Monrovia, Liberia -  A financial reporting training aimed at strengthening the capacities of comptrollers and accountants of government agencies got underway Wednesday, May 12, 2021, in Buchanan, Grand Bassa County.

Over 65 comptrollers and accountants from various agencies of government attend the three days capacity building training.

It is being organized by the Comptrollers and Accountants General Department at the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning, and under the theme: “Using the IFMIS free balance Platform to Generate Reports and Prepare Financial Statements”.

Making remarks at the opening session, the Director for Technical Services within the comptrollers and accountant general department, Dede D. Sandman said the issue of financial reporting has been regular activities at the ministry of finance through the comptrollers and accountant general office.

He said under the new PFMU amendment and restated law signed into handbill by the President in October 2019, mandates the comptroller and accounting department to request for timely financial reports from all accountants and comptrollers across ministries and agencies.

Deputy-Minister for Economic Management AugustusJ .Flomo and NathanAssociates Mark sign the grant

Monrovia, Liberia - The United States Agency for International Development, represented by Nathan Associates and the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning; Department of Economic Management have signed a grant in the amount of US$81,000.

Monrovia, Liberia - The Ministry of Finance and Development Planning through its research and policy analysis unit, the Liberia Macroeconomic Policy Analysis Center (LIMPAC), has provided internship opportunities to six graduates and duxes of the University of Liberia Economic Department, with average cumulative GPA ranging from 3.00 to 3.58.

Today, May 6, we celebrate the birth anniversary of the Honorable Minister of Finance and Development Planning, Samuel D. Tweah, Jr.

Monrovia, Liberia - The Ministry of Finance and Development Planning through the Comptroller and Accountant General Department clarifies that a purported “Check Scandal” information circulating on various social media platforms is false, misleading, and has no iota of truth.

REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENT AND THE CONSORTIUM

The Government of Liberia is represented by the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning (MFDP), the Ministry of Education (MOE), the Ministry of Health (MOH), and the Civil Service Agency (CSA). The Consortium is represented by the Civil Servants Association of Liberia, the National Teachers Association of Liberia, National Health Workers Association of Liberia, the Monrovia Consolidated Schools System Teachers’ Association, and the National Parents Teachers Network of Liberia.

Finance and Development Planning Minister Hon. Samuel D. Tweah Jr., has expressed the need for development and multilateral partners to increase the “Official Development Assistance (ODA), to Africa.

As the holy month of Ramadan begins, the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning extends its best wishes to our Muslim brothers and sisters. Ramadan is a special time for Muslims, marked by devotion, prayer and compassion for others.

Monrovia. Liberia - The Government of Liberia and the World Bank have signed dual financing agreements totaling US$ 74.2 million.

The Ministry of Finance and Development Planning informs the public that purported information circulating on social media about a 57.2M government grant with GEN to entrepreneurs is false and misleading.

In furtherance of its on-going mandate to clean the Central Government Payroll of ghosts and double dippers, the National Payroll Clean-up task force hereby announces to all central government employees that effective the pay period for April 2021 there will be no slary payment to any employee who does not have a verified national Identification Number (NIN), issued by the National identification Registry.

A two-day portfolio review on the European Union initiatives in Liberia got underway Wednesday March 31 in Monrovia.

Monrovia, Liberia - Two financing agreements were on Friday March 12, 2021, approved by the World Bank, through the International Development Association.

Monrovia, Liberia – A Technical Country Support Mission of the African Peer Review Mechanism Continental Secretariat has been concludedin the country.

Monrovia, Liberia - A visiting delegation from the National Defense College, on Tuesday, March 9, 2021, held a day-long meeting, with the senior management team at the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning.

Monrovia, Liberia – A technical country support mission of the African Peer Review Mechanism Continental Secretariat has arrived in the country.

Marshall City, Margibi County - The mid-year review of the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning is being held in Marshall City, Margibi County. The retreat runs from Friday February 5-7, 2021.

Minister Tweah in-photo with US Ambassador to Liberia Micheal A.McCarthy

Monrovia, Liberia - United States Ambassador assigned to Liberia, Michael A. McCarthy has lauded President George M. Weah and the government of Liberia for the economic and developmental strides made amidst what he termed as “daunting challenges”.