Capitol Hill — Commerce Minister Wilson Tarpeh has presented to the Liberian senate a working plan for the distribution of the government's food distribution.

Said the minister: "The two amounts have been disbursed and the process is on the way to get it into the account of the World Food Program (WFP) head office in Liberia.

According to the Minister who chairs the COVID-19 national taskforce on food distribution, the previously-proposed USD$35 million budget for the project has been reduced to US$ 30 million, and of that amount, the World Bank is contributing US$5 million.

Minister Tarpeh, in response to a question about what economic impact the USD$30 million will have on the economy, said: "Only five million will be spent locally for the purchase of local produce food that is expected to form part of the package which include; locally produced red oil, rice, and others.

Senator Varney Sherman (UP-Grand Cape Mount County) and Senator Daniel Naathen (ANC-Gbapolu County) called for the cancellation and rethinking of the plans and procedure leading to the distribution of the food and that of the money approved only five million will be used to impact the Country's economy.