The Home of Representatives has cited heads of a number of line ministries and businesses to seem and supply testimony and documentation concerning alleged unlawful deforestation and land rights violations in Gbarzon District, Grand Gedeh County.
Amongst these anticipated to seem earlier than the Home management subsequent week Monday are officers from the Forestry Growth Authority (FDA), Ministry of Inside Affairs (MIA), Liberia Land Authority (LLA), Environmental Safety Company (EPA), Ministry of Mines and Vitality, Ministry of Labor, the Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL), and the Liberia Refugee Repatriation and Resettlement Fee (LRRRC).
Their testimonies are anticipated to make clear roles, tasks, and actions taken in response to reported forest depletion and land expropriation within the area.
The quotation was initiated by Consultant Jacob Cheategba Debee II of District #3, Grand Gedeh County, who raised alarm over what he described as coordinated actions by native officers together with the Statutory Growth Superintendent and Justice of the Peace of Chayee City which have led to mass clearing of forest cowl in Gboe Chiefdom.
He claimed that these actions could violate statutory protections below Liberia’s Land Rights Act of 2018, which mandates group session and documentation earlier than any switch of customary land.
Rep. Debee is searching for readability on whether or not the Liberia Land Authority has taken steps to dam or regularize acquisitions affecting communal lands, together with issuing notices, conducting titling actions, and initiating conflict-resolution mechanisms.
He careworn that the absence of such procedures undermines the authorized safeguards supposed to guard group land rights.
He additionally questioned the FDA’s enforcement capability, citing its mandate to preserve forest sources and regulate timber harvesting.
Moreover, he known as on the EPA to elucidate its lack of presence within the district and its position in making certain environmental affect assessments and carbon inventory preservation.
The Home’s motion underscores its constitutional oversight position and alerts rising concern over environmental governance and land rights enforcement in rural Liberia.
The invited officers are anticipated to offer detailed responses and supporting paperwork to assist legislative scrutiny.
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