Liberia: President Weah Signs Local Government, Land Right Acts Into Law

President George Manneh Weah has signed into law the Local Government (LGA) and the Liberia Land Right Acts (LLRA) respectively; the two cardinal legal instruments that are considered germane to the Government's Pro-Poor Agenda for Prosperity and Development.

Recently, the 54th National Legislature passed the two Acts into Law following years of shilly-shallying by the 53rd Legislature apparently aimed at fine-tuning the two instruments to be in line with current national and international realities. They were introduced during the administration of former President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf.

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