Representative Musa Hassan Bility of Nimba County’s District #7 has publicly accused the leadership of Liberia’s House of Representatives of diverting budgeted development funds to members of the legislative majority bloc that supported the election of Speaker Richard Nagbe Koon.
Speaking during a live interview on the Spoon Network last week, Bility alleged that US$50,000 allocated in the national budget for each lawmaker to implement district-level development projects was instead selectively distributed as a reward to lawmakers who backed Koon’s rise to the speakership.
“Those currently running the Legislature—living on the blood of the Liberian people—have destroyed that place for the last 15 years,” Bility said. “They conspired to stop me from becoming Deputy Speaker or Speaker. Among their plots, the US$50,000 budget allocation was used as a payback for the election I lost to Richard Koon.”
The House leadership has not issued a formal response to the allegations.
Bility, a former football executive and founder of the Citizens Movement for Change (CMC), won his seat in the 2023 legislative elections, defeating incumbent Roger Y. Domah. He had pledged to champion reforms aimed at increasing transparency and delivering greater benefits to constituents.
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However, less than two years into his six-year term, Bility announced he would not seek re-election, citing deep-rooted corruption within the Legislature.
“I have discounted the Legislature. It is a minus to our country,” he said. “It is not the path I want to take. The Legislature is not a place to pursue—it is a dungeon for corrupt leaders. They are the ones destroying this country, and I don’t have a place among them.”
Looking ahead, Bility said his party, the CMC, is preparing for a broader political campaign in 2029, aiming to challenge both the presidency and legislative seats. He described the effort as a “revolution” to dismantle entrenched systems of corruption.
“The system cannot be fought from within. It has to be turned on its head,” he said. “Everyone responsible for what is happening to the Liberian people will be particularly targeted and removed by the CMC in 2029.”
Bility emphasized that the party was established well ahead of the next general elections to build a track record of service and policy engagement.
“2029 will be about tested leadership,” he said. “Unity Party has been tested three times; the CDC once. The myth of voting for people based on age or experience has failed. The basic question is: what have you done for the people, not what will you do?”
The accusations come amid growing public scrutiny of Liberia’s political institutions and calls for greater accountability in the management of public funds.
