Liberia: Four Oil Blocks 'Lease' Postpones Capitol Recess

Dec 12, 2014 | Leroy M. Sonpon, III, Liberian Observer
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The Liberian Legislature has extended its Special Session by one week, upon a request from President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf on the pending submission of four undrilled offshore petroleum exploration Blocks-- LB-6, LB-7, LB-16 and LB-17 - the leases of which she wants to conclude before the lawmakers depart for their annual break.

Members of the Liberian Senate and the House of Representatives, unanimously and separately, agreed with the extension yesterday, which political pundits have described as a 'mutual agreement' because there wasn't a Certificate of Extension for the extra one week.