By Joseph Tumbey
President George Weah reports opposition depressing the achievement of his administration at his final first term State of Nation’s Address SONA to the National Legislature at the Capitol Hill in Monrovia.
Giving his Annual report to the National Legislature on Monday January 30, this year. The Liberian President said that significant efforts have been made to boost the economy, education , health and road among others, while his opposition play blind eyes to his success and continue to depress his efforts.
According to him, records have shown that they have achieved an undeniable mandate by passing into the law, land write and local government acts, the Kamara Abdullah Kamara act of press freedom, power theft, Domestic violence act with dual Citizens among many others.
President emphasized that, the dual Citizens bill is one of their significant achievement to making sure that Liberians remain Liberians
and their brothers and sisters in the diaspora can not be discriminated against.
He however stated the year 2022 was the highest level of revenue collected since the end of the Civil war and urged all Business people to pay their taxes on time according to the law.
“Revenue collected in the year 2022 is US$740M, while US$ 625M came from domestic taxes.
“Our Microeconomic foundation remains stable while our neighboring States are facing serious difficulties.
“I Perform Well our Country perform and our International Partners give us dash”, President Weah stated at the SONA.
According to him, the debt sustainability analyst by the International Monetary Fund IMF has rated Liberia from high rate debt defect to moderate rate debt defect.
However, he calls on his government officials to recharge their energy and redouble their efforts to realize their goals and objectives of their pro- poor agendas.
“Although we worked hard, there is still a lot more to do together”, the President of Liberia stated at his final first term State of Nation’s Address.
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