MONROVIA – The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), through its Sub-regional Office for West Africa (SRO/WA), has formally begun a three-day capacity-building workshop in Liberia for several institutions of the Liberian Government. Parley, said the three-day virtual training workshop, taking place in Sinkor, Monrovia, Liberia, is aimed at producing economic and National Transfer Accounts (NTA) profile on Liberia. The National Transfer Accounts (NTA) is an idea dedicated towards helping to strengthen the capacities of government employees, specifically in areas that enable ECOWAS member countries, including Liberia, integrate issues relating to demographic dividends in respective development policies. Mr. Kulobah, deputizing for Liberia’s Finance and Development Planning Minister, Samuel D. Tweah,noted that the occasion marked the beginning of a new day for Liberia. “This program is a roadmap for enhancing the national demographic of our country and setting the profile comes at a time Liberia is in its preparatory stages of conducting a national census.” He observed.

Source: Front Page Africa October 07, 2020 22:52 UTC