The Minister of State for Presidential Affairs in Liberia, Nathaniel McGill, says all senior students in public schools across Bong County will be provided full scholarships by Government in the 2021-2022 academic year.
Minister McGill cited senior students attending Gboveh Multilateral High School and E. J. Yancy, among others, as those that will benefit from the scholarships, noting that the gesture will be extended to other counties in the country.
The Minister of State also disclosed that private schools in the county will be provided one million Liberian dollars as school fees to buttress the efforts of parents of senior students attending these schools.
He disclosed that the initiative was the project of President George Manneh Weah.
Also speaking in Gbarnga recently, Finance Minister Samuel Tweah quoted President Weah as saying the problem of health, education, road and women empowerment, among others, will now be concentrated in the rural parts of the country.
He added, that President Weah has instructed the Finance Ministry to ensure that the country’s economy is stabilized.
According to Minister Tweh, Liberia is the one country where government is not borrowing money from the Central Bank, as a result of what he described as responsible fiscal management.
He further pointed out that the government is adding no debt to the one it inherited in 2017.
The Finance Minister also revealed that the country’s inflation rate has decreased massively from 30% to 8% as a result of the president’s leadership strategies which, he noted, have resulted in strong domestic revenue generation.
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