The President of the Republic of Liberia Her Excellency Mrs. Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf has by Proclamation declared Saturday, May14, 2011 as National Unification Day to be observed throughout the Republic as a National Holiday.

According to the Proclamation, all Public Buildings as well as Business Houses are to be closed on that day.

The Proclamation is in consonance with An ACT passed by the National Legislature in 1959/1960 declaring   May 14, of each year, as NATIONAL UNIFICATION DAY.

According to the release, the observance is in furtherance  of the principles of Justice, Equality, Fair-play and Equal Opportunities for all citizens regardless of Tribe or clan, religious affiliation as well as  economic status, so that Liberians might be united in a consolidated whole.

The release further maintains that the wisdom of the unification policy has found expression in the National Fabric of the nation through the representation of all sections of the country in the Legislature, and other branches of Government, thereby promoting conditions of peace and unity among its citizens.

The proclamation says as a result of the years of civil strives in Liberia and its harmful impact on the population, it is imperative, that all Liberians rededicate themselves to the noble ideals enshrined in the unification Act which promotes unity and brotherhood of all Liberians.

Since the unification and integration policy became a cogent part of the National Development plan, the people of Liberia have seen a mark of progress and improvement in all spheres of National endeavors, including, the political, economic and educational, as well as social fields.