The court order comes in the wake of a complaint filed by former Acting Executive Director of the Environmental Protection Agency of Liberia, Prof. Wilson Tarpeh.

The court order is quoted as saying “By directive of his Honor Yussif D. Kaba, Associate Justice presiding in Chambers, you are here by cited to a conference with his honor on Tuesday, March 12, 2024, at the hour of 1:00 Pm in connection with a case filed by @Prof. Wilson Tarpeh of the City of Monrovia.

“Meanwhile, you are ordered to stay all further proceedings and/or actions pending the outcome of the conference”.

Sources have also hinted FPA that Mr. Tarpeh is requesting to be reinstated as EPA executive director or be paid by the government of Liberia his “benefits” for the remaining years of his tenure as executive director.

Meanwhile, part III, Section 16, count  1 and 2 of the Act that created the EPA which leads to the appointment of an executive director states that “There shall be an Executive Director who is a person with wide environmental knowledge and recognized comment to sustainable management of the environment, appointed by the President from a list of three names recommended by the Council, except that the President may appoint an interim Executive Director pending the formation of the Council.”

“The Executive Director shall serve for a period of 7 years and shall be eligible for re-appointment, except that there shall be appointed an interim Executive Director.

Prof. Tarpeh was appointed by former Pres. George Weah on October 1, 2020, without the formation of the Policy Council, which has the power to recommend the name of three persons to the President, one of whom shall  be appointed by the President.