The Center for Transparency and Accountability in Liberia (CENTAL) has lauded President Joseph Nyuma Boakai for his government’s ongoing anti-corruption reform efforts, calling for increased action to achieve greater positive results. Speaking to journalists on Wednesday, January 28, 2026, CENTAL Executive Director Anderson Miamen said the institution took a keen interest in President Boakai’s Annual Address on the state of corruption and overall governance, and is glad that those areas were reflected.
He said the Liberian leader recounted efforts made to promote the culture of transparency and strengthen the fight against corruption.
Miamen highlighted the requirement for heads of institutions to sign performance contracts and comply with clearly defined standards as part of a newly established Performance Management and Compliance System. He recalled that in relation to ending the culture of impunity for corruption, the Liberian leader announced that the Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission (LACC) secured 11 indictments, obtained two convictions, and one acquittal.
He said CENTAL welcomes the many positive interventions made by the Boakai administration in addressing the menace of corruption, including the announcement that the General Auditing Commission (GAC) completed 94 of 105 audits, with specific focus on the Domestic Debt Audit from 2018 to 2023, which rejected over US$704 million in unsupported claims; compliance with GAC’s audit recommendations rising from 13 percent in 2024 to 37 percent in 2025; and a near-complete system audit of the House of Representatives covering the period 2021 through 2024.
He said CENTAL notes further that these interventions, including efforts by the Public Procurement and Concessions Commission (PPCC) to expand electronic procurement systems to over 50 public entities, reflect progress made in the fight against corruption (though marginal). While we acknowledge these initial positives in a collective desire to tackle corruption, we wish to stress the many lingering gaps and the need for strong political will and actions to attain greater positive outcomes.
He said, for example, the government has yet establish a specialized anti-corruption court to help timely adjudicate corruption cases and hold corrupt persons accountable, as well as remove the five-year statute of limitation affecting the prosecution of corruption cases, and the slow pace of the recovery of stolen financial and non-financial assets.
According to him, CENTAL applauds the pace of completion of financial and other audits, and witnessed an unconvincing approach by government actors, especially the Public Account Committees of the Legislature, to expeditiously review and hold those implicated fully accountable.
Miamen said the integrity institution is deeply concerned about the LACC’s inability to release an asset verification report, more than two years after several government officials declared assets, incomes, and liabilities, in line with the country’s asset declaration regime. He reiterated that Liberians deserve greater transparency and accountability from their government, more impactful development, and other productive activities that match the enormous resources of the country. The CENTAL boss urged the LACC, Internal Audit Agency, and other anti-graft bodies to show more concrete impacts from their activities.
