BREWERVILLE, Montserrado County – A number of residents of Brewerville in District #17 have referred to as on President Joseph Nyuma Boakai to droop Metropolis Mayor Florence Parker Throughout for alleged monetary and administrative malpractices, together with questions surrounding using US$100,000 allotted for town within the 2025 Nationwide Funds.
By Obediah Johnson, [email protected]
The residents, beneath the banner Involved Residents of Brewerville, alleged that Mayor Throughout has engaged in flagrant violations of the 2018 Native Authorities Act (LGA) and the Act creating the Metropolis Company of Brewerville since assuming workplace.
Dissolution of the Metropolis Council
In an announcement signed by Chairperson James Johnson, the group accused Mayor Throughout of unilaterally dissolving the duly elected Brewerville Metropolis Council, in violation of Sections 12.6 and 12.7 of the LGA.
They claimed that earlier than the dissolution, the Mayor had already usurped the powers of the council, singlehandedly drafting and implementing the Metropolis’s 2025 Funds, in addition to setting fines, licenses, and allow charges with out council approval—opposite to Part 14.3.5 of the regulation.
They additional alleged that she additionally dissolved the Brewerville Metropolis Police Drive, resulting in a rise in crime throughout the metropolis.
“The Metropolis has been with no council since September 26, 2024, till the Mayor launched an unlawful and bogus course of in August this 12 months to arrange a brand new council. These ward elections clearly violate Sections 12.13.2 and 12.14.1 of the Native Authorities Act,” the residents acknowledged.
Questionable Use of US$100,000 Funds
The group alleged that Mayor Throughout unilaterally submitted a US$100,000 finances line for Brewerville beneath code 265546 titled Switch to Brewerville Metropolis. They mentioned disbursements started in July 2025, beginning with US$25,000, however the funds are being spent with out transparency, oversight, or citizen engagement.
They added that Mayor Throughout didn’t publicly announce this budgetary help, which they described as a “milestone” for Brewerville, being the primary time in post-war Liberia that town was captured for direct help.
Monetary Mismanagement and Lack of Accountability
The residents additional accused the Mayor of deducting earnings and social safety taxes from workers arrears between July and August 2025, although the Metropolis shouldn’t be registered with NASSCORP, leaving employees with out legitimate social safety accounts.
Additionally they claimed that regardless of producing US$50,000 between November 2024 and August 2025 from corridor leases, grave spot gross sales, and different sources, the Metropolis stays in poor sanitary situation, with solely US$437 left in its UBA account as of August 2025.
The assertion additional accused Mayor Throughout of downsizing everlasting workers from 32 to only 2 civil servants whereas retaining dozens of contractors with out formal contracts, submitting an unrealistic finances of US$435,355 for FY 2025, with a projected deficit of US$336,655 and altering the Company’s official checking account twice, allegedly to dam authorized signatories and tighten private management over funds.
Requires Suspension and Audit
The Involved Residents urged President Boakai to droop Mayor Throughout pending an audit by the Basic Auditing Fee (GAC) and investigation by the Liberia Anti-Corruption Fee (LACC).
Additionally they appealed to Montserrado County District #17 Consultant Bernard Benson to make sure the Ministries of Inner Affairs and Finance clarify how Brewerville’s 2025 finances switch is being managed.
As well as, they referred to as for a direct halt to the continued council elections till the legality of the September 2024 dissolution is addressed.
Mayor’s Response
When contacted, Mayor Throughout mentioned she would “formally reply very quickly” to the allegations. Regardless of repeated calls, emails, and textual content messages to her and her Particular Assistant over every week, no formal response had been supplied as much as press time.
