Two rating members of the Liberian Senate have uncovered a number of lapses at Liberian embassies in numerous international locations throughout the globe
By Obediah Johnson
The Senator embody Abraham Darius Dillon, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Overseas Affairs and Nya D. Twayen, Jr., Chairman on Modernization, representing Montserrado and Nimba Counties respectively within the fifty fifth nationwide Legislature.
In a communication addressed to the Plenary of the Liberian Senate on Thursday, Senators Dillon and Twayen claimed that Liberia’s embassies worldwide lack structured funding alternative packages and incentive frameworks.
They added that there are not any seen tourism promotion methods at these embassies to draw overseas traders and guests to Liberia.
“We respectfully name the eye of this august physique to a important hole recognized throughout our current participation on the World Authorities’s Summit in Dubai from February 3-5, 2026. It has develop into evident that Liberia’s embassies worldwide lack structured funding alternative packages, incentive frameworks, and tourism promotion methods to draw overseas traders and guests. This absence undermines our means to venture Liberia’s new diplomatic and overseas coverage path, which emphasizes financial diplomacy over assist dependency,” they said.
They pressured the necessity for the Plenary of the Liberian Senate to ask authorities of the Nationwide Funding Fee (NIC), Ministry of Overseas Affairs (MoFA), and the Nationwide Tourism Authority (NTA) to current earlier than the Committees on Overseas Affairs, Funding and Concessions a complete and actionable plan outlining Liberia’s funding and tourism alternatives.
They added that whether it is established throughout the listening to that such a plan doesn’t exist, these establishments needs to be mandated to develop one inside an inexpensive timeframe.
The Senators identified that this plan, as soon as finalized, needs to be distributed to all Liberian embassies throughout the globe, enabling them to prepare funding boards of their respective host international locations.
They maintained that this plan would function platforms to influence traders and vacationers to think about Liberia as a viable vacation spot for funding and tourism.
“We imagine this initiative will considerably advance Liberia’s financial diplomacy agenda and strengthen our world presence around the globe whereas on the identical time boasting funding and tourism,” they maintained.
In the meantime, the Plenary of the Liberian Senate has resolved to represent the physique to a maintain to conduct a listening to and invite the authorities cited inside a two-week interval.
