Liberia: 'Hurting Development' - Pres. Sirleaf Frowns On Demands for Compensation for Illegal Structures

Monrovia - President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf says the current funds allotted to the Resettlement Action Plan in the certified national budget for fiscal year 2013/2014 undermine government's development agenda.

The President Speaking at the second steering committee meeting of the Liberia Development Alliance, held at the Cecil Dennis Auditorium at the Ministry Of Foreign Affairs, President Sirleaf alleged that the continuous allotment made in the budget in resettlement package for illegal structures built in the right old way by some Liberians is causing the government serious economic setbacks.

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