statement<\/a> said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The DayLight has reached out to McGill and Twehway, and efforts to contact Cephas did not materialize.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The United States Treasury Department on Monday sanctioned McGill On Monday for \u201cbribing business owners, receiving bribes from potential investors, and accepted kickbacks for steering contracts to companies in which he has an interest.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMcGill has manipulated public procurement processes in order to award multi-million dollar contracts to companies in which he has ownership, including by abusing emergency procurement processes to rig contract bids,\u201d the Treasury Department said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Since the inception of the Weah-led administration, Liberia has signed and ratified several concessions, including Solway Mining Incorporated, Western Cluster Mineral Agreement, and Mano Palm Oil Industries Limited (MPOI). It has issued several logging contracts. In the 2019-2020 fiscal year, the government generated US$70,915,618 from the extractive sector, according to the Liberia Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (LEITI).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The sanctions are in line with the U.S. Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act, which aims to combat human rights abuses and corruption worldwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As the result, McGill, Twehway, and Cephas\u2019s assets in the United States are blocked and they cannot travel or do business with Americans or on American soil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The US Treasury Sanction comes just over two weeks after its State Department\u2019s gloomy report on Liberia\u2019s investment climate. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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