Monrovia, May 15 -- Senator Prince Moye, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Ways, Means, Finance, and Budget, has expressed concern over a US$5.2 million shortfall in revenue collection for the first quarter of the 2025 National Budget.

By Obediah Johnson, obediah.jonson@frontpageafricaonline.com

Speaking during the opening of the second quarter session of the National Legislature on Tuesday, May 13, 2025, Senator Moye revealed that while revenue was projected at US$268.5 million through April, actual collections by the Liberia Revenue Authority (LRA) stood at US$262.9 million.

"Revenue was and is still performing," Moye stated. "But on the expenditure side, we noticed that spending is quite slow."

He attributed the slow pace of bud...