Liberia's $300 million wage bill is giving the country’s new President Headache as he ponders ways to implement his promise of creating jobs, increasing civil servants salaries and running a small government simultaneously.
Legal complexities may frustrate President Joseph Boakai’s quest to inspect the records of the Central Bank of Liberia through a comprehensive audit of the country’s apex bank.
Liberia’s new government faces a potential shutdown as opposition lawmakers plot to trash President Joseph Boakai’s short-term spending request in the absence of an approved national budget.
Bong County Representative Moima Briggs-Mensah advocacy on legalizing prostitution in Liberia faces resistance and criticism with Labor Minister-designate taking a no position.
Finance Ministry officials are reviewing the country’s bloated wage bill after the office of the President alarmed over 700 persons were feeding on its budget, taking salary expense at the Executive Mansion alone to nearly $3 million United States dollars yearly.
Daniel E. Cassell, formerly of Perkasie, PA was under a 17-count state indictment when he died of an apparent heart attack at 56 years old on Christmas Day 2022.
The Deputy Minister of State for Presidential Affairs for Administration designate, Atty. Cornelia Kruah Togba has disclosed that over 730 non-civil servant names were discovered on a supplementary payroll at the entity following an assessment conducted.
Dressed in a dark safari suit, Vice President Jeremiah Koung Saturday boarded a private jet to Accra Ghana, opening a flamboyant charter to his new role as Liberia’s second most powerful politician.
President Joseph Boakai has completed the formation of his cabinet shifting the nomination of the controversial ally of his main coalition partner from Attorney General to Labor minister.
In a bid to attract more investment and bolster Liberia's economy, the National Oil Company of Liberia's (NOCOL) First Vice President, Emmanuel Azango, seeks to unlock opportunities and strengthen ties with Europe, which has been shifting its focus to Africa after abandoning Russian oil due to the ongoing Ukraine conflict.
