Monrovia – The Home of Representatives, in its fourth day of the third session of the primary quarter of the fifty fifth Legislature, has unanimously voted to summon prime officers from the Ministries of Schooling and Well being to account for delays within the cost of lecturers’ salaries and the location of volunteer lecturers and healthcare employees on the federal government payroll.
By Emmanuel Weedee-Conway
The cited officers are anticipated to look alongside representatives from the Ministry of Finance and Improvement Planning (MFDP) and the Director-Basic of the Civil Service Company (CSA).
The motion stems from a communication by Maryland County District #2 Consultant Anthony F. Williams, who raised issues over unpaid lecturers, notably the USD part of salaries owed since October 2025. The communication additionally requested an in depth breakdown of volunteer lecturers, nurses, and docs added to the payroll for 2025 and 2026, together with their names, assigned colleges or well being facilities, and dates of inclusion.
Consultant Williams emphasised the urgency, noting that wage delays have created monetary pressure for educators and healthcare employees, probably undermining morale and the general high quality of providers in school rooms and well being facilities. The officers are scheduled to look earlier than the Home on Thursday, January 29, 2026.
In a associated improvement, the Home has invited MNG Gold Liberia Inc., the Ministry of Mines and Vitality, and the Environmental Safety Company (EPA) to look on the identical day. The invitation follows a communication by Bong County District #5 Consultant Eugine J.M. Kollie in regards to the Exploration Mineral Improvement Settlement (MDA) initially signed in 2002 with AMLIB United Minerals Inc., later acquired by MNG Gold Liberia in 2014.
Consultant Kollie famous that the present MDA is extremely centralized and doesn’t present ample social improvement advantages to affected communities in Bong County. He urged the Legislature to collaborate with the Govt and native stakeholders to renegotiate the settlement and known as for a short lived halt to MNG Gold’s underground mining operations if obligatory till a mutually helpful association is reached.
“Continued marginalization of our communities violates elementary rights and deprives our individuals of honest advantages from their mineral sources,” he mentioned.
The Home’s actions replicate rising legislative oversight of presidency payroll administration and the mining sector, signaling a dedication to transparency, accountability, and the safety of citizen welfare.
