IPNEWS-Monrovia: The government of Liberia is to lose hundreds of millions of United States dollars as its mandate through the Liberia Revenue Authority (LRA) to impose that every alcoholic beverage sold in Liberia is to carry out excise tax stickers is being undermined for self-gratification by a man identified as Roosevelt T. Wilson who claims to be a Senior Inspector at the LRA
The implementation of the stickers which started about three months later with the amount of a US$ 150,000 fine for noncompliance is yielding no fruit as about 80% of the local and imported alcoholic beverages in the Market are sold with no LRA Stamp while Wilson is being used as a rescue boat
Unless Beer Factory beverages, the entire local and foreign beverages including NICOM products, RITCO, L.R Distillery Lib. Inc., National Beverage Company, and IBERIA M&T IMPEX among others have failed to Comply with the full mandate.
During the inquiring by Journalists with various Representatives from the above companies, all placed calls to Wilson, while he instructed them not to respond to anyone Journalists have nothing to know about public law.
“I continue to tell you Journalists it’s not your business, go and write anything you want to write. I am Roosevelt Wilson the Senior Inspector of the Liberia Revenue Authority”, Wilson responded in an angry mood.
However, one of the dealers who confirmed in Journalists but pleaded anonymity said, Wilson is receiving kickbacks to cover them up in the process.
Speaking to Mr. Kaihenneh Sengbeh from the Communications Department at the LRA via phone, he said Roosevelt has no authority to act in such directions.
“I will provide you details about our regulation on alcohol to be sold with stickers in Liberia at the beginning of the week”, Mr. Sengbeh promises.
