Monrovia, Liberia - The Government of Liberia through the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning (MFDP) today began the disbursement of five months’ salary arrears to Reclaiming Liberia beaches and water- ways project workers.
According to an MFDP release, the amount of twenty five thousand two hundred Liberian dollars (LD25, 200) is being disbursed to each beach worker and forty four thousand one hundred Liberian dollars (LD44, 100) to each supervisor.
The salary arears payment for the beach and water ways workers is a result of a memorandum of understanding between authorities of the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning and the leadership of the beach and waterways project workers during Monday, May 25, 2015, protest.
According to the memorandum of understanding, the beach and water ways workers agreed to be paid a settlement equivalent to five months for the period January 2015 to May 2015 for service rendered in the cleaning and maintenance of portions of the beaches and waterways in Montserrado County.
The release also noted that the beach and waterways projects leadership agreed to terminate any existing relationship with the government of Liberia, until such time and under such conditions that government of Liberia can initiate a contractual agreement.
The Ministry of Finance and Development Planning is therefore calling on all beach cleaners to proceed to the First International Bank within their communities to receive their five-month salary arrears.
