The Ministry of Local Government, in collaboration with the Governance Commission, has today begun a two-day High-Level Policy Dialogue on Local Governance and Decentralization in Monrovia.

Mr. David S. Kollie, acting Director for Media Services and Communication said the Dialogue scheduled for 16th and 17th September 2026 and at the Joseph Boakai Conference Hall, Ministry of Local Government, Capitol Hill in Monrovia.

Mr. Kollie said the meeting is expected to bring together heads of key government ministries, agencies, and commissions, County Superintendents, and County Service Center Coordinators.

He named some of the invited government institutions as the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning, Liberia Revenue Authority, Ministry of Transport, and the National Transit Authority.

Others include Ministry of Labor, Public Works, Liberia Land Authority, Posts and Telecommunications, Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Health and Environmental Protection Agency.

He also named Forestry Development Authority; Ministry of Gender and Social Protection; and Center for National Documents and Records Agency as some of the invited government institutions expected to participate.

Kollie also disclosed that eight County Superintendents have been invited to participate in the two-day dialogue. He named  as  Sam K. Zinnah of  Gbarpolu County, Mr. Whroway Bryant of  Monstered County, Mr. Mike Swengbe of  River Gee County and Mr,Alexander Sleweon of  Sinoe County.

Kollie also named Mr. Foday Kiatama of  Grand Cape Mount County, Mr.Alex C. Grant of  Grand Gedeh County, Mr. Byron W. Zahnwea of  Rivercess County and  Madam Antoinette Wowlee Nimely of  Grand Kru County.

Joanna Wede Taplah of Grand Kru County, Jacquelyn T. Caryahway of  Grand Gedeh County, Arthur Crawford of Bong County, Tweh Johnson of  Bomi County, Owen K. Kolleh, of Grand Cape Mount County, Morris G. Saye, Nimba County Clinton Abraham, and Grand Bassa County are also invited.

Kollie said the dialogue is intended to accelerate the devolution of administrative, political, and fiscal powers, in line with Liberia’s Local Government Act of 2018.

He said the meeting will also address operational challenges facing County Service Centers, including the continued centralization of approvals in Monrovia, which affects the delivery of public services across the country.