Disease Outbreak: Anyone Who Eats Ebola Money Will Go To Jail, Minister Says

Liberia’s Acting Minister for Finance and Development
Planning, Amara M. Konneh has warned that any one
who "eats" money meant for the fight against Ebola will
be imprisoned
Liberia’s Acting Minister for Finance and Development
Planning, Amara M. Konneh has reportedly warned all
persons in charge of funds to be used in fighting Ebola in the
country to ensure that there’s no misappropriation.
According to the Liberian Daily Observer, Konneh said:
“But let me say this to those of you receiving money to fight
Ebola, when you eat Ebola money, you will go to jail.”
The minister also stated that the Liberian government would
cut “wasteful spending” and redirect such funding to Ebola
treatment centers around the country.
Konneh further urged those handling the funds to ensure
that they practiced proper accountability in order to ensure
that all sick patients got the “best care possible.”
Liberia has suffered the most casualties in the current Ebola
outbreak which ahs claimed over 1800 lives from the
country alone.