The Special Assistant to the United States President, Dana Banks has added her voice to the high wave of corruption in Liberia noting that “𝘊𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘶𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘺. 𝘐𝘵 𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘴 𝘓𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘢’𝘴 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦, 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦𝘵𝘺, 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯.”
Making remarks to the just ended Bicentennial celebration in Monrovia on Monday, February 14, 2022 at the Samuel Kenyan Doe Sports Complex, further noted 𝘐𝘵 𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘴 Liberia 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩𝘺 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘦𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘓𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘓𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘺.”
She said it 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘣𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺, and also 𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥.
“𝘓𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘢 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪-𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘶𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘓𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘢, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘹𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘭𝘶𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘶𝘱𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮.”, she wondered.
She also said t𝘰𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘓𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘢’𝘴 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘵-𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮 𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨-𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮 𝘣𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘺. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴, 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘱 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘦 𝘓𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘢’𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨-𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘴.
𝘚𝘰 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘣𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘯𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘓𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘢. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺, 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘎𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘭𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘶𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥,” she told the gathering at the program