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31 January 2017•Update: 31 January 2017
By Evelyn Kpadeh Seagbeh
MONROVIA, Liberia
Stores and companies in Liberia’s capital Monrovia were closed Tuesday as business owners in the country staged a peaceful protest against a hike in tariffs.
Hundreds of protesters gathered before the National Legislature say their businesses will remain closed until the their demands -- reduction of tariffs on imported goods and of taxes on businesses -- are addressed by the government.
“Our businesses will remain close until the government addresses our concerns” Prince Howard head of the Patriotic Entrepreneurs Association of Liberia said.
With one more year to the end of the Ellen Johnson Sirleaf-led administration, the country’s economy suffered from a rising exchange rate that has increased commodity prices.
