The government of Liberia has launched investigations into the disappearance of two huge consignments of money printed abroad.
The consignments of money were brought into Liberia between November last year and August this year.
The money, all local banknotes worth $1040m cannot be located by officials.
Local media reports that the containers, the money was kept inside left the port in the capital, Monrovia but cannot be found.
The containers were placed under tight security escort in March this year and were to be sent to central bank.
The Liberian government is also reported to be unable to account for the the consignments that came through the international airport.
Liberia’s minister of information Eugene Nagbe told state radio that President George Weah, is “unhappy” about the issue.
Nagbe said the issue is “ alarming,” and the President only got to know about it when the banknotes could not be found.
Police are yet to make any arrests over the issue. The go government is calling for calm among citizens.
President Weah took over in January this year promising to deal with corruption and fix the country’s ailing economy.
Source: Africafeeds.com
