Amid the call for audit, former Nimba County Superintendent David Dorr Cooper has sharply reacted to allegation of misappropriation of the county’s fund describing his accusers as “paid agents” for politicians.
But a pro-democracy group, “Concerned Nimbains” is demanding that formmer supt. be audited despite their description as a pay agents.
In March of 2019, Concerned Nimbains called on the government to remove superintendent David Dorr Cooper on grounds that he and some of his surrogates have allegedly “mismanaged US $41,940 meant for scratch cards, and US $126,343 allotted for gas coupons for operations.
However, the former Nimba superintendent speaking Friday July 17, 2020 via mobile phone on a local Radio Station “Radio Nimba in Sanniquellie instead of responding to the alleagtion of mismanagement said he does not see the local group as an advocacy group, but a “paid agents” that have been pocketed by aspirants wishing to contest in the upcoming special senatorial election.
He disclosed that the group’s so-called advocacy has been financed by a politician only intended to malign his hard earned character he has built over the years.
The pro democracy and advocacy group “Concerned Nimbains” had early taken the airwaves calling on the past county administration led by Dorr Cooper to make a report of money previously allocated at county council sitting, claiming that the report should be made before the county can have another county sitting.
It has been speculated in some quarters of the county that there was a planned county council sitting to be held soon in the county.
Two officials of the group Calvin Wondah and Abayomi Weifer in a Thursday interview with Radio Nimba disclosed that the conduct of the county council sitting in the absence of the audit will undermine development and promote corruption.
The group has threatened to disrupt any county council sitting in the absence of a comprehension audit of the past leadership indicted in a General Auditing Commission (GAC) report.
Wondah and Weifer contended that money generated from the sale of script is yet to be accounted for during the administration of former superintendent Cooper, therefore, there should be no need to have another sitting in the county.
The two officials of Concerned Nimbains asserted that the audit will serve as a precedence for would be corrupt individuals if people found guilt are
Made to face the full weight of the law and action taken.
Responding at the time, the Superintendent rubbished the allegations, saying, “I don’t dignify those kinds of allegations from people who have sold their legitimacy to their political masters”.
