MONROVIA, Oct. 16 -- Senator Emmanuel Nuquay, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Public Corporations, has raised concerns over delays in disbursing Social Development Funds (SDFs) to counties, warning that the government's handling of the money is undermining decentralization and slowing development across Liberia.

By Obediah Johnson

Nuquay, who represents Margibi County in the 55th Legislature, said millions of United States dollars paid by concession companies for development in their operational areas had been deposited into the government's Consolidated Account and subsequently used by the government, leaving counties awaiting their allocations.

He made the remarks during a regular session of the Liberian Senate in Monrovia on Thu...