MONROVIA – After nearly four years of advocacy by civil society groups under the umbrella of the Natural Resources Management (NRM) coalition, the House of Representatives has overwhelmingly passed the County and Social Development Fund (CSDF) standalone bill. In response to citizens’ concerns, the Legislature amended the 2018-2019 and 2019-2020 National Budget Law and promised to continue working on the proposed standalone CSDF bill. Larry Nyanquoi (District 8, Nimba County), Francis Saidy Dopoh II, (District 3, Rivergee County) and Edward Karfiah, (District 5, Bong County. “The key point of the bill is to ensure that the social development funds of the counties are not used by the central government as the case is,’’ Dopoh said. Members are: Liberia Media Center (LMC), Partner for Democratic Platform (P4DP), Institute for Research & Democratic Development (IREDD), Partnership for Sustainable Development (PaSD) Development Education Network Liberia (DEN-L), Sustainable Development Institute (SDI), Rural Human Rights Activists Program (RHRAP) and NAYMOTE.

Source: Front Page Africa March 18, 2020 17:48 UTC