MONROVIA: The Liberian Government, through the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), on Monday, November 25, 2024, unveiled its Traditional marriage Certificates in Monrovia.
Speaking at the launch, MIA Acting Minister, Samuel Brown, landed the participates for gracing the occasion and said launch of the marriage certificates between men and women, divorce certificates, bachelor, spinsterhood certificates.
He said the initiative would never have been implemented without the full cooperation of their business partners, the MIA legal section and others.
Mr. Brown who is also the Deputy Minister for Demonstration at the MIA disclosed that, when they took over the affairs of the Ministry early this year, they met less than two hundred copies of the marriage certificates for the entire country.
According to him, they did not have the money for the printing cost of additional certificates and other related ones.
He said in order to find solution to this situation, several meetings were held with their business partners to print those additional copies that will cover the entire country for now until the UN ones are ready.
Minister Brown indicated that, they consented and printed 20,000 copies to affect categories such as marriage, Bachelorhood, and spinsterhood and Divorce certificates.
He said their business partner that printed the certificates has not received a dine from the MIA for the printing and transportation cost of those noble documents.
He pointed out that, the price of these certificates in 2014 was retained in 2024 with no increment in the cost of production.
“Please note that, there is a little price of these certificates to help us settle the payment cost, stationery and transportation costs to the business partner,” he said.
Minister Brown named the cost of the various certificates as Marriage certificate, USD 75, of this amount, USD 50.00 will go to the Liberia Revenue Authority (LRA) while USD 25.00 will go to MIA escrow account to be established at a local Bank through their finance section.
He also said the cost for Divorce Certificate is USD 100 and of this amount, USD 75 will go to the Liberia Revenue Authority (LRA) while USD25.00 will go MIA account to be established at a local Bank through their finance section.
Mr. Brown said the cost for Bachelorhood certificate, is USD 25.00 and will go to the go MIA account to be established at a local Bank through their finance section.
He added that as for Spencer certificate, the cost is USD 25.00 and will be paid to the MIA escrow account to be established at a local Bank through their finance section.
He also said civil document include but not limited to the following Erratum, Certified statement, Annotation, True correct copy, Note to file, Discovery and non-Discovery letter all which are issued by the legal Bureau after the payment of the USD 50.00 to the Revenue Authority (LRA).
“The MIA is a contributor to the annual Budget of Liberia therefore, we want to assure the Government of Liberia that we will continue to contribute our cortile the national budget” he said.
