The Management of Liberia Cocoa Corporation says, it was deeply troubled by the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Fishery and Forestry and the Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission published reports that contains not only gross misrepresentations of the facts, but outright lies against Liberia Cocoa Corporation and its CEO, Momolu Tolbert.
Recently, the Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission placed Agriculture Minister Jeanine Cooper, her Deputies and Assistant Ministers under corruption allegation for investigation due to a report from the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Fishery and Forestry that the MoA is involved in acts of corruption.
The Liberia Cocoa Corporation in its release issued in Monrovia said , it is prepared to disprove each brazen lie presented by both the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Fishery and Forestry and the Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission with documentary a
evidence.
However, the corporation has challenged the Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission to publish to the general public the “alleged contract” for US$1.4 million that was “allegedly” and “unilaterally” awarded to Mr. Momolu Tolbert by Hon. Jeanine M. Cooper.
Meanwhile, the management of Liberia Cocoa Corporation, according to the release, wants the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Fishery and Forestry to make available to the management of Liberia Cocoa Corporation and or publish for the general public any documents and or reports that support the Senate Committee’s claim that Mr. Momolu Tolbert brought into the country “all dead cocoa seeds that were not F1 Hybrid Cocoa Seeds.
In closing, the release quotes the management of Liberia Cocoa Corporation as saying, they are confident that the Corporation and its CEO, Mr. Tolbert, will be fully vindicated from these shameless and politically motivated lies that the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Fishery and Forestry and the Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission have falsely presented to the general public as “truth”.
