Since the offer for the construction of a ministerial complex by the Government of the People’s Republic of China at the cost of US$60m, delays continue to characterize the commencement of the entire project.  The attributing caused of the delays for the construction of the building which should have begun last year after the Chinese Parliament had acquiesced with the proposal by the administration was and contuse to be the issue of “land”.

The Construction of the Ministerial Complex: The Urgency for a Decision Now

Following stiff opposition in 2012 by citizens of previous plan by the Government of Liberia to demolish the incomplete Defense Ministry structure in Cong Town, through the intervention of the Supreme Court of Liberia, very little is heard nowadays about the construction of the Ministerial Complex for which the demolition was intended.

The RIA Claims and Counter-Claims: The Urgent Need for An Independent Probe

In her State of the Nation address on Monday, January 28, 2013, President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf announced a twenty-five percent increase in the salaries of Liberian civil servants, including members of the Armed forces of Liberia and other security agencies in the country.