Following nine months of President Joseph Boakai leadership in office, many Liberians continue to criticize his leadership ability on numerous issues. One of the recent issues being spoken about is the his method of ministerial appointments which, accordingly, has claimed the attention of many including Nimba County District 2, Representative, Nyahn G. Flomo. On Thursday, September 19, 2024, Representative Flomo communicated to the plenary of the House of Representatives to use their oversight responsibilities to investigate President Boakai Ministerial Appointments in order to ensure good governance for the sole purpose of maintaining peace, national unity, and reconciliation across the country. He noted that against this background, on February 22, 2024, he decided to proffer a communication requesting the Ministry of State for Presidential Affairs to provide a comprehensive list of appointed cabinet ministers along with their various counties of origin to establish whether Section 10.2 of the Executive Law of 1972, captioned ;appointment of cabinet ministers from all counties” is being observed. Rep. Flomo also said a listing was submitted on May 1, 2024, of which a matrix of the submitted list reveals the number of the following counties and the number of ministries appointed to each county. Detailing further, the Nimba County District 2 lawmaker revealed that Bong has 3, ministries, namely Ministry of Gender, Ministry of Public Works and Ministry of Agriculture; Bomi 1, Ministry of Transport, Gbarpolu 0, Grand Bassa 2, Ministry of Information and Ministry of Health; Grand Cape Mount 1,Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Grand Gedeh 0; Grand Kru ; Lofa 6, including Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Internal Affairs, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Commerce, Ministry of Youth and Sports, Margibi 0; Maryland ; Montserrado 0; Nimba 2, Ministry Labor, Ministry of Mines and Energy; Rivercess 0; River Gee 1, Ministry of Defense, Sinoe 2, Ministry of State and Ministry of Justice. According to him, the above matrix has proven that Lofa County along has received 33.33% of the appointed cabinet ministers while seven other counties, including Montserrado, Grand Kru, Grand Gedeh, Gbarpolu, Rivercess, Maryland, and Margibi have received none. He also said Lofa County has also received additional posts equivalent to ministerial positions, such as the Commissioner of the Liberia Immigration Service, Commissioner General of the Liberia Revenue Authority, the Acting Executive Governor of Central Bank, which according to him, violates Section 10.2 of the Executive Law of 1972 captioned “Appointment of cabinet ministers from all counties “As far as practicable, the President shall appoint at least one member of the Cabinet from every county of the Republic,” he noted. He further wondered, “With the current ministerial appointments, the Boakai -led Government is saying that there are no qualified and capable citizens from those counties that have been left out,” According to him, there is a need to visit the above provision of the Executive Law which he said is being backed by Chapter II of the 1986 Constitution of Liberia captioned: “General Principles of National Policy”. Specifically, he said Article 5(a) and (5c) of the said Chapter II states that the Republic shall: “Aim at strengthening the national integration and unity of the people of Liberia, regardless of ethnic, regional or other difference, into one body policy; and the Legislature shall enact laws promoting national unification and the encouragement of all citizens to participate in government”; and Article 5(c), he noted, states: “Take steps by appropriate Legislature and executive orders, to eliminate socialism and tribalism, and such abuses of power as the misuse of government resources, nepotism and all other corrupt practices”. The Nimba County lawmaker also maintained that, from the above Article 5(c)of the1986 Constitution of Liberia, it is evident that members of the National Legislature are mandated to lead charge In the reform of the government, “Cognizant of that the Executive Law of 1972 was enacted and consistent with those principles, Section 59.24(c)of the Houses rule was derived, thus giving the Committee on Good Governance and Government Reform the oversight responsibility to ensure transparency and accountability in the Bank of Liberia,” just to name a few. However, he explained that despite a clear provision and subsequent legal frameworks being put in place, it is disappointing that the appointments of cabinet ministers in the current government have deprived 7 of Liberia’s 15 counties of their rights to participate in the government at the cabinet minister level. In violation of these instruments, he indicated that the Executive Law of 1972 has neither been repealed or adjudged constitutionally, nor has the specific Section 10.2 been amended; adding, “The law must be the law and people providing stewardship must abide by it in the spirit of respect for the rule of law for the betterment of the country.”