Liberia’s Deputy Minister for Fiscal Affairs, Hon. Anthony Myers, announced that the government has completed 74% of its interventions across the country during the first 100 days of President Boakai’s administration.
The 100-day deliverable action plan aims to provide immediate relief to the population by targeting critical priority sectors. Myers shared this progress at a special press briefing at the Ministry of Information, Culture Affairs, and Tourism on May 17, 2024.
He outlined the strategic objectives of the plan, which focus on enhancing transparency and accountability in governance through robust anti-corruption measures, improving infrastructure by maintaining primary road corridors, increasing educational opportunities while combating drug and substance abuse, and supporting economic development through policy reforms and capacity building in agriculture, tourism, and commerce.
Myers revealed that the government has started paying arrears for WASSCE fees and local and international scholarships. “When President Boakai took over, hundreds of international students were waiting for scholarship fees, living allowances, and other benefits. As we speak, all are cleared,” he explained.
Under sanitation, efforts have commenced on cleaning sewage lines across central Monrovia, repairing water reservoirs in Monrovia and Paynesville at 95% completion, and significantly repairing the Caldwell water facility.
The Liberia Electricity Corporation has successfully negotiated an increase in power supply capacity from Côte d’Ivoire Energies, doubling it from 25 MW to 50 MW. Additionally, a project to electrify areas from St. Paul Bridge to Po-River and gaps along the Kakata corridor, including Johnsonville and Careysburg, has been launched. The Marshall area, including Roberts International Airport and the Edward Beyan Kesselly Barracks, has been connected to the national electricity grid.
In public administration, payroll and personnel audits across the government are ongoing, and a digitized revenue transaction system has been initiated. The National Consultancy Policy of Liberia has been launched, and the Liberia Integrated Tax Administration System (LITAS) has been integrated with Ecobank, GT Bank, and International Bank Liberia Limited. All diplomatic passports have been recalled and reissued where necessary.
Significant achievements have also been made in the health sector, including transitioning 123 beneficiaries of the At-Risk Youth program from rehabilitation to recovery and reintegration, following the President’s declaration of substance abuse as a national emergency. Fifteen domestic scholarships for mental health clinicians to pursue master’s degrees in Advanced Practice Clinical Psychiatric Mental Health have been secured annually through the Ministry of Education. “Last-mile distribution of drugs and medical consumables to Montserrado and Margibi Counties has been completed,” Myers added, noting that sites have been identified for constructing four regional diagnostic centers. Additionally, 70% of clinics and communities have received consignment of rapid diagnostic test kits.
The press briefing was attended by Hon. Anthony G. Myers, Deputy Minister for Administration Hon. Bill McGill Jones, Assistant Minister for Development Planning Hon. J. Wellington Barchue, Assistant Minister for Micro Economic Hon. Henry Yanquoi, and MFDP technicians.
