Liberia: Bility Says He May Sue to Force an Audit of the Legislature Over U.S.$272 Million

What the report says

Liberian lawmaker Musa Hassan Bility says he may go to court to compel an audit of the national Legislature, arguing that the body has received about US$272 million from public funds between 2018 and 2023 without providing a clear accounting. The comments were reported by The Liberian Investigator and carried by AllAfrica from Monrovia on 2 September 2026. Bility, who represents Nimba County District 7, said he has already sent multiple letters over more than two years asking for financial transparency and plans to write House Speaker Richard Nagbe Koon again before pursuing litigation.

According to the report, Bility said lawmakers should not press ministries and agencies for accountability while exempting their own institution. He distinguished between routine financial reporting inside the Legislature and an independent audit by the General Auditing Commission, saying the latter is still needed. He also rejected the idea that auditing the Legislature would violate separation of powers, saying no branch of government should be beyond scrutiny.

The article adds that Bility has also raised concerns about district development funding for his constituency in Nimba and about broader spending transparency in the current budget, though some of those points were presented as things he had heard and intended to verify. Separately, he described ongoing local investments in roads, schools and electrification in his district, framing those projects as part of his response to service gaps in education, health and security. More broadly, the remarks fit into a recurring public debate in Liberia over oversight of state institutions and use of public money.