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Liberia: President Boakai announces Tough Anti-Drugs measures, declaring Drugs National Public Health Emergency

In his 44 minutes Annual Message before the 55th Legislature sitting in Joint Chambers at the Capitol, President Joseph Nyumah Boakai elevates Liberia’s fight against narcotics, announcing here that he and his Vice President, Jeremiah Kpan Koung...

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A day after President Joseph N. Boakai announced drugs as an existential threat to Liberia’s future, Margibi County district#3 Representative Ellen Attoh –Wreh, has written the House, proposing the establishment of a leadership committee on drug, rehabilitation and reintegration.

On being told that cramming numerous strangers into a house like animals was inhumane, they shrugged with indifference and nonchalantly said, 'Maltese would sell their own mother for money' 

President Joseph N. Boakai has disputed claim by outgoing President George M. Weah that he left USD40Million in the state’s Consolidated Account as balance for the year ending December 31, 2023, during his State of the Nation Address here on Monday, January 29, 2024.

President Joseph Nyumah Boakai made additional nominations Wednesday, 24 January as he gradually forms his government, affecting the ministries of Foreign Affairs, Agriculture, Commerce and Industry, Education, the Liberia Revenue Authority, and the National Drug Enforcement Agency, pending senate confirmation. 

Anton Bredell, Western Cape Minister for Local Government, Environmental Affairs and Development Planning today confirmed that National Treasury has approved an amount of R114 million to be released from the Municipal Disaster Response Grant to the W

President George Manneh Weah’s newly appointed Rice Stabilization Taskforce is nothing but a clear publicity stunt, given that ministries and agencies that have failed the economy and the people are the ones the President thinks should address the rice crisis.

President Joseph Nyumah Boakai’s first five nominations to government on Monday, January 22, 2024, have received commendations from citizens with various characterizations and appreciation.