Monrovia, Nov. 19 -- Bomi County Senator Edwin Melvin Snowe has issued a strong warning to the Boakai administration, urging the government to create jobs and immediately restore civil servants' pre-harmonization salaries. He vowed to vote against the proposed US$1.2 billion draft national budget if these concerns are not addressed.

Speaking to journalists at the Capitol, Sen. Snowe criticized what he described as misplaced priorities in the fiscal plan, raising alarms over unexplained budget increments and the government's failure to prioritize "bread-and-butter issues" affecting ordinary Liberians.

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