Delay in the investigation into the corruption allegations against suspended NaFAA boss Emma Metieh-Glassco has compelled her to launch an appeal for speedy investigation.
Monrovia, April 21, 2025: Suspended National Fisheries and Aquaculture Authority (NaFAA) boss, Emma Metieh Glassco, has launched an appeal to the Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission (LACC) requesting a speedy investigation into corruption allegations levied against her.
“LACC, please be reminded that I am still here. It has been over two months-since February 13, 2025. I am patently waiting for you. Please don’t forget about me,” Mrs. Glassco wrote on her social media page.
The former NAFAA boss, since her suspension, has continued to plead innocent of any wrongdoing and has repeatedly expressed her preparedness to submit to any investigative body aimed at clearing her name.
“The Bible says a good name is better than silver and gold. Please let this (investigation) be time-bound and not perpetual so I can move forward with my professional life,” she said.
Madam Glassco plead follows series of articles published in two local dailies last week in which it was reported that the World Bank one of the institution’s whose funding she was accused of siphoning denounced the allegation.
The Bank is said to have provided US$3.1 million for the construction of NaFAA’s headquarters, this amount is at the center of the corruption charges against her.
In one of the reports published by the Liberian Investigators, the World Bank emphasized that its projects are governed by strict policies and legal agreements designed to ensure that funds are used for their intended purposes.
“The World Bank takes seriously our obligation to ensure that Bank funds are used for clearly defined activities for the benefit of the people and communities we serve,” the Bank said in its response to the paper.
Experts who spoke with the paper indicated that they believe the LACC’s investigation may be more about examining procurement processes and compliance rather than any clear-cut case of fraud.
“It is extremely difficult for someone to manipulate World Bank project funds without detection. “The systems in place are rigorous. If there were procedural lapses, that’s one thing, but outright theft? That would require collusion at several levels — and there’s no evidence of that.” The expert told the paper.
Indications are that armed with this information which suggest no clear-cut fraud in the World Bank funded project, government may be combing for other charges to be brought against Ms. Glassco. But until then, her cry for speedy investigation remains louder.
