Author: Godfred Badu Quansah

To Boost Efficiency In Tax Administration Monrovia, Liberia – The second Tax Administration Diagnostic Assessment Tool (TADAT) course is presently being attended by employees of the Liberia Revenue Authority’s (LRA) Domestic Tax Department as well as staff members from other supporting departments. The goal of this project is to evaluate and enhance the LRA’s tax administration structure with an emphasis on improving the tax system’s effectiveness, openness, and equity. TADAT is a widely used instrument for assessing the effectiveness of tax administration that was created by international partners with input from top experts. It offers an impartial, systematic, fact-based, and…

Monrovia, Liberia – Mary Kpan, a 102-year-old woman, has thanked the World of Life Ageing Project, its founder director Dr. Sam Ndorleh, and partners for their ongoing assistance to more than 377 elderly people in six communities in Montserrado County. She also expressed dissatisfaction with the government for allegedly failing to establish and implement policies for the health and well-being of aging parents nationwide. Madam Kpan, who is 102 years old, recently praised the group and its partners for their ongoing support, saying that God will continue to bless them as they continue their work. She claimed that their health program…

Discusses Strengthening Health Partnerships  Monrovia, Liberia – A meeting with Minister Dr. Louise M. Kpoto of the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare of Liberia to deepen the Health Partnership has concluded, according to Madam Brittney M. Varpilah, Country Director of Last Miles Health. The goal of the meeting was for the minister to reiterate their institution’s support for Liberia’s healthcare industry. Dr. Louise M. Kpoto, the Minister of Health, thanked Madam Varpilah for her efforts to the health sector and promised to support the process to the hilt in her speech on Wednesday, October 23, 2024. Minister Kpoto also stated…

Reaffirm Gov’t’s Commitment To Higher Education Monrovia, Liberia – The government’s commitment to finance research, scholarships, foreign alliances, and infrastructure for higher education has been reiterated by President Joseph N. Boakai. Speaking at the University of Liberia’s doctoral program luncheon on Wednesday, October 23, 2024, President Boakai stated that his government’s commitment is not only serious but also purposeful and deep. He said that efforts to support and invest in higher education infrastructure, research funding, and scholarships are in line with national policies or educational reforms to increase our nation’s human resource capacity. He asserted that the University of Liberia’s PhD programs…

Monrovia, Liberia – The Civil Society Human Rights Advocacy Platform (CSO-HRAP) of Liberia, with support from the British Embassy near Monrovia, and key stakeholders have officially launched a significant initiative aimed at abolishing the death penalty in Liberia. The project under the theme “Abolition of the Death Penalty Project” is aimed at increasing public support for the abolition of the death penalty and draw up a clear plan for the ratification and domestication of protocol with all prisoners removed from a “death row” and successful passage of the law through both houses. The longer-term real-world difference will be no further…

Monrovia, Liberia – A strategic meeting between the DRC and Liberia’s bids for Africa’s two non-permanent seats on the United Security Council (UNSC) for the 2026–2027 term was held between Madam Sara Beysolow Nyanti, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Liberia, and Madam Therese Kayikwamba Wagner, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The meeting’s agenda includes advancing African peace and harmony as well as strengthening diplomatic and commercial ties between Liberia and the DRC, especially in areas that are essential to both nations’ development. The meeting also strengthens Liberia’s and DRC’s standing as African representatives at the UNSC.…

Monrovia, Liberia – The Gabriel L. Dennis Foreign Service Institute (FSI), an arm of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, reached a significant milestone on Wednesday, October 23, 2024, as it proudly graduated the first cohort of students from its maiden “Refresher and Orientation Program.” The event marked a new chapter in the professional development of Liberian diplomats, underscoring the Institute’s commitment to enhancing the skills of those who represent the country on the global stage. Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs Cllr. Deweh E. Gray gave the keynote speech and urged the graduates to use the “language of diplomacy” in all…

Monrovia, Liberia – The ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID) and other development partners have been invited to Liberia by Augustine Kpehe Ngafuan, Minister of Finance and Development Planning, for more transformative projects that will complement the nation’s National Development Plan, the ARREST Agenda for Inclusive Development (AAID). He made the proposal while meeting with Dr. George Agyekum Donkor, President of the ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID), on the sidelines of the World Bank/International Monetary Fund’s 2024 Annual Meetings. He asserted that in his capacity as Minister of Finance and Development Planning, he will be instrumental in regaining…

Monrovia, Liberia – Augustine Kpehe Ngafuan, Liberia’s Minister of Finance and Development Planning, has advocated for more Africans to work at the World Bank during the 2024 Annual Meetings of the World Bank/International Monetary Fund. The call came from Minister Ngafuan, who presided over the 28th Statutory Meeting of the World Bank Group’s Africa Group 1 Constituency Panel Meeting, which took place in Washington, DC, on Tuesday, October 22. The Panel meeting was organized in advance of the Wednesday, October 23, 2024, meeting of the Africa Group 1 Constituency, which consists of 22 African World Bank member nations. Zambia, Malawi, Zambique,…

Monrovia, Liberia – Prior to the 15th Ministerial Conference, which is set for December 11–13, 2024 in Monrovia, Hon. Emma Metieh Glassco, Director General of the National Fisheries and Aquaculture Authority, paid a visit to the Fisheries Committee Secretariat for the West Central Gulf of Guinea (FCWC) in Tema, Ghana, on Monday, October 21, 2024. Madam Glassco met with FCWC Secretary-General Dr. Antoine Gaston Djihinto and his staff to examine and approve the budget and list of participants for the 15th FCWC Conference of Ministers, according to a dispatch from Accra, Ghana. During the meeting, Madam Glassco confirmed that Amb.…