Liberia: Boakai Was Right to Veto Port Bills - Let's Build a Smarter Path to Regional Port Revival

Liberia: Boakai Was Right to Veto Port Bills - Let's Build a Smarter Path to Regional Port Revival

In a country where decentralization has become the favored mantra of reform, it is tempting to embrace every policy branded as modernization. But President Joseph Nyuma Boakai's veto of the Liberia Ports Authority Act and the Liberia Sea and Inland Ports Decentralization and Modernization Act was a necessary intervention to arrest legislative overreach disguised as innovation.

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President Boakai vetoes two bills seeking to decentralize Liberia’s National Port Authority, raising several concerns, including a proposal to establish a nine-member board for each of the country’s four ports. By Stephen G. Fellajuah Monrovia, Liberia; July 21, 2025 – President Joseph Nyuma Boakai has vetoed two major port reform bills recently passed by the 55th Legislature, returning them for further scrutiny and revision. The move marks a si…

Boakai Vetoes Port Reform Bills

President Boakai vetoes legislative bills reforming Liberia's port system due to legal flaws and overlapping mandates, emphasizing the need for clarity, legality, and institutional synergy in maritime governance.