Margibi County - President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf insists competing development priorities accumulated from Liberia’s civil war delayed her government’s commitment to refurbish the country’s major airport - Roberts International Airport (RIA) in Margibi County. The Liberian leader was speaking during the partial dedication of the under- construction passengers’ terminal and newly completed runway at the RIA. He expressed optimism that the completion of the terminal and runway would also attract more international flights to the country and help improve Liberia’s economy. The modernization of the airport began in November 2016 following feasibility studies and the acquisition of loans from the Export-Import Bank of China and the Saudi Development Fund. “It wasn’t easy at the time when we started to work on rebuilding the airport because we were facing financial constraints,” Sirleaf said.

Source: Front Page Africa December 19, 2017 02:26 UTC