The National Authorizing Office (NAO) of the European Commission (EC) has announced strategic assistance worth €165.9 million to the Liberian Government for its post-war reconstruction program.
Media reports in Monrovia on Monday quoted the NAO deputy national officer at the Planning Ministry, Alvin Attah, as saying that the money will go towards improving the infrastructure and health sectors of the post-war country.
Attah disclosed that the NAO had been formally notified by the Commission that the first payment of the budget support to Liberia would be disbursed within the first quarter of 2010.
He is further quoted as saying that part of the assistance would go towards reconstructing the 200km Monrovia-Ganta-Guinea highway and the 90 mile Monrovia-Buchanan highway.
According to Attah, €40 million of the grant will go to the Health ministry for the strengthening of the health care delivery system.
Source African Press Agency
