Ministry of Internal Affairs Renamed Ministry of Local Government as Government Prepares to Implement Amended Local Government Act
In his first State of the Nation Address delivered on January 29, 2024, His Excellency Joseph Nyuma Boakai, Sr., President of the Republic of Liberia, underscored decentralization as a cornerstone of his administration’s ARREST Agenda for Inclusive Development (AAID).
VIDEO: Ministry of Internal Affairs Renamed Ministry of Local Government as Government Prepares to Implement Amended Local Government Act
The Ministry of Local Government has launched its Five-Year Implementation Plan (Phase II) of the Local Government Act (2018), advancing Liberia’s decentralization agenda through governance reforms that began with his 2024 State of the Nation Address, culminated in the August 2025 renaming of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Remarks by Hon. Francis Sakila Nyumalin Sr., Minister of Local Government, at the Official Launch of the National Decentralization Support Unit
This Unit is established to coordinate and support the implementation of decentralization reforms nationwide, in close collaboration with all sector Ministries, Agencies, and Commissions (MACs) represented on the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Decentralization (IMCD) and the Program Management Board (PMB).
The Ministry of Internal Affairs’ Gender and Social Inclusion Unit Conducts Awareness Workshop on Promoting Transformative Approaches for Integrating Gender Perspectives into Local Development, Tubmanburg, Bomi County
The GSI Unit Conducts an Awareness Workshop on Promoting Transformative Approaches for Integrating Gender Perspectives into Local Development, Tubmanburg, Bomi County.
