Monrovia-March-7-TNR:The Director Common-designate of the Common Service Company, Galakpai Wozie Kortimai has disclosed that the Liberian Authorities owes land and constructing homeowners over US$1.7 million for rental companies.
Going through the Senate Committee on Autonomous Company chaired by Bong County Senator Johnny Kpehe Tuesday in Monrovia, Mr. Kortimai promised to confirm the determine supplied him if confirmed by the Senate.
He mentioned over time, the federal government has didn’t settle most of its monetary obligations to land and constructing homeowners whose properties have been used for public companies.
In accordance with him, this has put the GSA in an embarrassing scenario, including that if confirmed, his management will foyer with the 55th Legislature to allocate the fund within the finances for Fiscal 12 months 2024 to settle the debt.
“The Common Service Company controls housing and public properties and is answerable for the custody and administration of all Authorities-owned and lease land and buildings,” he added.
He notes, “The Authorities of Liberia has over the interval not been capable of settle most of its obligations to land and constructing homeowners within the tone of roughly US$1,795,950 and this determine might be verified by our management when confirmed. This has put the GSA in an embarrassing scenario,” Mr. Kortimaistressed.
Highlighting his plans for the subsequent 100 days, Galakpai WozieKortimai promised to firstly set up a process power to establish and get well authorities automobiles, plates and different important belongings which are wrongly in use by personal or public entities, people and reply to fast impression renovations by Ministries, Businesses and Commissions which will require GSA intervention.
“Secondly, we are going to arrange a technical crew headed by a authorized skilled from the GSA to promptly conduct an evaluation of properties leased to the Authorities which is able to give us knowledgeable judgment on default, lease settlement, and precise quantity owed to those property homeowners, and a centralized renovation of GOL owned and leased buildings to allow authorities decrease prices,” the GSA boss designate indicated.
Mr. Kortimai additionally vowed to place in place a property mechanism to make sure that authorities properties, particularly automobiles should not utilized by public officers as private properties.
On the identical time, the GSA Director Common designate mentioned if confirmed, he’ll reintroduce the Division of Nationwide Monetary Administration (NFM) which might be answerable for recording all buy vouchers being ready by varied Ministries, Businesses and Commissions.
“This division if granted, will make sure that correct accounts of all authorities supplies bought and in addition decrease the disparities in buying vouchers,” he concluded.
Supply: New republic liberia
