But How Will This Impact The Lives Of Ordinary Liberians?
Pres. Boakai Raises Expectations
PHOTO: LRA Commissioner General, James Dorbor Jallah and his team as they monitored the dashboard when it hit the US$1 billion mark on Monday
At long last, the Liberian government through the Liberia Revenue Authority (LRA) yesterday, Monday, September 14, 2026 hit its revenue target of US$1 billion, something that prompted a happy embrace from President Joseph Nyuma Boakai, who gave an address to the nation from the United States, from where he is preparing to address the UN General Assembly soon:
Liberians are asking, what does this mean? It means an ordinary market woman must receive support to improve her conditions; civil servants must experience a reversal of the harmonization of their salaries, a young student must receive quality education and a conducive environment for learning, our public hospitals must receive regular supply of medicines and our doctors, nurses, teachers, and other public servants must be sustained at their duty stations. It must also accelerate improvements in learning conditions and renovate facilities at public schools and the University of Liberia. -Pres. Boakai in his address to the nation
LRA PRESS STATEMENT ISSUED EARLIER
LRA Commissioner General Holds Strategic Peer-Learning Discussions at WATAF Meeting in Accra
Liberia Revenue Authority Commissioner General James Dorbor Jallah has begun holding strategic discussions and exchanging ideas with fellow heads of tax administrations on the sidelines of the West African Tax Administration Forum (WATAF) 8th High-Level Policy Dialogue and 23rd General Assembly in Accra, Ghana.
On Sunday evening, Commissioner General Jallah held discussions with the Commissioner General of the Gambia Revenue Authority, Yankuba Darboe, focusing on Liberia’s progress in revenue assurance, particularly in the telecommunications and mobile money sectors. The discussion also highlighted the LRA’s real-time revenue collection performance dashboard, which has now recorded more than US$1 billion in revenue collection, marking the first time in Liberia’s history that the country has reached this milestone.
Following the engagement, CG Darboe expressed interest in undertaking a study tour to Liberia to observe the progress the LRA is making in revenue assurance within the telecommunications sector. He also requested technical support and collaboration from CG Jallah toward developing a real-time revenue collection performance dashboard for The Gambia, similar to the system Liberia has established.
CG Jallah welcomed the request and expressed the LRA’s willingness to share Liberia’s experience with fellow revenue authorities in the region. He noted that regional platforms such as WATAF provide important opportunities for tax administrations to learn from one another, exchange practical solutions, and strengthen institutional capacity.
“We are committed to both learning and sharing, and those are some of the reasons we come to these regional gatherings,” CG Jallah said. “Liberia has made important progress, but we also know that there is always more to learn from the experiences of our colleagues across West Africa.”
CG Jallah’s willingness to share the LRA’s experience reflects the spirit of WATAF and its mission of promoting cooperation, peer learning, and regional collaboration among tax administrations. The WATAF High-Level Policy Dialogue and General Assembly bring together heads of revenue authorities, tax experts, policymakers, and development partners to discuss emerging tax administration challenges and identify practical approaches for improving domestic revenue mobilisation.
The engagement between Liberia and The Gambia demonstrates how WATAF events go beyond formal sessions and speeches. They create space for direct country-to-country cooperation, technical exchange, and the sharing of innovations that can help strengthen revenue systems across the region.
As West African countries continue to pursue stronger domestic revenue mobilisation for sustainable development, such bilateral discussions are critical to building trust, deepening collaboration, and accelerating reforms within national tax administrations.