Monrovia, Liberia – August 25, 2025 – Liberia Income Authority (LRA) Customs Commissioner Saah Saamoi on Monday (Aug 25) underscored the vital significance of post-clearance audits (PCA) as a instrument for commerce facilitation and income enhancement. The Customs Commissioner (CC) spoke through the opening of a weeklong regional workshop collectively hosted by the Worldwide Financial Fund (IMF) and AFRITAC West 2 in Monrovia.
“Publish-clearance audit is not only a technical train; it’s central to strengthening compliance, enhancing income assortment, and facilitating reliable commerce,” Saamoi mentioned. “I urge all contributors to completely have interaction, share experiences, and leverage the experience of facilitators to strengthen their nationwide customs methods.”
AFRITAC West 2 delivers localized, technical coaching and help to English-speaking West African international locations, via the IMF help. The workshop brings collectively 24 delegates from the customs and income authorities of six West African international locations: Ghana, The Gambia, Cabo Verde, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, and Liberia.
The coaching goals to construct the capability of customs officers in making use of greatest follow audit methods, encourage peer studying in post-clearance audits, evaluation technical help wants, and information collaborating international locations in creating actionable methods for enhancing PCA capabilities.
A key facilitator of the workshop is Mr. L. Daniel Jaiblai, Supervisor of the LRA Publish-Clearance Audit Unit and an IMF-trained worldwide knowledgeable in post-clearance audits. Mr. Jaiblai is co-facilitating the coaching alongside Senior Facilitator Phillip Wooden. Jaiblai’s intensive experience contains main PCA reforms on the Gambia Income Authority, the place his work contributed to measurable enhancements in compliance and income assortment, incomes recognition from the World Customs Group.
The workshop will embrace technical lectures, peer-to-peer studying, and sensible periods designed to strengthen PCA data and software. Contributors are anticipated to develop actionable plans by the tip of the week to boost their respective PCA departments in alignment with worldwide requirements.
Commissioner Saamoi reiterated that the success of the workshop is dependent upon energetic participation and strategic use of knowledgeable data. “I encourage all delegates to take advantage of this chance, significantly by studying from facilitators like Mr. Jaiblai, in order that they will return dwelling with sensible options to enhance their audit operations,” he mentioned.
Liberia, via the LRA Customs Division, is seen as a rising chief in customs modernization within the subregion. Having its personal IMF-trained knowledgeable, Daniel Jaiblai, co-facilitating this coaching reveals that Liberia shouldn’t be solely benefiting from technical help but in addition exporting experience to strengthen neighbors’ methods.
