Monrovia, Liberia - Hon. Minister Samuel D. Tweah,Jr. as you celebrate another birth Anniversary on today, May 6, the Deputy and Assistant Ministers, Directors and Staff of the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning

Monrovia, Liberia - The Government of Liberia has commenced the first phase of the payment of retirement handshake packages to retired civil servants, who served in Montserrado and Margibi Counties, at the Ministerial Complex in Congo Town, Monrovia, under strict social distancing and other health guidelines for the prevention of transmission of COVID-19.

Monrovia, Liberia - Today, as the holy month of Ramadan commences, I pray that those who are observing this sacred time find comfort and reassurance in their faith. On behalf of the MFDP, I wish you the opportunity to renew and strengthen your faith through rigorous fasting, devout prayer, and reflective meditation, reading the Quran, and charitable deeds. May it bring us good health, prosperity, and peace during this period of COVID-19 Pandemic.

Ramadan Kareem

Monrovia, Liberia - The Government of Liberia wishes to formally announce that since February 2020, approximately 2,154 employees from 14 entities of the Government of Liberia (GoL) were retired after reaching the age of retirement, consistent with the New Social Security Law of 2017. A program to honor the retired employees was planned for early April 2020 but had to be canceled due to the prevailing health emergency in the country.

Monrovia, Liberia - The Government of Liberia has expressed profound gratitude to the International Monetary Fund for the debt service relief provided her.

- As Agriculture Minister Lauds the Wisdom and Commitment of Min. Tweah

The Government of Liberia and Afriland Bank have signed a Cash Collateral Guarantee Agreement valued at US$ 700,000, to enhance rice production, processing, and distribution to ensure food security in the country.

Monrovia, Liberia - Liberia's Finance and Development Planning Minister, Hon. Samuel D. Tweah Jr. has disclosed that the World Bank is expected to provide US$15 million under contingency fund to aid Liberia in its fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

Monrovia, Liberia - The Government of Liberia and World Bank have signed a financing agreement totaling US$ 40 million dollars as direct budgetary support for FY2019/2020.

Monrovia, Liberia - Liberia’s Finance and Development Planning Minister Hon. Samuel D. Tweah Jr., on Friday, March 13, 2020, carried out an in-house touring of departments/units within the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning.

Monrovia, Liberia - The Government of Liberia has issued administrative control measures intended to reduce growth in its wage bill, as well as to ensure efficiency in the allocation of the National Budget.

Monrovia, Liberia - Liberia’s Finance and Development Planning Minister, Hon. Samuel D. Tweah Jr, says the World Bank Sustainable Management of the Fisheries Project for Liberia (LSMF) will yield enormous economic benefits for the country in alignment with the Pro-Poor Agenda for Prosperity and Development (PAPD).

Monrovia, Liberia - On 4th March 2020, Hon. Samuel D. Tweah, Jr, Minister of Finance and Development Planning and APRM Focal Point, received a technical support mission on the APRM Liberia Process led by the APRM Continental Secretariat CEO, Prof.Eddy Maloka. The technical briefing which was requested by the Government of the Republic of Liberia was aimed at discussing the roadmap to the Peer Review of the Liberia Country Review Report by African Heads of State and Government.

Assistant Minister for Development Planning at the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning, Hon. Benedict Kolubah has presented the country’s report on ECOWAS Post Visioning and Consultation.

Hon. Orison M. Amu and Hon Samuel D. Tweah Jr signed Financing Agreement for Renewable Energy Electricity in Liberia .

Monrovia, Liberia - The Government of Liberia and the African Development Bank (AfDB) have signed Financing Agreements for two Projects valued over US$33 million. The two projects are the “Renewable Energy for Electrification of Liberia (REEL Project) and Support to Investment Promotion Agencies in Transition Countries”.

Monrovia, Liberia - Liberia’s Finance and Development Planning Minister, Hon. Samuel D. Tweah Jr, has assured Liberians that beginning this year (2020), the country will begin to experience recovery and prosperity. He also expressed optimism about increased prospects in the years ahead.

The Ministry of Finance and Development Planning under the able leadership of Minister Samuel D. Tweah, Jr. along with his team of Deputy and Assistant Ministers, as well as, the entire workforce of the Ministry conveys messages of best wishes during this Christmas Season and a prosperous 2020 to H.E President George M. Weah, Vice President Hon. Jewel Howard-Taylor, the First Lady Madam Clar M. Weah, members of the Cabinet, the Speaker, the Pro Tempore of the Senate, and Members of the 54th National Legislature, the Chief Justice and Associate Justices of the Supreme Court, Members of the Diplomatic Corps, and every Liberian citizen and foreign nationals across the length and breadth of the country.

I extend profound thanks and appreciation to the newly elected leadership of the Press Union of Liberia for selecting me to be the keynote speaker at this Induction ceremony. Delivering a speech at a PUL event has to be a very difficult and delicate business, if only because you have almost the entire media in rapt attendance. You’ve got to be careful about what you say during these occasions!

Monrovia, Liberia - The Government of Liberia through the Integrated Public Financial Management Reform Project at the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning, and with support from the African Development Bank (AfDB), Saturday, December 14, 2019, climaxed six days of training for nineteen Civil Society Organizations in Public Financial Management.

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), through its national office in Liberia, and in collaboration with the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning has climaxed two days of National Stakeholders Consultations on ECOWAS post-2020 vision in Devos Village, Tewor District, Grand Cape Mount County.

On December 11, 2019, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved a four-year arrangement under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF) for Liberia in an amount equivalent to SDR 155 million (60 percent of quota or about US$ 213.6 million) to help the country restore macroeconomic stability, provide a foundation for sustainable growth, and addressing weaknesses in governance.