The Debt Court of Montserrado County has orders that the head office of the Liberia Water and Sewer Corporation (LWSC) be shut down on the action of debt.
The LWSC through its managing Director is indebted to a Liberian company known as Qualified Liberians Technical Corporation in the sum of over Seven thousand united states dollars.
The debt court Judge James Jones in his writ of execution issued on Tuesday mandated the sheriff of the court to seize and expose for sale the assets and interest of the LWSC.
Judge Jones commanded the sheriff to arrest the managing director if any assets are not seen to be brought under the court of any competent jurisdiction to be dealt with according to law unless they shall pay the money or show properties.
Following the execution of the writ by the sheriff of the Debt court of Montserrado Debt court, the managing director of LWSC quickly moved in and made a payment of One Thousand United states dollars to the court plaintiff.
The total amount in question owed by the LWSC is in the tone of Seven Thousand United States Dollars.
However, the LWSC was brought before the court by the Qualified Technical Liberians through its authorized officers, Mitchell Guwor and Christian Nelson.
Qualified Technical in its bill of information filed dated February 23, 2023, prayed the court to order the Management of LWSC to pay the total amount of Seven Thousand Seven Hundred Fifty-Two United States and Thirty Cents.
The informant during the regime of former President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf in 2014, signed an agreement with the LWSC to supply its workers with three shipments and was later pushed to the wall to have it moved to four consignments of 25kg bags of rice.
The total price was in the tone of Twelve Thousand Thirty-Six United States Dollars and Thirty-Nine Cents owed to the Management of the Qualified Technical Liberian Company.
Accordingly, the management of the Liberia Water and Sewer Corporation paid 25% of the total amount which is a total of Four Thousand Five Hundred and Eighty-Four United States Dollars.
The Managing Director, Tulay has promised to pay the outstanding amount of US$7,752.30 in seven installments by voluntary execution and stipulation which was signed by both parties’ lawyers and approved by the Debt Court on November 16, 2022. Report by Garmah Never Lomo, garmahlomo@gmail.com