The Liberian Senate has cited the Ministers of Finance and Development Planning, Augustine Kpehe Ngafuan, and Health, Dr. Louise Mapleh Kpoto, and the Director-General of the Civil Service Agency, Josiah F. Joekai, Jr., for contempt hearing over their failure to appear before the Senate as previously mandated. The officials are required to appear before the Senate’s Plenary sitting on Thursday, March 12, 2026 at 12:00 p.m. with their lawyers to show cause why they should not be held in contempt.
According to a Senate Press Release, the decision follows the officials’ failure of the named officials to appear on Tuesday at 1:00 p.m. to address the Senate on national concerns relative to the status of volunteer health workers and teachers. Only the Minister of Education, Jarso Maley Jallah, formally communicated her excuse, citing her attendance at an emergency Cabinet meeting called by the President.
