Liberia, Jan. 30 -- The Founder and Executive Director of Naymote Partners for Democratic Development, Eddie D. Jarwolo, has called on the Liberian government to adopt a long-term national development plan, warning that the country cannot achieve sustainable development through short five- or six-year plans tied to individual administrations.Speaking Wednesday during an interactive dialogue at the Center for the Exchange of Intellectual Opinions (CEIO) in Monrovia, Mr. Jarwolo said Liberia's development efforts have been weakened by the continuous introduction of new development agendas by successive governments.

"Every government has their own development plan, which is wrong. The development plan got to cross 25 to 30 years-make it lon...