Dismantling Shady Empires!

MONROVIA -NOVEMBER 3, 2025: As alarm bells ring incessantly over some fraudulent and/or non-performing contracts (deals), including concessions and other business arrangements in government, the current Board of Commissioners of the Liberia Telecommunications Authority (LTA), has added speed to the implementation of

President Joseph Nyuma Boakai’s public sector reform agenda, after paving the way for the suspension of one of the most problematic and controversial contracts given to a private entity.

Amidst growing concerns over the what, when, where and how about the International Traffic Monitoring Services Contract between the Liberia Telecommunications Authority (LTA) and the Telecomm International Alliance (TIA), President Boakai has, through Executive Order No. 154, suspended the deal.

The President, on October 31, 2025, issued Executive Order No. 154, immediately suspending the Telecommunications Traffic Monitoring contract with TIA, following what the Executive Mansion termed as damning audit and investigation reports from the General Auditing Commission (GAC) and the Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission (LACC), both of which found serious irregularities and evidence of fraud in the award and execution of the contract.

The findings show that the contract was awarded to TIA against the recommendations of the Public Procurement and Concessions Commission (PPCC), in violation of Section 32 of the PPCC Act of 2010. It was further revealed that TIA was established in the State of Delaware, USA, only four days after receiving the bid documents, and was later incorporated in Liberia nearly ten months after being awarded the contract.