The Civil Society Network of Liberia (CSNL) is calling for the immediate resignation or dismissal of Sekou Dukuly as Managing Director of the National Port Authority (NPA) for poor administrative management and massive financial disaster at the institution.
In a release issued by CSNL yesterday, March 26, 2025, the group said the NPA under Dukuly’s management has failed to maintain its status as the gateway to Liberia’s Economy.
According to the organization, an investigation conducted by it shows how Dukuly has made several poor administrative decisions and instituted policies that have brought many criticisms to his leadership.
The group noted, “In just one year of his administration of the NPA, the institution is faced with inefficiency, lack of accountability, lack of revenue generation and wanton increased in expenditure, largely due to poor managerial skills, mismanagement, incompetence and favoritism.”
“Under Dukuly’s administration, the NPA has witnessed an unprecedented surge in executive directors and senior directors from 8 to 19 and 22 to 40, respectively, thereby raising the wage bill from US$800, 000 to US$1.4 million monthly.
This increase in the wage bill has denied employees of their benefits, such as gas, rice and scratch cards. What is even devastating is that Dukuly is on the verge of laying off 400 employees just to accommodate the fat salaries of his cronies and surrogates,” the release said.
According to CSNL, the allegations that he has employed more persons of his ethnic group (Mandingoes) is not only troubling, but worrisome, and intoned, “The CSNL is critically concerned about the astronomical compensation of Sekou Dukuly as Managing Director of the NPA.”
The release further pointed out, “It is totally insensitive to the suffering Liberians for Dukuly to receive a compensation package of US$7,861in salary; US$2,500 in housing allowance and US$750 for security allowance monthly in addition to annual board fees of US$21,600.”
The release also revealed, “The irregular promotions where political loyalists receive fast-tracked promotions at the detriment of experienced professionals at the NPA is not only a bad managerial practice, but also has the propensity to breed division among employees.”
“And the fast-tracked promotions of political allies by Mr Dukuly are in violation of NPA Handbook Section 17, which provides that employment shall be based on MERIT upon recommendation from the Human Resource Department after employee appraisals.
The CSNL deems it appalling and economically terrible that the National Port Authority has failed to remit the expected subsidy or contributions to the National Budget.
The NPA contributed a mere amount of US$2 million out of the US$7 million approved in the 2024 National Budget as the entity’s subsidy to the national budget,” the release explained.
The statement further indicated, “It is further disappointing that for the first time in the history of the NPA, the entity will not be contributing to the 2025 National Budget. We tend to wonder as to how the UP Government will finance its ARREST Agenda when revenue-generating entity like NPA is not contributing to the national budget.”
“The Government needs state-owned enterprises and public corporations like the NPA, LPRC, LWSC, LEC and others to be transparently managed to fund its projects and programs. Sadly, the NPA has become a financial disaster and revenue-generating failure under the inexperienced and inept Sekou Dukuly as Managing Director.
As such, the CSNL is of the strongest belief that the continuous stay of Sekou Dukuly as Managing Director of the National Port Authority is not in the interest of the Liberian People. The reckless and disorganized leadership style of Dukuly has rendered the NPA from a revenue-generating institution to a financial liability,” the group emphasized.
The CSNL, at the same time, pointed out that the increase in the wage bill has led to revenue collapse; 420 contractors face layoffs while political appointees get inflated salaries, and employees have not gotten their benefits since December 2024.
The group asserted that the NPA is in an administrative and financial crisis that needs urgent rescue, thus reiterating its calls for the resignation of Sekou Dukuly as Managing Director of the NPA.
They added,” If Dukuly cannot responsibly take responsibility for his mismanagement of the NPA and leading it to near financial collapse; we then call on President Joseph Boakai to remove him as the Managing Director to restore financial sanity and sound administrative management to the institution.
‘Resign Or Be Dismissed’ -CSNL Calls On NPA Boss
