Liberia: 2,400 Affected Communities to Protest over US$3 Million Land Rental Arrears

Sep 3, 2019 | Leroy M. Sonpon, III, Observer
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The leadership of the NUCFDC on behalf of the 24,000 affected communities petitioned the lawmakers. Two thousand four hundred affected communities of the 23 Community Forestry Development Committees (CFDC) in 11 of the 15 counties have complained to the House of Representatives over their just arrears, which they claimed were accumulated over the period of 11 years (2007 - 2018) in the amount of US$3 million. They have threatened to protest if their arrears are not included in the 2019/2020 Budget.