Those reviewed are the Ministries of Commerce, Agriculture, and Information, as well as the Civil Service and General Services Agencies.

According to an Executive mansion release, Cabinet was briefed on how amid the agriculture sector, agro-processing and value addition would lead to manufacturing and service delivery.

Key triggers towards manufacturing include to – amend section 16 of the Revenue Code, renew executive order 64, adopt ECOWAS CET, pass special economic zone Act, enact foreign trade and competition laws.

Other triggers are to create signature list for manufacturers, reform and streamline inspection procedures, verification of conformity, attract packaging and labeling investor, improve the doing business indicators in Liberia and implement the development of the Monrovia Industrial Park.

The General Services Agency (GSA) briefed Cabinet on guidelines, policies and procedures for the tracking, maintenance and operation of assets; registration of major capital assets such as buildings and vehicles; and build human capacity in the GSA and the Ministries, Agencies and Commissions to manage assets on a day-to-day basis.

The GSA has successfully completed the construction of a US$500,000 facility in Paynesville to carry out fleet maintenance for government-owned vehicles.

On the agriculture front, cabinet was briefed on the strategic alignment of key stakeholders for improved efficiency, revision of agriculture donor working group, synchronizing of agricultural and manufacturing Task Force, revival of operating procedures and identification of leads for sector working group and aligning currently funded projects.

So far, a total of 137,000 farmers across the country have been registered into a date-base.

The President will lead an array of government officials for the official launch of the Ministry of Agriculture e-Registration of farmers in Liberia at the Clay Youth Agriculture Vocational Training Center on Saturday, May 21.

Meanwhile, Cabinet was also provided updates on the pay and pension reform within the Civil Service Agency (CSA), the optimal sizing and workforce development.

Under workforce development, Cabinet has approved CSA’s guidelines that “No new Ministers can take up their new positions with an entourage from their previous ministries”.

As part of CSA’s reform initiative, there will be a formal launch of Job Description Catalogue for Ministries and Agencies and Performance Management Policy Manual on Friday, May 20, at the Monrovia City Hall.

In a related development Cabinet was brought up to speed on the status of Providence Island, the National Museum as well as the Cultural Village.

A proposed bill to transform the Liberia News Agency into an autonomous facet is being finalized for submission to legal luminaries
for relevant inputs prior to being sent to the National Legislature.
LINA PR/TSS/PTK