-As he Issues Executive Order #127
President Joseph Nyuma Boakai, Sr., has issued an Executive Order to exempt the Liberia Water & Sewer Corporation (LWSC) from paying customs duties on certain items. This is to ensure that clean and safe drinking water remain affordable and accessible to the public.
The items exempted from customs duties include diesel fuel for operations and production, rotatable and consumable spares for operations, low-lift, and high-lift pumps for use at the water treatment plants, water treatment chemicals and chlorinators, and laboratory apparatus for water treatment facilities at White Plains Water Treatment Plant and Outstations.
The Executive Order, numbered #127, was issued on Thursday, March 14, 2024. It also exempts heavy-duty equipment, such as water and sewer trucks, asphalt cutters, jackhammers, leak detectors, valves (air relief, surge, and line), presumed sewer cleaners, high-pressure assorted pipes and fittings, flow and water meters, heavy and light-duty vehicles, and generators, from customs duty payment.
This Executive Order takes over from the previous Executive Order (#109) that has since expired which served a similar purpose. It emphasizes the need for continuous provision and distribution of clean and safe drinking water and the maintenance of an effective sewer system to prevent potential disease outbreaks and other communicable diseases.
The order aims to maintain tariffs at an affordable cost for citizens, as sanitation is a crucial component of the Government’s ARREST Agenda and commitment to sustaining an adequate water supply and controlling the overflow of sewage in the streets of Monrovia and other parts of the Country.
At the same time, the Liberian Leader has nominated additional officials to positions in government affecting the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Post & Telecommunications, the Liberia Airport Authority, and the Forestry Development Authority.
The nominees are: Madam Gertrude Wade Korvayan Nyaley, Deputy Managing Director, Commercial & Technical Services, Forestry Development Authority, Mr. Jero H. Mends-Cole, Managing Director, Liberia Airport Authority, Mr. S. Mohammed Massaley, Deputy Minister for Technical Services, Ministry of Post & Telecommunications, Mr. Emmanuel Fred, Assistant Minister for Operations, Ministry of Post & Telecommunications, Mr. Nicholas N. Johnson, Assistant Minister for Technical Services, Ministry of Post & Telecommunications, Cllr. Massa Jallabah, Deputy Minister for Administration & Public Safety, Ministry of Justice, Cllr. Augustine C. Fayiah, Solicitor General, Ministry of Justice
and Cllr. Charles Karmo, Deputy Minister for Economic Affairs, Ministry of Justice.
Others are Cllr. Cora N. Hare-Konuwa, Deputy Minister for Codification, Ministry of Justice, Atty. Edrick Fargbanah Noah, Assistant Minister for Administration & Public Safety, Ministry of Justice
, Cllr. Joel Elkanah Theoway, Assistant Minister for Economic Affairs, Ministry of Justice, Atty. B. Rancy Ziankahn, Assistant Minister for Codification, Ministry of Justice, Adana S. Paye, Assistant Minister for Corrections & Rehabilitation, Ministry of Justice, Cllr. Lafayette B. Gould, Sr., Assistant Minister for Litigation, Ministry of Justice and Cllr. Aaron Kpakillen, Assistant Minister for Taxation, Ministry of Justice
These nominations, where applicable, are subject to confirmation by the Liberian Senate. These appointments supersede any previously published in similar agencies and positions.
President Boakai further calls on all those nominated and appointed to continue to demonstrate diligence, commitment, integrity, professionalism, and loyalty in service to country.
