The Government of Liberia through the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning (MFDP) has announced the launch of a nationwide Fiscal Year 2024 Open Budget Initiative and Fiscal Year 2025 Pre-Budget Consultations across the country. According to MFDP press release dated September 24, 2024, the Department of Budget and Development Planning will lead the exercises…
The Minister of Finance and Development Planning (MFDP) Augustine Kpehe Ngafuan has emphasized the significant role of the United States in Liberia’s development. Minister Ngafuan made the statement during a meeting with US Ambassador Mark Toner on Monday, September 23, 2024, at the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning in Monrovia. He said the story…
The 2024 World Bank Africa Country Policy and Institutional Assessment (CPIA) report reveals that Liberia’s public sector is poorly managed as the country performed worst in the Public Sector Management and Institution indicator with a discouraging 2.7 score from an average 2.9 required to pass the indicator. To make matters worse, the country’s accumulated score…
Liberia’s President Joseph N. Boakai has rallied world leaders at the United Nation General Assembly (UNGA) to make the world a better place for all, despite being confronted with many challenges. Speaking Sunday, September 22, 2024 at his first UNGA in New York, United States of America, President Boakai said, “We are gathered here with…
The Liberia Revenue Authority (LRA) says its attention has been drawn to recent media reports concerning the purchase of a vehicle for the Ministry of Commerce & Industry (MOCI) and various other allegations. The LRA clarifies that it has not purchased a vehicle valued at US$150,000, as reported. However, it confirms the approval of the…
Margibi County Senator Nathaniel F. McGill has disclosed that he will on Tuesday, September 24, 2024 submit a formal communication to the Senate Plenary, urging the Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission (LACC) to launch an immediate investigation into allegations of fraud, abuse of power, and corruption involving the Minister of Commerce Amin Modad. Senator McGill in a…
The Liberia Water and Sewer Corporation (LWSC) through its Managing Director Mo Ali says recent rupture on the 36in pipe at the White Plains water facility is a little difficult to repair. It can be recalled that the entity cut off water supply to Monrovia due to a rupture last weekend on the 36-inch main…
The Plenary of the Liberian Senate has endorsed the Senate Ways, Means, Finance and Budget report on the draft recast budget declining to concur with the House of Representatives on the passage of the recast budget. The Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, Senator Prince Moye, disclosed that the Liberian Senate differed in the restoration…
The 6th Judicial Circuit, Civil Law Court of Montserrado, has ordered a full trial in a Petition for Declaratory Judgment filed against the Interim Committee of the Press Union of Liberia (PUL). According to a release dated September 23, 2024, the petition alleges that the Committee engaged in undemocratic actions to enthrone Julius K. Kanubah…
The Director General of the Civil Service Agency (CSA) Josiah J. Joekai has warned against the unauthorized blocking and withholding of civil servants salaries at some government functionaries. According to Joakai, only the CSA and the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning (MFDP) have the exclusive responsibility to block, withhold, or suspend the payments of…
