{"id":1520,"date":"2025-10-22T09:31:41","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T09:31:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liberiasp.gov.lr\/?p=1520"},"modified":"2025-10-22T09:31:41","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T09:31:41","slug":"lawmaker-to-propose-25-million-social-safety-net-fund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.liberiasp.gov.lr\/?p=1520","title":{"rendered":"Lawmaker to Propose $25 Million Social Safety Net Fund"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Monrovia, Liberia<\/strong> \u2014 In an effort to ease the economic burden on struggling families, a Liberian lawmaker has announced plans to introduce a proposal for the creation of a <strong>USD 25 million Social Safety Net Fund<\/strong>. The initiative is aimed at helping vulnerable citizens pay school fees and rent during these difficult times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The lawmaker, speaking ahead of Thursday\u2019s legislative session, emphasized the urgent need for government intervention to support citizens facing economic hardship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhen the town is hard, the government must intervene. Even the great United States provides relief through food stamps and other social programs,\u201d the lawmaker stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the proposal, the fund would be financed through a combination of cost-cutting measures and resource reallocation. These include <strong>reducing lawmakers\u2019 benefits<\/strong>, <strong>limiting foreign travel<\/strong>, <strong>cutting down on vehicle purchases<\/strong>, <strong>redirecting funds from the Liberia Petroleum Refining Company (LPRC)<\/strong>, and <strong>borrowing from NASSCORP<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The lawmaker stressed that the initiative is not just timely but necessary, given the growing economic pressure on ordinary Liberians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOur people are restless and crying for relief. The town is hard, and we must act now!\u201d the lawmaker declared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The proposal is expected to generate debate on the House floor, as lawmakers weigh the cost of the initiative against its potential impact on struggling households.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Monrovia, Liberia \u2014 In an effort to ease the economic burden on struggling families, a Liberian lawmaker has announced plans to introduce a proposal for the creation of a USD 25 million Social Safety Net Fund. The initiative is aimed at helping vulnerable citizens pay school fees and rent during these difficult times. The lawmaker,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1521,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1520","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.liberiasp.gov.lr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1520","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.liberiasp.gov.lr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.liberiasp.gov.lr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberiasp.gov.lr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberiasp.gov.lr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1520"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberiasp.gov.lr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1520\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1522,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberiasp.gov.lr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1520\/revisions\/1522"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberiasp.gov.lr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.liberiasp.gov.lr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberiasp.gov.lr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberiasp.gov.lr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}