Liberia’s Officials and Their Jumbo Pay

On Spoon Talk, Edwina Crump Zackpah, the suspended Director of LTA, confirmed that she and other Commissioners received a combined salary and benefits package of $15,000 during her tenure at the LTA, which is still ongoing. Liberia’s post-conflict reconstruction efforts, spanning over 18 years under the Unity Party (UP) and Congress for Democratic Change (CDC) led governments, have predominantly served the interests of a small political elite at the expense of the nation and its citizens.

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