Monrovia, Aug. 11 -- Liberia's General Auditing Commission (GAC) has uncovered a series of governance, procurement and project implementation weaknesses in the Smallholder Agriculture Transformation and Agribusiness Revitalization Project (STAR-P), warning that the deficiencies exposed the World Bank and IFAD-supported initiative to weak oversight, poor asset accountability and potential value-for-money risks.

By Gerald C. Koinyeneh, gerald.koinyeneh@frontpageafricaonline.com

The findings are contained in a Management Letter issued on June 29, 2026, following the audit of STAR-P's financial statements covering the period ending October 31, 2025.

The audit, addressed to Agriculture Minister J. Alexander Nuetah, identified weaknesses ran...