Monrovia, Liberia – Mourad Bouaou, Director of Portfolio Management Public Sector at the OPEC Fund for International Development, met with Liberia’s Finance and Development Planning Minister Augustine Kpehe Ngafuan and Public Works Minister Roland Lafayette Giddings to discuss ongoing support for the Gbarnga-Mendikorma Highway project.
OPEC Fund is one of the original Arab lenders involved in financing this major road initiative. The meeting addressed efforts to accelerate work on the Salayea section of the highway and considered strategies to secure additional funding from OFID and other Arab financial institutions for subsequent sections, including Salayea-Konia and Konia-Voinjama.
The final segment of the project, Voinjama-Mendikorma, is planned to be financed through a PAVITO agreement that is currently awaiting ratification by Liberia’s National Legislature.
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