MONROVIA – Anderson D. Miamen, Executive Director of the Center for Transparency and Accountability in Liberia (CENTAL), has sharply criticized President Joseph Nyuma Boakai’s June 16, 2025 suspension of Abdullah Kamara, Acting Chairperson of the Liberia Telecommunication Authority (LTA), calling the action “long overdue” and undeserving of public praise.
The Executive Mansion, in a press release on Monday, announced the immediate suspension of Kamara without pay, citing a report from the General Auditing Commission (GAC) that outlined “serious allegations of corruption and financial mismanagement.” The report links Kamara to “grave financial irregularities” during his time as Chief Executive Officer of TAMMA Corporation, including mismanagement of public funds.
According to the release, Kamara’s suspension is in line with President Boakai’s stated commitment to “transparency and accountability.” The President directed the embattled LTA official to cooperate fully with the Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission (LACC) and the Ministry of Justice in a pending investigation.
But for Miamen, the timing of the President’s decision raises more questions than it answers. In a statement posted to his official Facebook page, Miamen questioned the administration’s motives and timing: “Wait, which audit report is the presidency using to suspend this man? Is it the same report released by GAC almost a year ago? If yes, is the president just seeing or hearing about the report?”
“Whatever the case is, old or new report, the presidency deserves no commendation for this action, as it is long overdue,” Miamen continued. “It is even sad that the office of the president will give an indication to the public that the GAC audit report came up just yesterday or today. It is the very report we have been using to call on the President to suspend Mr. Abdullah Kamara.”
Miamen emphasized that the public should not reward delayed action with applause: “Long story short, this action is long overdue and deserves no credit from the public. We should not pamper our leaders and hail them for taking long overdue actions, especially so when there were multiple reminders and calls for said action.”
This is not the first time Miamen has raised concerns over the government’s reluctance to act decisively against officials accused of corruption. In a February 12, 2025 post, he publicly urged President Boakai to suspend Kamara along with other officials facing corruption allegations. “As much as we appreciate the president’s moves to suspend those accused of corruption, we remind him that there are still key figures whose cases must be addressed,” Miamen wrote at the time. “The president must take immediate action against those implicated, including the acting chairperson of the LTA.”
Kamara’s suspension comes amid growing public pressure on the Boakai administration to take stronger action against graft and mismanagement in government. While the Executive Mansion has touted the decision as a step toward restoring public trust, critics like Miamen argue that genuine accountability requires prompt and proactive leadership, not delayed reaction to public outcry.
