Monrovia – Liberia’s international development partners helping to remedy the country’s road network challenges have called on the government to take “critical action” in order to achieve compliance with the National Road Fund Act, NRF. The fund comprises monies raised through appropriations by the Government of Liberia, grants, and loans by international partners, road user charges through levies on fuel and other sources. The partners agreed that the NRF should establish savings and checking accounts with banking institutions for the management of the Road Fund. SRIMEX OIL has not made any payments of US$4.1 million the company owes in Road Fund levy, although in October 2018 the company requested a payment plan by installments. Amid all the delays, the partners say the government must consider outsourcing the collection of Road Fund levy to a debt collection agency.

Source: Front Page Africa April 08, 2019 01:18 UTC