Government Reportedly Indebted to Forest Affected Communities More than US$3M Land Rental Fees
Government Reportedly Indebted to Forest Affected Communities More than US$3M Land Rental Fees
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MONROVIA The National Benefit Sharing Trust Board (NBSTB) said the Government of Liberia owes forest affected communities more than US$3 million in land rental fees accrued through commercial logging activities.
The NBSTB is the body that is responsible to oversee the distribution and management of the community share of the land rental fee.
Recently, in an exclusive interview with reporters, the chairperson of the National Benefit Sharing Trust Board (NBSTB), Nora Bowier said the amount in question, is money that the government has failed to remit to the NBSTB over the last four years to carry out major developmental projects in counties where concessions activities are being implemented.
President George Weah’s warning to his cabinet ministers that those who fail to strictly execute his agenda will be fired, has left the public wondering just what is his agenda which cabinet ministers must strictly execute or risk dismissal?
This is because it appears to the public that President Weah, has on numerous occasions before threatened dismissals for those officials who have failed to perform yet, to date no dismissal has been effected.
Although there were wild public speculations about an imminent changing of the guards. Such change the public speculated would have seen the dismissal of two key officials.