A Liberian lawyer in active practice, Cllr, Ndubuisi Nwabudike has been named by President George Manneh Weah to head a five-member Special Presidential Committee to examine the allegations made by Global Witness in its most recent reports on Liberia, involving the National Oil Company of Liberia (NOCAL).
Cllr. Ndubuisi’s appointment was announced this week in an Executive Mansion press release.
He has served with the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) since 2008. He received his LL.B. from the University of Liberia, and an LL.M. from Loyola University’s Rome Campus. A’nudubuisi has twenty years of experience in public policy planning and analysis.
The head of the Special Presidential Committee has worked extensively in legal and judicial system reform programs at the United Nations.
A’ndubuisi has a background in rule of law and security sector needs assessment, intervention project design and implementation, rule of law projects monitoring and evaluation, project impact analysis and reporting, and gender and human rights programming.
Global Witness investigation linked some past and present government officials to alleged corruption in the awarding of Oil Block 13 during the immediate past administration.
Others appointed to the Special Presidential Committee are:
- Cllr. Pearl Brown Bull -Member
- Cllr. C. Alexander Zoe -Member
- Rev. Joseph Gardea Johnson, III -Member
- Mrs. Frances Greeves –Member
The Special Presidential Committee has two weeks to submit initial reports of its findings and make recommendations, accordingly.
All those directly or indirectly named in the Global Witness report are strongly advised to make themselves available and to cooperate with the Committee.
All public and private institutions, organizations and individuals who may have information relevant to these investigations are encouraged to promptly make such information available to the committee.
Justice Minister Cllr. Frank Musah Dean was initially named to head the special inquest, but he immediately recused himself from the probe because he was previously headed NOCAL.
Meanwhile, President Weah has made additional appointments in his nearly three-month-old government.
President George Manneh Weah has made additional nominations and appointments constituting the Boards of several Agencies of Government affecting the John F. Kennedy Medical Center, Liberia Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, National Port Authority, Liberia Electricity Corporation, and the Central Bank of Liberia.
The President also made additional appointments at the Liberia Water & Sewer Corporation and the Township of Clara Town.
Those appointed include:
John F. Kennedy Medical Board
Minister of Health Chairman
Minister of Finance & Development Planning Statutory Member
Minister of Education Statutory Member
Chief Executive Officer of JFK Statutory Member
Dean of the Medical School, UL Statutory Member
President of the Liberia Nurses Association Statutory Member
President of Liberia Medical & Dental Association Statutory Member
Bishop Isaac Winker Member
Theodosia Kollie Member
Saydee Farley Member
Liberia Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (LEITI)
Minister of Finance Statutory Member
Minister of Mines & Energy Statutory Member
Managing Director of FDA Statutory Member
Minister of Agriculture Statutory Member
Firestone Statutory Member
Minister of Justice Statutory Member
Minister of Education Statutory Member
Rev. Joseph G. Johnson Member
Liberia water & Sewer Corporation (LWSC)
Dunnah Kamara Managing Director
Dan Saryee Deputy for Operation
National Port Authority Board
Minister of Transport – Statutory Member
Minister of Finance &Development – Statutory Member
Minister of Justice – Statutory Member
Minister of Commerce & Industry – Statutory Member
Buster P. Younis – Member
Charles Bardly – Member
Liberia Electricity Corporation (LEC)
Minister of Finance & Development Planning – Statutory Member
Minister of Justice – Statutory Member
Minister of Mines & Energy – Statutory Member
Millennium Challenge Account – Statutory Member
Rev. Samuel Reeves – Member
Dave Koomey – Member
Central Bank of Liberia Board
- Sheba Brown – Member
Commissioner for Clara town
Beatrice Dolee Williams
The Executive Mansion says these appointments and nominations are subject to confirmation by the Honorable Liberian Senate where applicable.