Monrovia, Liberia - Finance and Development Planning Minister Amara Konneh maintains rebuilding the broken system in all sectors remains government major concern.

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.  

Monrovia, Liberia - The Government of Liberia through the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning on May 28, 2015 dedicated the newly re-constructed Building of Salvation Army’s William Booth Junior & senior High school that gutted fire on March 4th 2015.

Philadelphia, PA USA - Following a successful World Bank IMF Spring Meetings in Washington, DC. Finance and Development Planning Minister Amara M. Konneh convened a town hall meeting in Philadelphia, USA

Following prolonged discussions and negotiations, the Minister of Finance and Development Planning Amara M. Konneh has signed on behalf of the Liberian Government, a 20 million United States Dollars loan agreement with the Saudi Fund for Development to assist with the rehabilitation of the Roberts International Airport (RIA) runway.

SECRETARY KERRY: Good morning, everybody. I am extremely pleased to welcome Her Excellency, Dr. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, the president of Liberia, here to America and to the Department of State. President Sirleaf is a very distinguished world leader, the deserving recipient of the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize, and the first woman elected head of state in Africa.

Monrovia, Liberia - Liberia’s Finance and Development Planning Minister Amara Konneh has assured residents of Nippy Town Community that the Government remains committed in providing basic social services for all Liberians, including safe drinking water, electricity and access to good road network.

Monrovia, Liberia - The Ministry of Finance & Development Planning assures Liberians and our development partners that every measure is being taken to maintain macroeconomic stability, and ensure effective management of the economy during this difficult period as our country experiences the crippling socioeconomic impact of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD).

Monrovia, Liberia - World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim arrives in Liberia on Tuesday, December 2, 2014 to further strengthen the Bank’s continuing response to the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD). Dr. Kim will meet President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and senior officials of the Liberian Government.

Monrovia, Liberia - Liberia’s Finance and Development Planning Minister on Tuesday was joined by the Head of the European Union delegation in Liberia to officially cut the ribbon, dedicating the new National Authorizing Office (NAO) on the grounds of the Executive Mansion on Capitol Hill.

Monrovia, Liberia - Finance and Development Planning Minister Amara Konneh has disclosed that as at October 31 the Ebola Trust Fund received a total of US$14.282 million for the fight against the Ebola disease.

Konneh said of this amount, the Ebola Trust Fund has disbursed US$8.387 million to and on behalf of various government entities.

Monrovia, Liberia - Liberia’s Finance and Development Planning Minister Amara M. Konneh has concluded  constructive country-level discussions with the officials of the World Bank, IMF and other development partners aimed at mobilizing support for the government’s fight against the  Ebola epidemic.

The Authorities of the Ministry of Finance & Development Planning wish to inform the general public and our development partners that consistent with its PRESS RELEASE of October 8, 2014, health workers assigned in Ebola Treatment Units (ETU) are being paid their hazard pay for the month of September.

The Millennium Challenge Corporation has pledged its commitment to assisting the government of Liberia in supporting a post-Ebola Economic Stabilization and Recovery Plan.

World Bank President Dr. Jim Yong Kim says the world community was united with West Africa and Liberia in a concerted global effort to safeguard lives, noting “we are with you and will stand by you.”

Monrovia, Liberia - Liberia’s Minister of Finance and Development Planning, Amara Konneh departs Liberia for Washington DC on Monday, 5th October, as part of a government delegation at the upcoming annual meetings of the World Bank and the IMF.

The high powered delegation which includes the Governor of the Central Bank of Liberia, Dr. Mills Jones,is expected to hold series of multilateral and bilateral discussions aimed at rallying support for the government’s

The Government of Liberia has signed its first three groundbreaking contract agreements with key implementing partners for the US$52m Ebola Emergency Response operation that is intended to accelerate Liberia’s response to the Ebola epidemic across the country.

At the ceremony held at the newly established Ebola Crisis Response Center Thursday in Sinkor,

Liberia has signed a landmark grant agreement of about $52 million dollars with the World Bank to accelerate the government’s response to the Ebola epidemic in the country. 

The new grant is part of the US$200 million Ebola emergency mobilization first announced by the WBG in early August. The WBG said that its new Ebola Emergency Response project mobilized

Liberia's Finance Minister Amara Konneh has disclosed that the government will prosecute people who misapplied funds intended to fight the deadly Ebola virus. In recent days, there has been accusation and counter accusations of officials of government managing funds intended to fight the disease, diverting those funds into their personal use.

The Ministry of Finance and Development Planning wishes to dispel a very malicious and unfounded rumor circulating, that Minister Amara Konneh was tested and diagnosed positive of the deadly Ebola virus and currently in quarantine.
 
This rumor is untrue and has already been dismissed by authorities of the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare in Liberia. The Ministry insists that neither the Minister nor any Ministry officials have been quarantined, as being falsely rumored.