Maylouisa Noel Hill, an official in President Joseph Boakai’s administration, has been implicated in a widening corruption scandal. She faces allegations of conflict of interest, bypassing legal procedures, diverting hundreds of thousands in public funds, and funneling kickbacks to other high-ranking ministers.
Assistant Information Minister for New Media and National Branding, Madam Hill has been awarded a continuous stream of lucrative government event-planning contracts—all directed to her private company, VVIP Events, without ever undergoing the legally mandated Public Procurement and Concessions Commission (PPCC) bidding process.
VVIP Events, a premier event planning firm founded and still owned by Minister Hill, specializes in high-end weddings and opulent ceremonies. Since her appointment, it has become the sole decorator and planner for state functions, creating a direct pipeline of public funds into her private enterprise.
Highly placed sources within the Information Ministry have revealed that the scheme involves more than just a conflict of interest. Minister Hill is alleged to provide “substantial kickbacks” to her direct superior, Information Minister Jerolinmek Piah, and Deputy Minister for State Cornelia Kruah. These payments are reportedly a reward for ensuring contracts are steered directly to VVIP Events, deliberately bypassing the PPCC’s competitive and transparent “bidding process.”
Minister Hill has openly flaunted the state contracts on her personal Instagram, treating her official role and private gain as indistinguishable. In a particularly brazen post, she celebrated VVIP Events’ role in the high-profile PMAWCA conference in 2025, writing: “As the event planner, we dreamed up the concept and delivered every beat… uniting over twenty-five African nations as the ultimate event architects.” The post openly advertises her company’s central, taxpayer-funded role in a major international gathering hosted by Liberia.
The scandal erupts amid the Unity Party government’s highly publicized prosecution of former officials from the previous administration for awarding contracts while in office. Notably among those pursued is former official Nora Finda Bundoo, accused of similar exploitation of influence.
“This is not just corruption; it is arrogant, in-your-face impunity,” declared a leader of a Monrovia-based civil society organization, speaking on condition of anonymity. “While they drag former officials to court, their own minister is doing the same thing or worse—and posting the evidence online. It makes a mockery of the entire fight against corruption.”
Civil society groups have confirmed to Diaspora Alert that a formal communication is being drafted to the Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission (LACC) and the Ombudsman. The complaint will demand an immediate investigation into Minister Hill for abuse of office, exploitation of state resources, bribery, and systematic violation of PPCC guidelines.
The allegations, if proven, point to a serious corruption network within the current Information Ministry, suggesting that the very officials tasked with managing the government’s image and branding are instead using their positions for unchecked personal enrichment at the expense of the Liberian treasury.