This archive report was first published on 11 November 2019.
On October 1, 2019, Liberia's lawmakers made a significant decision to cut their salaries and allowances by 30% in the country's 2020 budget.
The move, aimed at helping Liberia meet the International Monetary Fund (IMF) standards on allocations for development, was unanimously agreed upon by the lawmakers.
According to reports, the lawmakers cut the proposed budget by the executive arm led by President George Weah by almost $7 million, reducing it from $532.9 million to $526 million.
The action of the Liberian lawmakers is reminiscent of that of the Italian parliament, which is set to reduce the number of federal lawmakers in the bid to save funds.
Also, in a separate development, Nigerians had sued their senate for proposing to buy N5.5 billion worth of cars for its principal officers just a month prior to this decision.
