The Embassy of the Republic of Liberia has been refusing to pay the benefits of the late Nathaniel. T. Dixon to his family in Freetown, Sierra Leone.
The late Nathaniel Dixon worked for the Embassy of the Republic of Liberia as an Attaché for over 20 years until he fell ill and later passed away. In a letter, dated 11 May 2004 signed by the then Charge D’ Affairs at the Liberian Embassy in Freetown, Samuel B. Peters, they promised that, “All other salaries you [Mr Dixon] worked for, prior to your absence, will be duly delivered to you, including retirement benefits when they are made available by the Government of Liberia”.
But after that promise was never fulfilled by the Embassy of the Republic of Liberia unto 2008 when Mr Nathaniel Dixon died. After his death, his family contacted the Embassy in pursuit of the promised “retirement benefits” but they were not taken seriously.
One of Mr Dixon’s children, John, was told to travel to Liberia to meet with officials in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to see how the issues would be settled.
In 2021, John A. Dixon travelled to Liberia and met with the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and some senior officials who promised him that they would do everything possible for them to receive all their late father’s retirement benefits.
But years passed and still the family of the late Nathaniel Dixon did not receive anything. So, in 2023 John contacted the Liberian Ambassador in Freetown in relation to the issue. He was reportedly told by the Ambassador that they were all covered by diplomatic immunity so the Dixon family could not take them to court.