Monrovia – Senator H. Varney G. Sherman (UP-Grand Cape Mount County) has expressed utter disappointment in the COVID-19 National steering committee team over the handling of the US$25 million stimulus package approved by the government of Liberia through the Legislature. In response, Professor Wilson Tarpeh, the outgoing Minister of Commerce and chair of the steering committee took responsibility for the low performance of the committee and vowed to make up for the delinquency. When Liberia’s National Legislature jointly endorsed President George Weah’s measures in his declared State of Emergency granting the authority to implement a food distribution stimulus package, it was believed that Liberians from all 15 counties would benefit. The package prioritized four counties affected by the COVID-19 – Montserrado County the center of the Virus in Liberia, Margibi, Nimba and Grand Kru. This list of counties was later amended by the legislature to include all 15 counties.

Source: Front Page Africa October 07, 2020 22:07 UTC