Some of us are feeling reluctant to do the job. You see, we have families to take care of.” Thomas added that they had been hearing some rumors that their payment was being delayed by the Central Bank owing to the recent US$1,000,000 case involving Ecobank and the Central Bank. However, Director of Research Policy and Planning, A. Richard Dorley, making clarifications on the rumors, told this reporter that the checks that the police had had been signed by James Gboka, the former Chief Disburser at the Ministry of Finance, who had been suspended by the President for his alleged connection with the recent US$1,000,000 case. He said the Bank could not honor checks that had been signed by a suspended disburser. According to him, they could only cash the checks with a written permission from the Ministry of Finance. In another report, the Special Assistant to the Deputy Minister for Expenditure at the Ministry of Finance told this reporter that the delay in the issuing of checks to police officers could be as a result of late presentation of police payroll by the police or a printer problem at the Ministry. He also confirmed that Mr. Gboka's signature was still on checks to be disbursed by the Ministry and now that he had been suspended, those checks had to be first verified. Police Spokesman George Bardue, commenting on the issue, disclosed to the Daily Observer that the police were always paid on time and that the Government was not indebted to any police officer. However, some police officers are asking for a restructuring of the payment system, stating that their payments should also be made available through other banks and not only the Central Bank. |
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