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Samwar S. Fallah, samwar.fallah@frontpageafricaonline.com
Monroviaew months back, the National Oil Company of Liberia

was the biggest spending institution in Liberia
sponsoring several national events including the
National County Sports Meet, an annual sporting
event amongst all fifteen counties of Liberia and
other sporting activities.
The company donated vehicles and other items to many
institutions including some to footbal.
NOCAL has also been involved in numerous Social Corporate
Responsibility projects including constructions of bus
stations, laboratories at various schools amongst many other
donations to institutions and individuals.
The Company is even still currently carrying out an ambitious
scholarship program where according to officials of NOCAL,
the entity currently offers more than 4,000 local scholarships
with over 60 international students undergoing studies in
European countries and other parts of the world.
NOCAL in 2013 provided huge funding to the National
Legislature to carry out nationwide oil consultation with
conflicting reports that the company through the Ministry of
finance made available US$1.2 million while other accounts
say the amount was US$900,000.
As its source of income, the company relies on sale of data
and funding through budgetary allotment from National
government but NOCAL has a huge payroll where its employees
are perhaps the highest paid in the country.
Two audits conducted by the General Auditing Commission
on the operational and financial affairs of the company with
one published- reported massive spending and others acts of
irregularities which led to the indictment of 10 senior officials
of government but the court recently dropped all charges
against the accused.
UNABLE TO PAY RENT
The once flourishing NOCAL is now relying on a meager

US$1.5 million bank balance inside sources have hinted
FrontPageAfrica.
Amid reported plans by NOCAL to secure bank loans to pay
off some employees and settle some of its liabilities, an official
of the Episcopal Church of Liberia has told FPA that NOCAL is
indebted to the church for six months rental fee.
Mrs. Juanita E. Neal, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the
Episcopal Church of Liberia told FPA in an interview that the
NOCAL has not been able to pay rent since January 1, 2015.
According to Mrs. Neal, NOCAL is occupying three floors of
the building belonging to the church located on Ashmun

and Randall Streets in Monrovia with an agreement to pay
US$45,000 for each floor monthly amounting to a monthly
rent of US$135,000; this amount she disclosed has not been
paid since January 1, 2015.
Said Mrs. Neal: NOCAL is supposed to pay us US$45,000 per
month for each of the three floors they are occupying but since
January 1, they have not paid anything. Even now I am calling
them and no one is picking my calls. We are appealing to them
to pay because the church has a lot of things to do.
She said the church has been writing communications and
chasing NOCAL to get payments but has only been receiving
assurances but payment not forthcoming.
We have been writing and walking ups and downs and they
are doing two things-promising to pay and remaining silent
at some point. They really need to pay, the Church has to run,
we have several schools that are operating and we depend on
these properties to keep these institutions functional, Mrs.
Neal added.
The church, she continued has 36 schools and does not get
funding from external sources besides what is raised locally.
GOVERNMENT OWES MILLIONS
The Episcopal Church Board of Trustees Chairman also said

the issue of indebtedness to the church spans over several
years as the Government of Liberia has not been able to
pay over US$4 million rent for the use of the building once
occupied by the former Ministry of Planning and Economic
Affairs located on Randall Street in Monrovia.
RELUCTANT TO SUE GOVERNMENT, BUT
Mrs. Neal narrated that the church signed a 23 years lease

agreement with the Government of Liberia for US$175,000
per year for the Randall Street building dating far back from
the regime of former President Samuel K. Doe which has
accumulated to more than US$ 4 million.
This government has not been able to pay any of the rent for
that building and we had to retake the building and it cost us
over one million United States dollars to renovate the building
because it was in a bad condition, she lamented.
On possible legal options to claim payments, Mrs. Neal said
although it is an option but as church it does not want to be
seen as taking the Government to court.
We have the right to sue but we do not want to do that, we
are appealing to their hearts, knowing what the church does,
they should pay, we have a lot of students, teachers and other

expenses that the church is undertaking, the Episcopal
Church official declared.
In recent time, there are reports that NOCAL is facing serious
financial problems and the company is nearing collapse
chasing bank loans to pay off some employees in order to
reduce its workforce.
The financial crisis at the Oil Company according to inside
sources has been surfacing for some time now but officials
at the entity have not been willing to publicly speak on the
issues.
With a reported bank balance of US$1.5 million according to
inside sources, it appears to be a huge task for NOCAL to pay
its obligations and keep the salaries of its employees current
in the wake of decline in the price of oil globally, with big oil
companies playing cool on investing in new oil opportunities.
NOCAL as a regulatory body of the oil sector has large number
of employees who are paid fabulous salaries and other
incentives despite its limited income generating capacity.
A new oil reform law currently languishing between the
National Legislature and the Executive Mansion is pushing for
NOCAL to serve as the business arm of the oil sector where
a regulatory authority is created to manage the countrys oil
sector.
Leadership Gap to blame?
Inside sources at NOCAL are blaming leadership gap at the

entity for the crisis facing the company with some industry
observers raising concerns that the way NOCAL is operating
today (2015) is different (from 2009-2015) and exponentially
managed more unfavorable (2014/2015) than it was when
you decided to undertake reform of the petroleum sector.
The decision to do so was right --- and remains rightand
took place amid high petroleum prices and international oil
companies with the budgets to support exploration in frontier
markets such as Liberia acreage, a senior administration
official told FrontPageAfrica on condition of anonymity.
Many believe that the attraction of world-class companies such
as Anadarko (2009), Chevron (2012), and ExxonMobil (2013)
were major victories (2010-2012) for Liberia and successfully
repositioned the country away from the days of brief case
companies lacking in skill, credibility, and commitment to
finding oil.
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LINGERING FEARS
OVER EBOLA
By Subhas Ghimire, Contributing Writer
KEEP LIBERIAS
BORDER CLOSED
Travel Alert Not Enough As Virus Continue
To Wreak Havoc In Sierra Leone, Guinea
IT DOES NOT TAKE a rocket scientist to figure out that
Ebola is still lurking over Liberia.
LAST WEEK, the government issued a travel and health
alert, warning Liberians to avoid traveling to Guinea and
Sierra Leone, two countries still feeling the heat as the
virus outbreak continue to wreak havoc.
JOANNE LIU, International president of Doctors
Without Borders (MSF), last weekend cautioned that
health authorities in both Guinea and Sierra Leone are
continuing to make the mistakes of the past in combatting
Ebola, more than a year after its onset and more than a
month after Liberia was declared Ebola-free.
We are still making the same mistakes as we did in
the past, said Liu. We know now that engaging the
community in the response is essential, she added. But
we also know that leadership at the government level
is absolutely essential. Liu said that when certain
political interests are prioritised over the response to the
epidemic, this does not work, an apparent reference to
Guinea, where the issue of combatting Ebola has been a
subject of debate between President Alpha Conde and the
opposition.
IN LIBERIA, A FANFARE event climaxed an end of a
turbulent year which saw a killer virus claim nearly 4,000
lives and while many have credited Liberia for beating
the odds and the virus, the sad reality is, the porosity of
the countrys borders with next-door Sierra Leone and
Guinea makes it very likely that a simple slip could result
in one case returning to Liberias soil.
THE 18-MONTH-LONG Ebola epidemic has killed more
than 11,100 people in West Africa, although weekly
numbers of new cases have fallen sharply from last year's
peaks.
WHILE WE DO NOT HOPE that it does not come to that,
authorities must take cue from procedures put in place by
countries around the world when Liberia went through
the ruts of Ebola.
MANY LIBERIANS had to endure stigmatization and
forced to stay in their country as the virus killed scores of
its citizens and those next door.
AIRLINES WERE quick to pack up and leave because no
country wanted anything to do with a virus which still
has no cure and still is capable of wreaking havoc if it is
allowed to slip back in.
YET, THE GOVERNMENT through Deputy Health Minister
Tolbert Nyenswah while acknowledging that the virus is
still active in the two neighboring countries which have
reported 31 confirmed Ebola cases between May 1 and
May 7, 2015, cautioned Liberians wanting to visit the
two countries to be careful with how they attend burial,
funeral, and make visitation to medical facilities during
their stay in those countries. "It is good to stay on this side
of the border if you don't have very pertinent thing to do
there," Nyenswah.
EBOLA IS SPREAD only through direct contact with the
bodily fluids of an infected person showing symptoms,
such as fever or vomiting.
THROWING CAUTION to the wind is a norm, especially
when many Liberians have thrown away the sanitizing
buckets and are going about their normal business as
if Ebola has left our shores for good with no chance of
ew York-based ProPublica's recent expos of the

'gross mismanagement of half a billion dollars' by the
International Red Cross in the aftermath of the 2010
earthquake in Haiti provides useful insight into the
workings of many international organizations in the developing
world. They built just six houses and never trusted local wisdom
and expertise in Carribean country's rebuilding efforts.
Of the 3.5 billion dollars in earthquake funds, 96 percent was
managed by INGOs in Haiti, with the Haitian government managing
only one percent. Most of the 96 percent of the funds was spent on
consultations, transportation and on expert opinion. The lack of
local governments to oversee INGO work only fueled the corruption.
Haiti is popularly known today as the 'republic of INGOs'. We do not
want to see a replay of the same story in Nepal.
It is a given that our government is pathetically indecisive during
times of crisis, but it is always under rigorous scrutiny. Just a few
weeks ago, the National Vigilance Center probed into government
irregularities and the misuse of relief goods, and submitted a
report to the prime minister, highlighting lapses in service delivery
on the part of our state authorities. Parliament's Public Accounts
Committee has started grilling government ministers and top
officials over alleged abuse of authority. Furthermore, the CIAA
has confisticated related documents from the Ministry of Urban
Development and started investigating the cases of corruption.
Similarly, the Office of the Auditor General will look into all relevent
transactions and point out all the unsettled accounts and arrears in
its annual report.
While the INGOs never tire of preaching to us about "transparency
and accountability," they must also abide by the same standards.
Let all the INGOs working in Nepal make public the expenses of all
"international experts and consultants" that have been brought in
to help with the earthquake relief effort.
INGO reluctance to contribute to the PM's Relief Fund is a ploy
designed to perpetually undermine and weaken our government
and keep themselves relevant to our "development efforts" for the
foreseeable future. Clueless experts arriving in Kathmandu the day
after the quake to "help us" wanted their interviews published in
the major dailies, before even trying to understand the severity of
the tragedy.
Many international organizations have not been able to spend all
the funds they received for emergency rescue and relief operations.
So they are actively exploring ways to spend those fund. Some
organizations are hiring a five-seater helicopter at a cost of $2,500
per hour. The usual rate for such helicopters is $1,000 per hour for
long-term contracts.
While the Koirala government was harshly criticized for its snailpace reaction in the first few days of the earthquake tragedy, it has
so far arranged 4,999 helicopter flights, rescued 7,606 individuals
through its air ambulances, and treated thousands of victims, all
free of cost. The government mobilized 66,069 army personnel,
41,776 police, 24,775 armed police force personnel and 22,500
civil servants in the field for rescue operations, relief distribution
and data collection. More than five million people slept outside
their homes without any major incident. This whole operation was
carried out with a budget of less than $50 million.
The UN and various international organizations, NGOs/INGOs and
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returning.
LIBERIA, STARTING with its government, must remain
vigilant and continue to follow Ebola safety measures,
including hand washing, temperature testing at both
private and public facilities across the country.
THIS MUST ALSO be exercised with a strong degree of
caution and keeping our borders along Guinea and Sierra
Leone closed until those two countries have been declared
Ebola free.
THE MSFS CAUTION comes in the wake of the Sierra
Leonean governments decision to imposed a three-week
daytime curfew in the last Ebola-hit areas in a bid to curb a
bilateral and multilateral donors received $124.7 million through

the UN Flash Appeal and $182.9 million was received outside of that
appeal. According to sources, various UN agencies have brought in
hundreds of additional staff, in addition to their regular staff in
Nepal. UNICEF Nepal has hired 104 international experts, WFP has
hired 200, IOM 200, UNDP 45 and WHO 100. There are about 2,000
UN/INGO staff operating as consultants. Their perks range from
$1000 to $10,000 per day. When operational and logistics costs are
included, it comes to about $20 million dollars in monthly expenses.
The majority of the UN staff are supposed to be here only during for
rescue and relief operations. The government has already declared
that the rescue and relief phase is over; these consultants should be
on their way home. But they are still here, planning on extending
their stay, claiming that government institutions are incapable of
handling the crisis and they have to keep stepping in.
The UN has set-up shelter cluster-coordination teams in Gorkha,
Dhading and Sindhupalchowk without government approval.
Members of the teams include gender specialists, socio-economic
specialists and so on. They are often using Nepali tour guides and
family members as resource persons for identifying earthquake
victims, and relief materials are distributed without any
coordination with the CDOs concerned.
ORGANIZED SYNDICATION
One of the organizations actively lobbying the UN and other aid

organizations to send in more international staff is the Nepal Risk
Reduction Consortium (NRRC). The organization just compiles risk
reports prepared by government agencies and other NGOs. While
the secretary at the Home Ministry is honorary chairman of the team,
the organization is headed by a highly-paid international consultant
($10,000-30,000 per month). This is the same organization that
was vehemently opposed to the Nepal government's suggestion
before the earthquake to train an international standard Search and
Rescue Team (from among our security forces). If we had had the
search and rescue team ready, the government's rescue operations
would have been much more effective. NRRC is also working hard
to remind the international community that the Nepal government
is incapable of handling a crisis, and is urging them to donate funds
to the UN and other international agencies, but not to the PM's
Relief Fund. The tenure of the NRRC was to end by 2015, but they
are lobbying the government intensely to extend their term for one
more year.
Nepalis deserve the right to see the detailed expenses of money
coming in to help the earthquake victims. We want to know what
kind of expertise and knowhow was brought in at $10,000 per
day, and how useful those experts have been during the crisis. Are
the international organizations willing to hold themselves to the
same standards of transparency that they propose for Nepal? Are
they willing to submit to a review process for evaluating if these
contributions are effective, not in terms of their own internal agenda,
but by the standards and requirements of the people on the ground
whom they claim to serve? It's doubtful that the very agencies that
are ignorant of our organic and highly organized systems of selfgovernment will be capable of the kind of ego-less rigor required
to truly understand if their contributions are effective. But if these
huge agencies insist on participating, they must be held accountable.
The whole saga only looks like one more example of greed, using
natural disasters as an occasion to prop up a well-oiled industry
of paid professionals invested in maintaining dependence and
justifying their own existence. This is a familiar story, a phenomenon
that is real and decades old, and rooted in racism and classism.
The underside of all this grief-tourism is disturbing at many
levels. The approach that the international community is taking is
fundamentally unsettling for the spirit, expertise and wisdom of
our people. It appears that our ideas and leadership are hard to
acknowledge for the international organizations operating here,
let alone accept. Our resilience and our unwillingness to become
another Haiti, a pawn of the international aid regime, must be
frustrating to many "international experts" in Kathmandu. If they
are serious about helping us, this sorry saga must end now.
resurgence of the deadly virus.

PRESIDENT ERNEST BAI KOROMA has imposed curfews
in two northern districts after the number of new Ebola
cases in the country spiked to the highest level in months.
Offenders will be detained and prosecuted if they violate
the new measures, which will be in effect for the next 21
days.
IF SIERRA LEONE which is still battling the outbreak can
continue to exercise vigilance, Liberia which has beaten
the odds must not allow complacency to ruin the gains
made or even think about throwing caution to the wind.
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MILLIONS LOST TO
CORRUPT AMID
SLOW PROSECUTION,
INDICTMENTS
JOHN-LORD BAXTER TOP COMMENTER DAMANSARA, KUALA
LUMPUR, MALAYSIA
Most Liberians are in no ways surprised by this news story coming
out of Liberia. The current corruption saga in Liberia mixed with
the impunities of those caught in these unwholesome acts can in
some ways be compared to that of the on-going FIFA Corruption
Saga whereby when ''you pulled rope, rope will pull bush." The
people at the very top of our government are mostly involved with
many of the financial malpractices through their proxies in the very
same government who are considered as their middle-men, many
of whom have been named in numerous audit reports for financial
malpractices. Therefore, they at the top will do everything within
their means and even go beyond to block the many AUDIT REPORTS
of financial malpractices in government from being prosecuted in
a court of law, which they fear if left unattended to, might expose
many of them at the helm of power of direct involvements, including
the president, herself.
SYLVESTER MOSES TOP COMMENTER WORKS AT SELFEMPLOYED
A monarchical presidency with total dominion over Liberia

delegated some authority to her minions, are you guys serious
about prosecution for corruption? How can she prosecute herself
when most of the cases lead back to her? Let the Iron Lady enjoy,
bah, she is working too hard for Liberia... ha ha!
ELIJAH BARNARD TOP COMMENTER UNIVERSITY OF LIBERIA
With all these thefts; the GOL saw it fit to beg for a power generator
from USAID I believe for use at the MOJ .These people are shameless
.
JESSE FAHNGON TOP COMMENTER METROPOLITAN STATE
UNIVERSITY
Current government + Zero corruption fight = President Sirleaf's

LEGACY.
ROBERT O. DAVIS TOP COMMENTER PRESIDENT & CHIEF

EXECUTIVE OFFICER AT LIBUSA
Ok, "The jury is still out as if the Executive Branch is serious about
fighting corruption; it will vigorously pursue the lower court
decision to the Supreme Court of Liberia. But many Liberians
remain skeptical that the current ministry of justice and the
Executive Branch will put up any further vigorous challenge to the
lower courts decision."
BEN NMAH TOP COMMENTER
Mr. Davis: The jury of public opinion is already out. This gov't is
known for its designed and full implementation of various planned
schemes to defraud both the state of Liberia and it's people.
Liberia has been pimped and raped by it's own so-called gov't led by
the Sirleaf led cabal of the Unity Party.
These last two years are cleanup time for legitimacy, and of which it
has none.... Shameful, disgraceful, and yet true. Our nation has been
both pimped and raped to highest degree with every day Liberians
left holding the national empty beg with nothing to show for it. With
almost 12 years and $16 billion without any dividend for the public
good, but abject poverty.
ELIJAH BARNARD TOP COMMENTER UNIVERSITY OF LIBERIA

Mr.Nmah
You are so right .The sad part in this fairy tale is Mr.Joseph Boika
who supervised some
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BUTAW: THE BUSH PATH

TO THE PROMISED LAND
The Editor,
he recent violence by community members against

the Malaysian Oil Palm Company, Golden Veroleum,
in the presence of state officials, in Butaw, Sinoe
County has once again thrown a spotlight on the
violence between communities and concessionaires. One
interesting take-away from the incident is that tensions
between communities on the one hand and government and
concessionaires on the other hand are growing; creating what
has the potential to become a ticking time bomb.
Since 2010, serious incidents of community-investor landrelated violence necessitating armed state security forces
involvement have erupted in many concession areas.
Maryland, Nimba, Cape Mount, Sinoe, Grand Bassa, Margibi,
Rivercess, Monsterrado, Bong ten of the fifteen Counties
have all reported violent land related conflicts (destruction of
properties worth millions of US dollars, allegations of torture
by community members against state security forces, false
imprisonments and other human rights abuses, and death),
between communities, investors, and the state. To put it more
bluntly: growing tension stemming from large-scale land
concessions indicates that violence and community anger may
become an increasing consequence of bad faith concession
operations in host communities and murky land transactions.
One of the central causes of this community anger and violence
is state denial of communities and families customary
land rights (The vast majority of Liberians rely on land
held, managed and used according to customary norms and
practices for their livelihood.)The states failure to protect and
defend communities customary land rights stems from an
age old practice, mixed with an appetite for quick, cheap land
and resource rental fees, that the state and by this I mean
those in charge of administering affairs of the state has an
unaccountable control over the countrys resources, including
its citizens.
Firestones land deals and the Fernando Po crisis are good
historical examples to draw from. Importantly, in recent times,
between 2005 and 2013 alone, the government ratified or
signed into agreement several land based concessions, ceding
away to concessionaires almost half (about 4 million hectares)
of the countrys land, often without proper consultation
with the people and communities living and making their
livelihoods from the land being handed out. The Liberian
governments refusal to recognize and respect rural peoples
customary land rights is marginalizing and destabilizing local
communities. It has also contributed to poor working and
living conditions and weak protection for workers and their
families in concession enclaves, brewing distrust between
communities and investors. Indeed, it is within these four
million hectares that we are now seeing emotions flaring into
full scale conflict and violence. .
Furthermore, over a century of elite privilege has built in
the state a patronage system to support an elite welfare
system that rewards friends and families of the powerful,
thus personalizing the state. One area this can be easily seen
is around state processed private land claims. Laws like
the now suspended Public Land Sale Act and accompanied
instruments like Tribal Certificates and Presidential signature

to personalize public land (into private deed) have favored a
few group of elite with closed proximity to state power. Most
large scale public-to-private land transfers have tended to
favor government actors. The recent infamous Private Use
Permits (PUPs), which claimed almost a third of the countrys
land space, is an extreme example of what is already unfolding
all over the country. It is quite common to see members of
the executive (president(s), ministers, directors of stateowned enterprises, county superintendents), representatives
and senators, and members of the judiciary, along with their
friends and family members, laying claims to huge tracks of
lands all over the country.
However, what is also clear and is clearly reflected in recent
violence in many rural communities across the country is
that the citizens have sufficiently shown to the state and state
clients that these paternalistic patronage practices around
land and natural resources are not only faulty as a principle
of development but also defy the basic tenet of human rights.
Importantly, it has led to intractable stalemates throughout
the system, and in some cases, produce deadly outcomes.
Against this backdrop, the recent violence in Sinoe should
sound alarm bells for Liberian lawmakers, government
actors, national stakeholders, and international partners.
Genuine attempts at protecting and defending community
land rights have the power to diffuse mounting tensions and
restore peace. In particular, strong community land rights
can help improve community cohesion, positive dialogue
and communication within and between communities, a
strong sense of citizenship, inclusion, ownership, a mutual
investment climate, and successfully address the underlying
drivers of conflict.
To this governments credit, it successfully drafted and adopted
an excellent land policy in 2013 that formally recognizes
customary land rights. The Policy, which has since been
made into a draft Act and submitted to Liberian Legislature,
mandates that: Customary Land rights are equally protected
as Private Land rights. The land rights of the community as
a collective and the rights of individuals, groups or families
within the community are equally protected.
But deeds, not words, can help fix the broken relationships
between the state, communities and concessionaires.
Sustainable peace in Liberia is possible, but realizing it
requires radically transforming the way the state does
business in Liberia. Heavy handed policing under the guise of
development and maintaining public order will only worsen
the tension. Concessionaires should be weary of the situation
and consider measures to improve their relationship with
communities where they operate.
Ali D. Kaba. Mr Kaba is a program manager and senior
researcher at the Sustainable Development Institute. He is
also a Senior Fellow at the Center for Policy Studies (CERPS),
a Liberian based Think Tank. His research interest: customary
land rights, land governance, resource management and
sustainable development. You can reach him at badara113@
gmail.com
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RED CROSS VEHICLE IN

ILLEGAL SAND MINING BUST
The message is that people should be mindful of illegal sand mining and it is degrading the
productivity of the road, bridges, rivers, and beaches. - Acting Public Works minister Jackson Paye
Bettie Johnson/betty.johnson@frontpageafricaonline.com
M
Monrovia -
atthew Fakei is
a manager of
one of the blocks
factories along the
Stockton River, Jamaica road.
He and his team was
surrounded by several bricks
while officials from the
Ministry of Public Works, the
Commissioner of Caldwell and
the Deputy Police Commander
for Patrol explained to him
on the danger of illicit sand
mining.
Fakei stood surprise as if he
had not heard about the danger
of illegal sand mining, but on
a tour Acting Public Works
Minister Jackson Paye said
illicit mining damages bridges
and houses that are along the
coastal areas.
The team toured three major
bridges including Stockton
Creek, Caldwell and the King
Zolu Buma Bridge commonly
called the New Bridge, among
others.
On the awareness, Minister
Paye said it is the community
involvement to take ownership
of the infrastructures built by
the government and to stop
people from mining sand in
their communities.
Our tour derived from an
order from the Minister proper
who is not in the country who

told me to create awareness
because the ministry continues
to receive complaint on the
illicit sand mining on beaches
and rivers and we have met
with the commissioners whom
we will use as ambassador
against the illegal mining, he
added.
Minister Paye said there
are areas designated by the
Government for sand mining
and urged sand miners to
make use of the areas and stop
causing disaster and shorter
life span of bridges and roads
that are constructed for easy
access to commuters.
He further stated that it was
the last awareness done
by the Ministry of Public
Works, warning that anyone
caught in illegal mining will
be prosecuted by the Law
enforcement agencies.
He stated: The message is
that people should be mindful
of illegal sand mining and it is
degrading the productivity of
the road, bridges, rivers, and
beaches.
Although the acting Minister
could not give penalties
that will be imposed but
promised that violators will be
prosecuted for sand mining.
He
disclosed
that
the
LAW & ORDER
Ministry would engage the

media through spots and
announcements,
warring
communities to desist from
such practice.
There were several canoes
spotted with sand sailing on
the rivers.
Dressed in yellow and white
strip shirt a man identified
as a buyer of the sand
disembarking from the vehicle
marked ICRC 111 with a driver
seated was shocked when
he saw police officers from
Caldwell escorting the team to
tour the beach.
He was seen shivering as
questions were posed to
him to explain why the ICRC
(International
committee
of Red Cross) was engaged
in purchasing sand mined
illegally.
However, there was no reason
given as he was warned and
told that the tour was an
awareness aimed at educating

sand miners to halt illicit
mining in the country.
Some of the miners escaped
in the water upon spotting the
Public Works team fearing that
they could be arrested while
others left their equipment
along the waterway.
During the tour some sand
miners were heard saying it
is not something strange, they
mostly come to inform us, but
always fail to follow-up if we
abide by the regulations.
It be recalled that the
Government of Liberia through
the Ministry of Lands, Mines
and Energy (LME) announced
closure
of
all
beaches
throughout the country from
sand mining.
According to the Minister
of Lands, Mines and Energy,
Patrick Sendolo, beach sand
mining is hardly or not
practice throughout the world,
as it poses a great risk to the

environment.
Minister
Sendolo
stated
further that sand taken off
beaches can cause severe
erosion and flooding, problems
that Liberians have noticed
over the past few years.
The key challenge at the
outset of this initiative was
the fact that the livelihood of
numerous young Liberians
depended on mining sand
on the beaches, which
necessitated a responsible and
considerate course that struck
a balance between eliminating
beach sand mining and
ensuring, as much as possible,
that Liberians who depended
on beach sand mining for their
livelihood are not displaced,
Minister Sendolo stated.
In his disclosure he said, The
beaches along the Robertsfield
Highway have already been
closed, and almost all the
GHOST NAME SCANDAL BACKFIRES AT EDUCATION
MINISTRY-THREE JAILED FOR OVER $85K
MonroviaFinance
Ministry
employee Alphonso
Dash
Wilson
alongside two other
defendants have been arrested
by the police, charged with
economic sabotage, forgery
and criminal facilitation and
jailed pending court trial.
Two more defendants arrested
along with the Finance
Ministry employee are Harris
Kokeh an employee of the
Ministry of Education assigned
with the security department
and Jerome Weah a resident
of Congo Town but defendant
Kokeh was admitted to bail.
The three defendants arrest
stemmed from a complaint
filed to the police by former
Education Minister Etmonia
Tarpeh who told the police
that the three defendants were
allegedly involved in falsely
using the name of a staff of
the Ministry Samuel Browne
to open an account at the
Global Bank which they have
been using to receive salaries
amounting to over L$73,
560.00
Police say that Information
Kennedy L. Yangian kennedylyangian@frontpageafricaonline.com 0777296781
revealed by the formal minister

indicated that Samuel Browne
had not received his salaries
beginning October 2014 to
March 2015 and that the three
defendants have allegedly been
benefitting from that amount.
According to the Police,
defendant Weah impersonated
as Samuel Browne to open the
account at the Global Bank but
the defendant is reported to
have told the police that his

bigger brother Alphonso Dash
Wilson asked him to use the
name Samuel Browne to open
the account at the Global Bank.
He continued that he opened
the account as a staff of the
Ministry of Education (MOE)
and in opening said account, he
took a passport size picture and
presented same to defendant
Wilson while defendant Kokeh
allegedly
brought to him
an identification card form
with information containing
name, position and authorized
signature.
Defendant Weah is quoted
by the police as saying that
it was defendant Wilson
who prepared the ID card
while Kokeh took him to the
Global Bank in 2014 with a
check containing face value of
LD412, 250 for encashment

and that the check was written
in Samuel Brownes name and
Kokeh showed him how to
write the signature S.B. before
he executed the withdrawal for
the first time.
According to the Police during
investigation with defendant
Kokeh he stated that in October
2014 when defendant Wilson
visited the MOE he asked him
to assist him with the Global
Bank account opening for
Wilsons little brother whom
he said was a teacher under
MOE.
Defendant Kokeh is reported
to have told the police during
investigation that considering
the overcrowdings of teachers
at the time at the Ministry
of
Education
pursued
compulsory account opening
for direct payment and he
assisted Wilson with the
Global Bank account form
in order to have the process
done while defendant Wilson
displayed seven pieces of
check stocks bearing the name
Samuel Browne but denied
supplies of sand from that area

are river sand.
In continuation of its ban on
beach and sand mining, the
Ministry disclosed that it
confiscated a 15-ton truckload
of blocks in the 11th Street
and Watanga communities in
Monrovia.
The arrest of the truck followed
the ban placed on beach sand
mining which the ministry
said certain unscrupulous
individuals created block
factories along the beaches.
Recently, the leadership of the
Booker Washington Institute
Alumni Association called
for collaborative efforts by
the
relevant
government
agencies, security authorities,
community leaders and the
media to halt the rampant and
illegal river sand mining that is
threatening the viability of the
bridge linking Vai town and
Waterside and the one near the
Jamaica Road-Somalia Drive
intersection.
In a press release issued
recently,
the
leadership
of the alumni association
described the practice as
worrisome and disgusting,
noting that the association
has on many occasions drawn
the attention of Maritime
authorities, the Environmental
Protection Agency and the
Ministry of Public Works to
this disturbing practice, but
that the unwholesome and
criminal acts have continued
unchecked.
benefitting from proceeds of

salary payments to Jerome
Weah as Samuel Browne.
The police also say that during
investigation with defendant
Wilson he stated that he has
asked defendant Kokeh to
assist his brother Jerome
Weah with employment at the
security department of the
Ministry of Education which
he agreed but denied ever
discussing opening account at
Global Bank.
According to the police its
investigation established that
the name Samuel Browne has
payroll number 21-02-2110162 but without assignment
but with a net salary of L$12,
381.00.
Police say defendants Weah,
Wilson and Kokeh started
their criminal scheme against
government using the name
Samuel Browne beginning
October 2014 to April 2015
hereby making away with
approximately
L$85,750.00
out of government coffers.
Wherefore and in view
of the findings the three
defendants are charged with
the commission of the crimes
of economic sabotage, forgery
and impersonating official in
violation of chapter 15. 10 of
the new penal law pending
trial said the police charge
sheet.
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NEWS EXTRA
CITY POLICE DEFY
MCC RULES
Confiscate Goods in Declared Market Zones

Massa F. Kanneh masskanneh@yahoo.com or 0886848625
NPP IN LEADERSHIP
SQUABBLE
Cooper replaces Gould
Al-Varney Rogers alvaneyrogers.frontpageafricaonline.com 08866304498
Monroviamid confusion an
interim leadership at
the National Patriotic
Party has been set up
to take the party to convention
in forty five days.
A resolution signed by county
chairs and some Executive
Committees members of the
National Patriotic Party has
dissolved the leadership of Cllr.
Theophlius Gould.
There is a lack of trust and
confidence in leadership of
partisan Gould now therefore
we the majority members
of the national executive
committee duly mandated by
the convention has resolved
that chairman Gould leadership
has expired and that the below
listed persons are interim
leaders to take the party to
convention, a statement read
by NPP Lawmaker James
Binney (Maryland District #1)
declared.
The
resolution
named
Randall Cooper as the NPP
newly selected interim party
chairman.
Those appointed are as follows
partisan
Randall
Cooper
Chairman, co-chair Adam Bill
Corneh, Ballah Hebert interim
sectary general, Binney said.
NPP over the months has
been engulfed with confusion,
one group of partisans are
supporting the Cllr. Gould
leadership while the other
group led by Representatives
George Mulbah and James
Binney are not in support of
the current leadership.
Representative Binney said,

their action is intended to
save the party adding that the
current leadership tenure has
expired.
He said, the decision to end
the Gould led leadership was
taken from a meeting held
on June 15, 2015 at the party
headquarters.
The national executive of NPP
resolution deriving from an
emergency executive meeting
held on Monday June 15, 2015
whereas the constitutional
mandate given the Theophilus
Gould leadership, at the 2010
convention
has
expired,
Representative Binney added.
Representative Binney recalled
that few months ago the
National Elections Commission
tried to intervene in the crisis.
Im reading an excerpt from
Commissioner Sarah Toe, that
it has been established that
the county chair was elected,
the secretary general and the
entire executives shall serve
for six years, that it was not
proper to call for election of
county chairpersons when
their time has not expired,
Representative Binney added.
The NPP lawmaker continued:
In view of the aforementioned,
I want to tell you and therefore
the advice of the commission
that chairman should deal with
the county chairs.
Representative Binney added
that party officials based on
the communication advised
Chairman Gould to heed to the
advice from NEC.
Lawmaker Binney continued:
He
deliberately
refused,
2010 convention March term
of his administration has
expired, he has run the party
in such dictatorial manner,
the party has been engulfed in
leadership crisis.
The leadership of the party
has resolved to meet and come
up with this resolution, 2014
partisan over the period has
refused to reinstate county
chairpersons as advice by
NEC.
Lawmaker
Binney
said,
partisan Gould has failed to
unite the party as evidenced
by the series of crisis which
engulfed his leadership.
The newly appointed interim

leader Randall Cooper said,
that he humbly accept the
responsibility to take the party
to convention.
Fellow partisans, I humbly
accept the responsibility on
my head to carry this party
forward, Cooper said.
The new pronounced interim
Chairman said We are in
difficult times, for me I have
been charged in 45 days to
carry this party to convention,
Im not interested in becoming
chairman of this party, Cooper
added.
Monroviaespite mandate from the Monrovia City Corporation that

City police are not permitted to seize marketers goods
in certain locations in Monrovia, an investigation by
FrontPageAfrica has indicated that City Police Officers are
violating such mandate and are engaged in random confiscation of
marketers goods in non-prohibited areas.
Recently the Director of Press and Public Affairs at the MCC Nephan
Jleteh told FPA The city police are not supposed to go in the market
districts that have been created by us. They are not to and if they do
so, that means they are going overboard and their bosses have to be
aware of that.
An investigation by FPA has indicated that despite the MCC mandate
City Police officers are involved in the arrest of marketers goods
down Michelin and Front Streets, two of the places declared market
zones by the MCC.
FPA in a recent investigation also gathered that city police officers
were involved in seizure and sales of confiscated goods in the old
National Bank Building on Ashmum Street, something that prompted
the Public Affairs officer at MCC to disclose the names of the market
zones, where street vendors are free to sell.
Nobody is above the law, city hall got hand book here so anybody
who goes against that law punitive action will be taken against
that person either by suspension, forfeiting their monthly salary or
whatever punishment such as suspension as per the hand book,
Jleteh said at the time .
Jleteh said in every sector there are good and bad people, promising
that MCC will investigate the matter, even though they have a depot
in the unfinished National Bank Building, reiterating that City Police
officers are not supposed to be arresting and keeping confiscated
goods there.
All goods that are confiscated are brought to the city hall but am not
aware of city police confiscating goods and selling them, what am
aware of is that goods are brought here in our van and the owner
comes and pay a fine sometimes ten dollars, based on the type of
goods he added
Moreover, Jlateh said the MCC has signed a memorandum of
understanding with the petit traders organization to allow them
access to sell on Ashmun, Front and Water Streets and that City Police
Officers are not allowed to follow these sellers on those streets to
arrest their goods.
On daily basis City Police Officers are seen confiscating goods from
street vendors. In some instances marketers are unable to retrieve
their goods.
ANC CALLS ON PRESIDENT SIRLEAF

TO VETO PENSION BILL IF IT PASSES
Monrovia -
he Alternative National Congress of Liberia (ANC) has

called on President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf to veto a bill being
considered by the Legislature to provide pension packages
of 50% of the salaries and benefits to top elected officials.
The ANC has also called on all well-meaning members of the
Legislature to oppose and ensure the defeat of the retirement
package bill reportedly being considered by law makers. The party
has encouraged other political parties and civil society groups to join
in the denunciation of the bill.
According to an article published in Front Page Africa, the Conference
Committee chaired by Representative Edwin Snowe, submitted a
report that recommends a Pension Bill that will pay elected officials
of the Legislature and Executive as well as Supreme Court Judges
of the government of Liberia 50% of their salaries and benefits in
retirement packages.
In a statement denouncing the proposed pension package, the ANC
described the salaries and compensation packages of elected leaders
as exorbitant. The statement said the proposed retirement packages
for top officials is out of line with what the country can afford.
The ANC points out that the country faces enormous development
challenges and limited resources. It reminds the leaders that the
average Liberian lives on less than $1.50 a day and that their focus
should be on devising policies that would grow the Liberian economy
and create jobs to benefit all Liberians and not only to benefit the law
makers and other top government officials.
We may note that the World Bank country report (2013) on poverty
indicates that Liberia is among the poorest countries in Africa and
in the world with over 62% of its population living in abject poverty.
The indicators are expected to become even bleaker in the aftermath
of the Ebola crisis. We also note that a significant percentage of
the national budget is already funded by foreign aid, while the
government has fallen short of meeting its annual budget during
previous fiscal cycles.
Analysts have projected that, overtime, the compensation to these
Legislators alone would amount to over a million dollars each. It is
not clear where the budgetary allocations are intended to come from.
The Bill is facing an abundance of negative responses from Liberians
through print and social media outlets focused on Liberia.
EBOLA
BACK
FROM
EBOLA
TEACHING THE NEXT GENERATION
D
Monrovia r Philip Ireland

was on his way
to an emergency
staff meeting at
JFK Memorial Hospital in
Monrovia, Liberia, when he
suffered a headache so sudden
and severe that he saw flashes
of light.
That morning, the hospitals
senior medical advisor had
been rushed to an Ebola
treatment unit (ETU), gravely
ill. He was soon followed by
one of the hospitals medical
assistants, who had been
treated by Dr Ireland.
The emergency staff meeting
was called to discuss the
gravity of the situation and
concerns about staff safety.
As he listened, Dr Irelands
heart began to race and he felt
feverish. He began to wonder
if he was in fact the next staff
member with Ebola virus
disease.
"I knew something was very
wrong and deep down I

thought Ebola could be the
culprit," recalls the 44-year
old emergency doctor, born
in Bong County. "I went to
a hospital and asked to be
tested. But they sent me home
assuming I had malaria."
Unconvinced,
Dr
Ireland
isolated himself. He sent his
wife and 5 children to stay in
other accommodation, but his
vomiting uncontrollably. But

he stayed at home.
"This was late July 2014 when
Ebola was sweeping through
my country and smoldering in
my city and there was not an
available bed in an ETU here,"
says Dr Ireland. "My brave
mother cared for me. She made
homemade PPE (personal
protective equipment) out of
rain gear and household gloves
mother refused to leave. Over

the next few days, his health
rapidly declined. He became
weak, suffered a high fever,
lost his appetite and began
and constantly washed her

hands to disinfect herself."
Better off on the floor of an
ETU than dying in my bedroom
"My colleagues offered advice,
Dr Philip Ireland, an emergency physician, credits his

survival from Ebola to timely clinical care and says the care
from his family, the kindness and prayers of a health worker
and the unity of Liberians motivated to drive Ebola from
their country helped him get through the ordeal. Today, he
is a strong advocate for strengthening infection prevention
measures and is training and teaching Liberias next
generation of medical workers.
EBOLA SCANDAL
Group demands AU, Nigeria probe of volunteers
maltreatment in Liberia, Sierra Leone
ccess to Justice, a
Nigeria-based civil
rights organization,
has
urged
the
African Union and Nigerian
Government to investigate
troubling
allegations
of
maltreatment and cheating of
the countrys Ebola mission
volunteers by the Nigerian

Ministry Of Health.
PREMIUM
TIMES
had
published how the volunteer
returnees were mistreated
in Sierra Leone and Liberia
between December 2014 and
May 2015. Their humiliation
continued upon return to
the country May 24, 2015 up

until June 3rd when the final
batch were ejected out of
their hotel rooms.
They were locked up by
the hotel management over
unpaid bills.
In a statement Thursday,
Joseph Otteh, the Director,
support and medicine through

my window. But by day 7,
when it became clear that I
urgently needed IV fluids and
would be better off on the floor
of an ETU than dying in my
bedroom, they managed to find
an ambulance to collect me."
The doctor, who notes that he
has lived through wars, coups,
serious illnesses and a number
of "hell and high water" neardeath experiences, describes
that first night in the ELWA II
Ebola treatment unit as the
worst of his life.
"On that plastic leak-proof
sheet I was put on, I vomited
and had diarrhoea all night
long. I woke up barely alive, in
a sea of mess," he remembers.
"But in the most touching act
of kindness one could ever
imagine, a physicians assistant
named Patrick came to me
that morning and said, Im
going to clean you up. And he
cleaned me from nave to chaps.
He cleaned me so thoroughly
Access to Justice, said the

organization was dismayed
by the allegations and called
for prompt, independent
and thorough investigation
into
the
preparation
and organization of the
AU mission of Nigerian
volunteers to these countries.
Those who put their own
lives on the line in order
to help save the lives of
others must be praised and
applauded for their courage,
selflessness and generosity
of spirit, he said. Nigeria
and, indeed, Africa should be
proud that its own citizens
stood shoulder to shoulder,
and in solidarity with their
counterparts in disease
ravaged nations, and stood
up to be counted when the
necessities demanded a lot
more than the rhetoric of
talk, and it was time to walk
the walk.
Comparing volunteers from
Africa and continents, he
recalled that during the
Ebola crisis in Africa, medical
Frontpage
and then prayed with me and
encouraged me. That man has
changed my wheel when it
comes to how to give empathy
and care for a patient. I now
know, because I was a patient
who was dying."
He also recalls not being able
to urinate and thinking to
himself: "If I survive Ebola, I
could still die of renal failure,
because theres not a single
dialysis unit in the country."
A team of Liberian and foreign
doctors and nurses, whom
he credits with saving his life,
"pumped him with fluids"
and he very slowly started to
revive.
"This was one of the few ETUs
using IV fluids at the time and
one of the first to start seeing
higher rates of survival," Dr
Ireland points out.
A triumphant welcome and
return to work
On 15 August 2014, he walked
out of the ETU to a singing
crowd and a triumphant
welcome from family, friends,
colleagues and strangers.
"I was incredibly happy to be
alive and rejoin my family. But
its not like I was jumping and
skipping all over the place,"
he says. "The man who went
in was not the man who came
out and my children were
speechless at first. I was not
the daddy they knew. Daddy
took a very serious beating. Im
normally keep quite fit, but I
was weak, frail, and for a long
time, bed ridden.
I was haunted by all the
dying around me and scared
that I might have infected
my mother. I was depressed
because I felt we had failed our
people and angry because we
didnt take infection protection
and control serious enough.
Our health workers responded
to the call of duty. They tried.
But they were not prepared,
trained and equipped and too
many got infected."
Dr Ireland says he was also
"smacked in the face" by
stigma. It was only when he
emerged from his sick bed and
was hugged by a prominent
colleague in the presence
of many others that the
"perimeter around me that no
one wanted to cross"seemed
to dissolve.
His recovery took months due
support volunteers from

Britain, Spain and the United
States who served in Liberia
and Sierra Leone were
treated like kings and queens
and were provided with
the best working and living
conditions in these countries.
To treat African, and
in
particular,
Nigerian
volunteers in the way
reported by the media is
unfortunate and scandalous.
The volunteers deserve
our gratitude, respect, and
acclaim and not denigration.
Nigeria and indeed, Africa,
owes them that much! Those
who have diminished the
value and worth of what they
have offered the country and
continent have no business
being where they are or
managing the positions
they hold, and no business
managing interventions of
this nature as a whole, the
group said.
Furthermore, the reports
allege that officials who
coordinated the deployment
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to his frailty. His wife, who was

at the ETU every day bringing
food, water and medicine,
would now nurture him back
to health, and his 7-year old
convinced him to eat.
STRENGTHENING
LIBERIA'S HEALTH
PREPAREDNESS
CARE
As soon as Dr Ireland started

feeling stronger, he wanted to
get back to work. "Caring for
sick people is what I do." But
he was still too weak to return
to patient care right away, so
volunteered instead at an Ebola
response training centre, run
by the United States Army. "We
taught health workers how
to wear protective gear, how
to keep from getting infected,
how to assist patients and
what to expect while working
in an ETU," he explained.
Now back working at the JFK
Memorial hospital, which lost
many staff to Ebola, Dr Ireland
is doing his best to help rebuild
Liberias health workforce by
teaching medical students.
"Liberia has got to train more
young minds in the health
sector," he says, warning that
he is going to become a "pied
piper" about health training
and protection in the future.
"We need more clinicians
and technicians, nurses and
physicians assistants. We
need to increase the quantity
and quality and they need to
be trained here in Liberia by
specialists. If they are trained
on the ground, like I was, they
are more likely to stay. If they
train overseas, they rarely
come back."
Dr Ireland says what gives him
the most hope is that Liberians
changed their attitudes and
practices in order to beat
Ebola.
"The entire country ultimately
agreed to take precautions, to
change their attitudes, to stop
washing bodies and shaking
hands and they did all the
public health interventions
that they needed to do," he
says.
"Theres a line in our national
anthem that I love, 'in union
strong, success is sure.' Thats
what happened here. We were
united and together and we
stopped Ebola in its tracks."
and return of the volunteer

Mission exposed Nigerians to
grave health risks by expelling
the Volunteers from hotels
where they were staying
before all mandatory health
safeguards were completed.
This again, along with
allegations of corruption,
must be investigated by the
Buhari administration in
order to establish whether
public
health
officials
themselves could have so
seriously endangered the
lives of Nigerians in the
manner alleged.
If so established, the
responsible officials must be
held accountable for their
actions. This is the minimum
that our government should
do to ensure Nigerians
stay safe, and are not be
hopelessly discouraged from
serving their country and
continent should the need
arise again in the future, Mr.
Otteh said.
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JOHANNESBURG,
SOUTH
AFRICA
he 25th Summit of
Heads of States and
Government of the
African Union (AU)
opened in Johannesburg,
South Africa on Sunday, June
14, 2015 with President Ellen
Johnson Sirleaf in attendance.
According to a dispatch from
Johannesburg, South Africa,
the opening ceremonies
took place at the Sandton
Convention Center with
special addresses from the
President of Zimbabwe and
Chairperson of the African
Union, H.E. Mr. Robert
Mugabe; Chairperson of
the Commission of the
AU Commission, H.E. Dr.
Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma;
President of the Republic of
South Africa, H.E. Mr. Jacob
Zuma; among others.
The
Liberian
President
also served as a major
speaker during a debate
later organized under the
Summits theme: Year of
womens
empowerment
and development towards
Africas Agenda 2063.
In
her
presentation,
President Sirleaf said 2015
for the AU and the women
of the continent was historic
because it represents 20
years since the women of the
world gathered in Beijing,
China to reflect upon their
role and potential in society,
as well as to chart a new
course for equality, equity
and equal representation and
participation in society.
The
Liberian
leader
commended the Chairperson
of the AU Commission,
Dr.
Nkosazana
Zuma
and welcomed the HighLevel discussion on the
theme of the Summit. She
pointed out that while it is
true that the situation of
women vary by country and
region, there are common
denominators or factors
which propel or impede the
path towards womens full
attainment of empowerment
and development on the
continent.
President Sirleaf reflected
that in November 2014,
the African Ministers for
Gender and Women Affairs
adopted the Addis Ababa
Declaration on accelerating
the implementation of the
Beijing Platform for Action
for Member States to achieve
gender equality and womens
empowerment as stipulated
in the AUs Agenda 2063.
She also noted that the
declaration of the Heads
of States and Government
on the theme at the 24th
AU Assembly in January,
2015 and the communique
arising from the stakeholders
consultation, also held in
January of the same year
highlighted key areas of action
that are critical if Africa is to
collectively achieve womens
empowerment in all sectors
and spheres of the continent,
and if women and girls are to
live dignified lives free from
fear and discrimination.
Highlighting a few of the
areas,
President
Sirleaf
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25TH AFRICAN UNION SUMMIT
OPENS IN SOUTH AFRICA

President Sirleaf Presents Statement during a Debate on the Summits Theme
pointed out that in Liberia

and throughout West Africa
as well as the continent,
women are major players
in the agriculture sector,
providing 80 percent of the
agricultural labor force,
76 percent of cash crop
production, 93 percent of
food crop production, and
conducts 85 percent of all
marketing
and
trading,
linking both rural and urban
markets
through
their
networks.
She said womens access to
land, finance, technology,
information and markets
provide the basis for value
addition. I am aware, as
most of you are, of the preconsultative summit on
financial inclusion of women
in Agri-business, which was
held over the past days.
This consultative summit,
concluded with a declaration
which was adopted by the
African Ministers of Gender,
she said.
President Sirleaf commended
the Ministers of Gender, the
participants and organizers
of the summit for a job well
done and stated that Liberia
supports the campaign to
progressively banish the
hand-held hoes to museum.
She stressed that she was
certain that a Comprehensive
Africa
Agriculture
Development
Program
(CAADP) under NEPAD will
take it as an opportunity to
continue to provide support
under which some West
African
countries
were
beneficiaries.
President
Sirleaf
also
indicated that in West
Africa, women are largely
engaged in the informal
sector - agriculture, petty
trading, small and medium
scale enterprise - that it
is important for them to
have access to the factors of
production which include
land, finance, technology,
information and markets
and acquire basis numeracy

and literacy skills which
will serve as an impetus for
them to become financially
independent and thereby
leading to high productivity.
She quoted various reports
by UNICEF, WHO and also
referenced several protocols
regarding
women
that
promote their empowerment,
inclusion,
participation,
development and uplifting.
Some of the reference
protocols
and
reports
include the AU Protocol on
the Rights of Women, Maputo
Plan of Action on Sexual and
Reproductive Rights, etc.
President Sirleaf emphasized
the need to strengthen
womens
resolve
for
political
participation,
representation and active
involvement in decision
making and applauded South
Africa, Senegal, Uganda,
Mozambique and Namibia
for the huge progress on
womens participation and
development issues.
Kenyas President, H.E. Uhuru
Kenyatta, Zambias President
H.E. Edgar Lungu and the
Prime Minister of Egypt
Ibrahim Mahlab also made
presentations during the
High Level Gender Debate.
A panel discussion moderated
by
Dr.
Carlos
Lopes
preceded the Presidential

leaders addresses. Some
of the panelists included
the Attorney-General of
Botswana, the European
Union Commissioner on the
Environment, and the head
of the Alliance for a Green
Revolution in Africa, among
others.
They
presented
various
facts,
theories,
analysis and information
on the theme in the area of
health, agriculture, financing,
participation,
decisionmaking,
representation,
empowerment
and
development.
During
the
opening
ceremonies, the Chairman
of the AU Authority of
Heads of States, President
Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe
rallied the continent to seek
ways of adding value to the
continents natural resources
and avoid the continued
exportation of raw materials
from the continent.
He praised the women of
Africa for their resilience and
commitment to the cause
of Africa and particularly
described President Sirleaf
and Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini
Zuma as trade-blazers
of the womens struggle
on the African continent.
He commended President
Sirleaf amidst applause for
confronting and defeating

the Ebola virus disease in
Liberia.
For her part, the Chairperson
of the AU Commission,
Dr.
Nkosazana
Zuma
thanked the South African
Government and people
for hosting the summit and
welcomed the newly elected
and inaugurated leaders of
the continent to their first
African Union meeting.
She also praised President
Sirleaf for her extraordinary
leadership during the Ebola
fight and the Liberian people
for their cooperation, as
well as all partners who
helped the country and
requested support to build
the healthcare system of the
affected countries.
She also reported on the
activities of the commission
during the period under
review.
President
Jacob
Zuma
welcomed leaders of Africa
to South Africa and pointed
that the continent is taking
a new path of growth and
development. He emphasized
the need to source funding to
support development and
meaningful projects on the
continent and stressed that
Africans and not the partners
that manage the continents
conflict situation.
Several other statements

were made by the President
and/or representatives for
Nigeria, Namibia, Lesotho,
Tanzania, the Arab League,
the Palestinian territories,
among others.
The Summit continues on
Monday with President
Sirleaf expected to report on
the AU-HLC, APRM Forum
and provide update during
the special Ebola Session.
Meanwhile, earlier in the
day, the Liberian President
held talks with the Cuban
delegation to the African
Union Summit led by the Vice
President, Salvador Valdes
Mesa. The delegation briefed
President Sirleaf about Cubas
international relations and
ongoing processes with the
United States of America and
called on Liberia for support
along the way.
President Sirleaf thanked
Cuban Vice President for
the progress being made it
their international relations
challenges and promised
Liberias support to the
process. She thanked Cuba
for its assistance to Liberia
during the Ebola crisis and
requested the deployment of
Cuban doctors to Liberia. The
two leaders discussed other
issues of mutual and concern
to both countries.
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PASSING ON THE TORCH
JOHANNESBURG,
SOUTH
AFRICA
resident
Ellen
Johnson Sirleaf, as
chairperson of the
African Peer Review
Mechanism (APRM) Forum,
has turned over to Kenyan
President Uhuru Kenyatta
after two years at the helm. On
Saturday, June 13, the Liberian
leader presided over her final
meeting as Chairperson.
The APRM is composed of the
forum that brings together
Heads of States and a Panel of
Eminent Persons that conducts
the peer review, while the
Secretariat runs the day to
day affairs of the African Peer
Review Mechanism. President
Sirleaf was elected two years
ago by Heads of States and
Governments of the African
Union that have acceded to the
APRM Process.
President Sirleaf Chairs Final APRM Forum Meeting; Steps Down

After Two Years As Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta Takes Over
Saturdays meeting witnessed

statements from President
Sirleaf who chaired the APRM
Forum,
President
Uhuru
Kenyatta who served as Vice
Chairperson of the APRM
Forum, President Jacob Zuma
of South Africa as well as the
leaders or their proxy of the
Federal Republic of Nigeria,
Lesotho, and Mozambique.
The 23rd Summit of the
Committee of Heads of States
and Governments participating
in the African Peer Review
Mechanism
considered
a
presentation on the future
of the APRM presented by
Dr. Ibrahim Mayaki, Interim
Chief Executive Officer of the
APRM Secretariat; while a
presentation of the progress
report on the APRM Panel of
Eminent Persons was done by
Ambassador Fatuma Ndangiza,
Chairperson of the Panel of

Eminent Persons of the APRM.
The conduct of the peer review
of Annual Progress Report on
the implementation of National
Plan of Action of Sierra Leone
and Uganda, Progress Report
on the administrative and
financial matters of the APRM
by Minister Amara Konneh who
chairs the APRM Committee of
Focal Points and the election of
the Chairperson of the APRM
were items on the agenda.
He made an urgent appeal
for support to the work of
the APRM Forum and all its
associated structures and
emphasized that time was of
essence.
Speaking during the meeting,
President Sirleaf welcomed
all and paid homage to two
fallen officials of the Panel
of Eminent Persons who lost
their lives. She also gave a

historical reflection on the
establishment of the APRM.
She acknowledged the peaceful
democratic transitions that
are taking place across the
continent and pledged the
APRMs solidarity to the
ongoing democratic processes.
President Sirleaf stressed the
need to take stock of the APRMs
role in the consolidation
of good governance and
democratic processes. She also
emphasized the importance of
the review process and urged
improvement in making them
useful and result focused
through National Plans of
Actions to be developed by the
reviewed countries.
She welcome the report of
Sierra Leone and Uganda with
special statements coming
from Presidents Museveni
and Koroma and called for

the dynamism in the work of
the APRM and recommitted
to the administrative reform
processes that include a strong
and
effective
Secretariat
involved with implementing
and monitoring the Plan
of Action. President Sirleaf
indicated that the review
process must be locally driven
and urged the membership of
the APRM to support the work
of the institution.
The APRM has the potential as
the most important tool for the
implementing the Sustainable
Development Goals reflected
in the AUs 2063 vision. We
pledge to meet with all of
our strategic partners to
encourage their support to the
work of the APRM, President
Sirleaf stressed. She reported
on Liberias APRM process
the international community.

I am heartened by the
attendance
considering
the number of committee
meetings that are taking place,
many simultaneously. Let me
on your behalf and in my own
name extend appreciation to
President Jacob Zuma and the
people of South Africa for their
warm hospitality extended to
us since our arrival here and
for the excellent facilities made
available for our work, she
said.
The Liberian leader extended
gratefulness to Dr. Nkosazana
Dlamini Zuma, Chairperson of
the African Union Commission
and Commissioner Maruping
and his team for keeping
sharp focus on the work of
the committee and providing
steadfast support, including
convening of the special AUHLC Meeting on the margins

of a very intense 25th African
Union Meeting in South Africa.
She also thanked member
countries constituting the
AU-HLC for making available
their Sherpas, who despite
very
important
national
responsibilities have dedicated
time to provide very effective
follow-ups of the work that
has been done. She informed
the meeting that the Sherpas
convened in Pretoria on June
7, 2015 and reviewed the draft
report and the decisions and
have recommended them to
the AU-HLC for endorsement.
Following the presentation
of the report by Commissioner
Maruping, members of the AUHLC will have the opportunity
to exchange views on the
report and the draft decisions.
Let me say that in forming
the Common African Position,
we acknowledged the critical
importance of the new agenda
to the development of our
countries and continent,
President indicated.
The Liberian leader said it was
the expectation of Africa that
the new agenda will enable
the continent to complete
the unfinished business of
the Millennium Development
Goals (MGDs) and propel
the
economies
towards
transformative changes and
will engender positive change

in the lives and circumstances
of the people and achieve
the overarching objective of
poverty eradication. She said
this was the common purpose
for which Africa must continue
to pursue with one voice.
President Sirleaf indicated
that the report confirms that
Africa was speaking with one
voice around the negotiation
tables and that the Common
African Position remains the
guide for the actions of Africas
negotiators.
She said the committee was
engaged
in
two-pronged
negotiations
that
are
proceeding on separate but
complimentary tracks, both of
which are nearing conclusion.
She pointed out that the
committee will be in Addis
Ababa in one month and New
York in two months thereafter
to affix signatures to a new
global development agenda.
President Sirleaf warned that
there were still challenges to
be overcome and that time is of
essence in such regards, urging
all to hold the discussions with
urgency and with guarded
optimism.
Also speaking, a representative
of the Chairperson of the
African Union Commission
praised President Sirleaf and
members of the AU-HLC for
leadership and commitment to
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and progress and called on

member countries to get ready
to work for a great future for
the African continent.
For his part, the Vice
Chairperson of the APRM
Forum and newly elected
and inducted Chairperson,
President Uhuru Kenyatta
of Kenya joined President
Sirleaf in expressing gratitude
to President Jacob Zuma for
hosting the 23rd APRM Summit
and acknowledged President
Sirleafs able stewardship
since taken over as head of the
APRM Forum. She also praised
her extraordinary leadership
role that enabled Liberia
contain the further spread and
eradication of the Ebola virus
disease.
He said the APRM is a vehicle
for good governance and social
economic development that
has now steadily covered about
35 countries on the African
continent
and
indicated
that Kenya was preparing
for its 2nd generation of
peer review. He called on
all to bear responsibility for
what he called an innovative
home-grown and effective
tool for good governance on
the continent. Dr. Mustapha
Mekideche
replaced
Ambassador Fatuma Ndangiza
as Chairperson of the APRM
Panel of Eminent Persons.
President Zuma for his part
welcome leaders of the
continent to South Africa and
stressed the importance of
the APRM process, committed
South Africa to the work of
the institution. He called for
the doubling of efforts to leave
behind a continent that the
next generation of African
will be proud of and offer
that South Africa is ready and
willing to host the Secretariat
of the APRM.
PRESIDENT SIRLEAF CHAIRS CRUCIAL MEETING ON THE AUS HIGH LEVEL COMMITTEE ON THE POST-2015
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS; PREPARES FOR NEW
GLOBAL AGENDA AFTER MONTHS OF HARD WORK
the arrangements made for the sustainable development; that the task assigned them by the
JOHANNESBURG,
SOUTH
AFRICA
n the margins of the
25th African Union
(AU) Summit in
Johannesburg, South
Africa, President Ellen Johnson
Sirleaf chaired a special
meeting of the AU High Level
Committee on the Post-2015
Sustainable
Development
Goals.
The High Level Committee
was established at the 21st
Ordinary Session of the African
Union Assembly of Heads of
State and Government in May
2013, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
chaired by President Sirleaf to
formulate the Common African
Position to be incorporated
into the Post-2015 Global
Development Agenda which
will be adopted by the United
Nations at this years United
Nations General Assembly
in New York, United States of
America.
The AU-HLC Committee of
10 include H.E. Mr. Mohamed
Abdel Aziz, President of the
Republic of Mauritania; H.E.
Mr.
Abdelaziz
Bouteflika,
President of Algeria; H.E. Mr.
Idriss Deby Itno, President
of the Republic of Chad; H.E.
Mr. Denis Sassou Nguesso,
President of the Republic of
Congo; H.E. Mr. Haile Mariam
Desalegn, Prime Minister
of Ethiopia; H.E. Mr. Alpha
Conde, President of Guinea;

H.E. Mr. Hifikepunye Pohamba,
President of Namibia; H.E. Mr.
Navinchandra
Ramgoolam,
Prime Minister of Mauritius;
and H.E. Mr. Jacob Zuma,
President of the Republic
of South Africa; and Dr.
Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma,
Chairperson of the African
Union Commission.
According to a dispatch
from Johannesburg, South
Africa, President Sirleaf told
the special meeting of the
High Level Committee that
it was her joy and pleasure
to welcome all actors to the
3rd meeting of the AU-HLC
where consideration would be
given to the progress report
on efforts to integrate Africas
priorities in the Global Agenda
which is being formulated by
Assembly of Heads of States of

the African Union. She said the
African Group of Negotiators
formed in 2013 are working
to ensure that Africas voice is
integrated into the new post2015 global development
agenda come September in
New York.
African Union Commissioner
Maruping
presented
the
reported which was endorsed
for onward presentation to the
Assembly of Heads of States
and Government on Monday
during the 25th African Union
Summit.
Dr. Carlos Lopes of the United
Nations Economic Commission
for Africa said President Sirleaf
has been an inspiration in the
Post-2015 process and praised
her for being of service to
not just Africa, but the global
community.
He also commended her for
providing
the
leadership
for the eradication of Ebola
from Liberia and highlighted
outstanding challenges that
must be addressed for total
African success in the Post2015 Development Agenda
process.
Several countries including
Namibia,
Ethiopia,
South
Africa,
Chad,
Equatorial
Guinea, Congo, Algeria among
others offered comments
during the general discussions
that followed.
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PRESIDENT SIRLEAF MEET U.S. ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF

STATE FOR AFRICAN AFFAIRS, LINDA THOMAS GREENFIELD
AND OUTGOING AFDB PRESIDENT DR. DONALD KABERUKA

JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA resident Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has held

separate discussions with a United
States Governments delegation led
by Assistant Secretary of State for
African Affairs, Linda Thomas Greenfield and a
delegation from the African Development Bank
(AfDB) led by Dr. Donald Kaberuka and the
United Nations Development Program (UNDP).
According to a dispatch from Johannesburg,
South Africa, the meeting with the American
delegation was focused on U.S - Liberia relations
and discussion on key continental and global
issues. The American Governments delegation
reiterated its commendation to President

Sirleaf for her extraordinary and exemplary
leadership role in eradicating the Ebola virus
and the Liberian people for standing with the
government in defeating the virus. They pledged
to stand with the country during its post-Ebola
recovery processes and undertakings.
During the meeting with the African
Development Banks delegation headed by Dr.
Donald Kaberuka which was also attended
by representatives of the United Nations
Development Program (UNDP) and officials of
the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM),
the Liberian leader pleaded for the AfDB and
AFRICAN LEADERS COMMEND NEPADS

ROLE IN AFRICAS TRANSFORMATION
AND REGIONAL INTEGRATION
President Zuma underscored that investments in infrastructure
programmes, regional integration and intra-African trade is Africas
solution for sustainable growth and development
SANDTON, South Africa-frican

leaders
gathered
Saturday
morning
at
the
Sandton Convention
Centre in South Africa for the
33rd NEPAD Heads of State
and Government Orientation
meeting (http://www.nepad.
org).
Welcoming the delegation to
the Opening Session, South
African
President
Jacob
Zuma commended NEPAD
for keeping the dreams
and potential of the African
continent alive. He said, the
continent is now reaping the
benefits of responsible macroeconomic management and
deepening integration into
the world economy. President
Zuma
underscored
that
investments in infrastructure
programmes,
regional
integration and intra-African
trade is Africas solution
for sustainable growth and
development.
African Union Chairperson
and President of Zimbabwe,
Robert Mugabe, applauded
NEPADs breakthroughs in
project
conceptualisation
and implementation on the
continent. He said NEPAD
has provided critical synergies
between and among African
institution, thereby enhancing
a much needed continental
integration. He urged the
Agency to play a lead role
in
capacitating
Regional
Economic Communities to
fast-track Africas quest for
industrialisation and value
addition of its vast mineral
resources. Surely the African
people cannot continue to be

hewers of wood and drawers
of water, while others delight
in their resources, in our
resources. With unwavering
courage
and
collective
determination, Africa can
also industrialise in the same
manner other regions have
achieved
industrialisation
within the shortest period
possible, President Mugabe
said.
Newly
elected
President
of
Nigeria,
Muhammadu
Buhari, was welcomed to
the HSGOC. As a founding
member of NEPAD, Nigeria
emphasised its continued
commitment to championing
NEPAD
programmes
and
projects, said Ambassador
B.Z.
Lolo,
Permanent
Secretary of Foreign Affairs,
reading a speech on behalf
President Buhari. Ambassador
highlighted
commenced
work on the Trans-Saharan
gas pipeline from Nigeria to
Algeria, as well as the TransSahara Highway linking several
African countries as key
achievements of NEPAD. He
referred to the NEPAD Agency
as a strategic body for Africas
structural transformation.
The 20- membership NEPAD
HSGOC met ahead of the
25th AU Assembly, to provide
leadership to the NEPAD
process as well as to set
policies, priorities and the
programmes of action.
Chair of the NEPAD HSGOC
and President of Senegal,
Macky
Sall,
underscored
the
achievements
made
by NEPAD in advancing
regional integration through

infrastructure and capacity
development projects. He
noted the need to tackle illicit
financial flows from Africa
and to enhance the capacities
of African member countries
to negotiate mining and oil
contracts for the social benefit
of African people. President Sall
also commended the NEPAD
Spanish Fund for African
Womens Empowerment, in
line with this years Summit
theme.
NEPAD Agency Chief Executive
Officer, Dr Ibrahim Mayaki,
reported back on concrete
results made for the period
January to June 2015. We
have achieved 313 results
that each has had quantifiable
impacts: 20 at the continental
level, 30 at the regional level
and 264 at the national levels.
All the impacts demonstrated
are geared towards the
industrialization
of
the
Continent, he said.
Some of the key achievements
Dr Mayaki highlighted included
the establishment of an Africa
Climate Smart Agriculture
Alliance aimed at reaching
out to 25 million farmers
by 2025, the launch of a
Continental Business Network
for Infrastructure financing in
Africa, and providing access to
clean water and sanitation to 9
656 women in Benin and Togo.
African Heads of State and
Government will continue
tomorrow at the two-day
25th Ordinary Session of the
AU Assembly scheduled for
Sunday and Monday.
UNDPs support to the APRM which is the

continents premier governance tool.
She pointed out that the two groups as strategic
partners to the African Union, needed to
stand with the APRM which is currently faced
with resource constraints to ensure the fully
revitalization of the secretariat and support to
the work of peer review by the Panel of Eminent
Persons which is even more critical.
Liberias Finance and Development Planning
Minister and Chairperson of the APRM
Committee of Focal Point, Mr. Amara Konneh
and Ambassador Fatuma Ndangiza, Chairperson
of the APRM Panel of Eminent Persons, provided
updates on the current state of the APRM to the

AfDB and UNDP officials and emphasized the
need to support the work of the APRM.
For his part, African Development Banks
President Dr. Donald Kaberuka emphasized the
need for an impact assessment as a key basis for
revitalizing and reviving the APRM and said the
Bank has been committed to the works that are
of concern to the APRM for a long time.
He indicated that there was the need to
mainstream and sustain the processes
undertaken by the APRM and committed the
AfDB to supporting the effort and work of the
APRM.
PRESIDENT SIRLEAF, SEVERAL PROMINENT AFRICAN WOMEN RECEIVE WOMEN OF

EXCELLENCE AWARD FROM AFRICAN UNION - DIASPORA AFRICAN FORUM;
HOLDS HONORING AND AWARD BANQUET IN JOHANNESBURG
JOHANNESBURG,
SOUTH
AFRICA he
African
Union
- Diaspora African
-Forum
(AU-DAF)
has
honored
and
recognized President Ellen
Johnson Sirleaf and several
other African women, including
the former the Chairperson of
the Council of State (COS) in
Liberia, Mrs. Ruth Sando Perry,
as Women of Excellence.
the honor was bestowed on
them during a special AU-DAF
Women of Excellence Awards
Banquet held on Friday, June 12,
2015.
The organizers indicated that
the event was designed to
inspire, recognize and enjoy
the achievements of President
Sirleaf, former COS Chairperson
Sando Perry, and a host of
prominent and remarkable
African women achievers.
They said the theme: Year
of Womens Empowerment
and Development towards
Africas Agenda 2063, reflects
overall recognition of the
African womens incredible
journey since the historic 4th
World Conference of Women
in Beijing. We have witnessed
great progress of womens
empowerment
and
today
is another milestone as we
celebrate women of courage;
women of valor; women of
insight, wisdom and power;
our mothers, our sisters and
friends, Ambassador Erieka
Bennett, head of AU-DAF and
Co-chair for the 2015 African
Women of Excellence Award
(AWEA) said in her welcome
remarks.
Others who received the
Women of Excellence Award
included Saida Agrebi of
the Pan African Parliament
representing Tunisia; Mrs.
Nardos
Bekele-Thomas,
Resident Representative of the

UNDP in Kenya; Dr. Arikana
Chihombori, Chief Executive
Officer (CEO) and founder of
Bell Family Medical Center in
Tennessee, USA; Graca Machel
of the Africa Progress Panel;
and Justice Victoria Okobi, the
first female non-lawyer to serve
on the bench of the National
Industrial Court.
Still others were Mrs. Nana
Konadu Agyeman Rawlings, wife
of former President Rawlings
of Ghana; Mrs. Salma Salifu,
founder and CEO of Destiny
Industries Limited in Ghana;
Dr. Juliette Tuakli, Executive
Board member of Mercy Ships
international; Mrs. Joyce Banda,
former President of Malawi;
H.E. Mama Ngina Kenyatta,
former First Lady of Kenya;
Mama Winnie MadikizelaMandela, former wife of the
late President Nelson Mandela;
and H.E. Dr. Nkosazana Clarice
Dlamini Zuma, Chairperson of
the African Union Commission
among others.
We are so pleased that you took
time from your busy schedules
to help us celebrate the life and
times of extraordinary women
who have contributed so much
to creating a world of peace,
love, justice and equity, Maite
Emily
Nkoana-Mashabane,
Minister
of
International
Relations and Cooperation of
South Africa and Co-Chair for
the 2015 AWEA said, adding,
We have arranged an exciting
evening of celebration and
recognition. We hope you will
enjoy every moment of it as we
pay tribute to Africas female
Heads of States President Ellen
Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia and
Joyce Banda, former President
of Malawi, along with the firstever elected female Chairperson
of the Africa Union Commission,
Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma.
Making remarks during the
ceremony, President Sirleaf
stressed that it was a great honor

to be at the award ceremony
and to say a great thank you to
all the great women of Africa
who have assembled through
the AU-DAF for the honor given
her and many distinguished
African women and who have
been with the honored women
on the long journey.
She recounted that she has on
many occasions being asked
by the media and reporters if
she thinks the world would be
a better place if it was ruled
by women and reflected on
the virtues that women work
harder, women are honest, that
professional women with lesser
pay perform effectively their
given tasks, that they yet carry
the full burden of the home,
that women who are the victims
of conflict end up being the
peacemakers, that rural women
in Africa are the ones that keep
the nations moving, the farmers,
the preservers and traders,
etcetera. The Liberian leader
said as the question keeps
coming, she now answers and
say look at the world today and
answer the question yourselves.
President Sirleaf pointed out
that there is no greater honor
than being honored by your
own and that was exactly what
the women were doing at the
honoring event. She extended
her personal commendation to
the rest of the honorees for their
achievements and expressed
that leadership responsibility
for she and former President
Joyce Banda is just the beginning
for womens leadership on the
continent and the world at large
and for greater movement of
women that is surely coming,
unstoppable, and irreversible.
She said women, and many
women, in the next ten years
will be what she represents
today.
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Request for Proposals:

Strategic Planning Consultant for the
Liberian Business Association (LIBA)
INVITATION TO BID
Issue Date : June 8, 2015
RFP Title
: Request for Bids/Proposals for the provision of six to twelve (12)
Land Cruisers (Jeep)
RFP NO :
eHA/RFP/JUN-01/2015
RFP Submission Address: eHealth Systems Africa Liberia,19th Street and Warner
Avenue (beach side, first avenue intersection house and fence with cream color
and brown gate), Monrovia, Liberia. ONLY hard copy in the tender box at the office
will be considered.
eHealth Africa is a nongovernmental Organization (NGO) dedicated to improving health
care in developing countries through strengthening health workers and the system that
support them. ehealth Africa works towards this goal by creating sustainable eHealth and
mhealth systems, providing technology infrastructure, performing training and capacity
building workshops, publishing research on our works in Africa, and by providing
consulting and support for other organizations working on healthcare in Africa. Based in
santa Ana, California, in the United States, eHealth Africa main office is located in Kano,
Nigeria.
In order to achieve its goals and objectives, eHealth System Liberia has secured funds
from its partners for the continuation of these operations in Liberia. eHealth Africa
Systems Liberia is seeking bids/proposals for the provision of six (6) to twelve (12)
pieces of the below specified vehicles:
Toyota Land Cruiser 76 4WD 52 (Jeep)
Interested and suitable qualified manufacturers or suppliers may request complete

tender information from eHealth Systems Africa Liberia office located at:
19th Street and Warner Avenue

Monrovia, Liberia
Contact Person: Logistics Manager
Cell #: +231880512714, +231886132874
Offers to supply this vehicle will not be accepted after close of business 4:00PM on Friday
June 19, 2015.
We greatly appreciate your participation and look forword to reviewing your submission.
WANTED URGENTLY Part Time

The below positions are available for qualified, experienced
applicants:
1. Part time experienced COOK to prepare early continental
Breakfast and Grill foods, four (4) times per week.
2. Guests Services Assistants for three (3) days, and one
(1) night, per week. Ability to operate a stand - by Generator.
3. Guests house Supervisor For four (4) times per week - to

supervise the House-keeping, Supervise the Cook and Front
Desk Receptionist; must have at least one (1) experience with
reputable entities.
Applicants must include at least three (3) references with telephone
numbers, two recent passport photos.
Forward all application to the below address:
Mokos Bed & Breakfast
19th Street
Payne Avenue, Sinkor
Tel: 0777-96262
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P. O. Box 1600, A. B. Tolbert Road,

Paynesville City, Montserrado County, Republic of Liberia
The Liberian Business Association (LIBA) is soliciting proposals from qualified

strategic planning consultants /firms for the planning and execution of a (3-5
years) comprehensive strategic planning process. We are seeking consultants/
Firms that have experience in private sector development work, are well-versed
in understanding the Liberian domestic private sector issues, and have a basic
familiarity with SME development issues and the business landscape of Liberia.
We invite appropriate candidates /firms to submit a proposal latest by June 21st,

2015 for consideration.
OUTLINE OF STRATEGIC PLANNING CONSULTING ENGAGEMENT
The consulting engagement will help us navigate two phases The first phase
will help us gather opinions from diverse people (current and prior Board,
staff and key stakeholders) and come to consensus about our core identity &
mission (who we are as an association? What does it mean to be a Business
Association representing indigenous businesses in Liberia?), a review of our
recent organizational history, and direct a conversation about our basic nature
as an organization in the midst of the current political environment. This should
result in a vision of who we are as an organization/association, our core mission,
and the optimal governance and institutional structure.
After answering these fundamental questions about LIBA as an organization
and association, we then need to determine LIBAs key Strategic Directions
(i.e. LIBA must build a strong organizational membership through capacitybuilding or LIBA must build an individual membership or LIBA must build
a strong policy presence.) We then need to begin to develop a robust funding
& sustainability strategy that will help us maintain our current position and
later thrive. This process should result in a clear 3-5-year strategy that we
will develop annual plans & priorities that should be consistent with the key
directions and the core mission, and carve out a powerful, unique leadership
role in Liberias business community. The process should result in answers to
the following: What is our core mission and how do we insure that our programs
and initiatives align with and directly advance that mission in measurable and
meaningful ways? Who are our target populations? How can we support them
with the greatest impact?
How should we respond to the fluid situation of business reforms on the
government level, while also engaging in counties and local chapter decisions?
What resource development strategies make sense to keep the Liberia Business
Association financially sustainable, thriving and mission-focused over the next
3-5 years? What will be our key infrastructure and organizational development
needs over the next 3-5 years? Qualifications
The consultant / Firm should have relevant experience in working with the
domestic private and public sector organizations to develop strategic plans
that respond effectively to internal, environmental, political and fiscal realities.
Experience working with agencies that are active on business development
issues is preferred, but not required.
RFP REQUIREMENTS
LIBA requests proposals of no more than 5 (five) pages in length that describe
your experience providing strategic planning services to similar organization,
your proposed process for providing these services, and a proposed budget
for these services. Please provide a budget that includes: number of estimated
hours, billing rate, estimated out-of-pocket costs, and 3 reference names and
contact information preferably for whom you have recently provided services.
Completed proposals must be submitted by hard copy or electronically in MS
Word or PDF Format to the below address:

Mr. Dee-Maxwell Saah Kemayah, Sr.,

President- Liberian Business Association
Email Address: (agrhaliberia1996@yahoo.com)
Please reference: Strategic Planning.
Proposals must be received by LIBA by 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, June 21st, 2015.
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Re-Advertised Invitation for Bids (IFB)

National Competitive Bidding
Supply of Uniforms for LRA
IFB No. LRA/NCB/002/014-015
1. The Liberia Revenue Authority (LRA) has received funds from the Government of Liberia
through budgetary allocations and intends to apply part of it to fund eligible payments
under the contract for Supply of Uniforms for LRA as part of its FY 2014/2015 operations.
2. This procurement covers Supply of Uniforms for LRA staff as indicated below;
SUPPLY OF UNIFORMS
LOT-1

Item
Description Quantity

1
Uniforms
1,200
LOT-2
Description Quantity

1
Specialized Clothing (T-Shirts)
800
All interested bidders must include a uniform sample as part of BID including indicating
a current business address where the physical location of their premises can be found and
a company profile covering the last 5 years.
3. The Liberia Revenue Authority now invites sealed bids from eligible and qualified bidders
for Supply of Uniforms for LRA.
4. Bidding will be conducted through the National Competitive Bidding (NCB) procedures
specified in the PPC Act and approved by the PPCC, and is open to all eligible bidders.
5. A complete set of Bidding Document in English may be obtained by interested bidders

upon payment of a non-refundable fee of 50.00 USD to the LRA Budget & Finance Office at
the Ministry of Finance, First Floor, from the below address within the hours of 9:30 am to
3:00 p.m. daily.
Walter J. Dean,
Liberia Revenue Authority
LRA Logistics Management Section
Ministry of Finance & Development Planning Building,
1stFloor
Broad & Mechlin Street-Monrovia, Liberia
Tel: 231-(0886) -517-891
Email: WALTER.DEAN@LRA.GOV.LR
6. Qualification requirements include the following:
Signed Bid or Tender Form

A bid security (in the form of Managers Check)
A valid tax clearance Certificate
Valid Business Registration
Company profile
Names of current past/clients and their contact details
Proof of similar services provided over the last 5 years
7. All bids must be clearly marked with the address indicated below.
Supply of Uniforms for LRA

Ref: IFB No. LRA/NCB/002/014-015
Liberia Revenue Authority,
NASSCORP House
Paynesville, Liberia
Tel: 231-(0886) -517-891 or walter.dean@lra.gov.lr
8. Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before June 29, 2015 at 10:00am
9. Bids will be opened on Monday, June 29, 2015 at 10:00 a.m., in the presence of bidders
representatives who choose to attend, at the address below:
10. Electronic and late bids will not be accepted
Liberia Revenue Authority Headquarters

NASSCORP House
ELWA Junction
Paynesville, Liberia
Note: This IFB and other LRA related information are also available at www.lra.gov.lr
and Liberia Revenue Authority Facebook page.
Oliver N. Rogers, II
Deputy Commissioner General Adm. Affairs
Walter J. Dean
Procurement Manager
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IN BRIEF
PAGE
WORLD NEWS
DEFIANT BASHIR
RONT
AS EMBATTLED SUDANESE LEADER LEAVES,

SOUTH AFRICAN COURT CALLS FOR HIS ARREST
JEB BUSH HAS OPTIMISTIC MESSAGE,
FACES CHALLENGES IN '16 BID
MIAMI (AP)
eb Bush launched a Republican presidential bid months

in the making Monday with a vow to get Washington "out
of the business of causing problems" and to stay true to
his beliefs easier said than done in a bristling primary
contest where his conservative credentials will be sharply
challenged.
"I will campaign as I would serve, going everywhere, speaking to
everyone, keeping my word, facing the issues without flinching,"
Bush said, opening his campaign at a rally near his south Florida
home at Miami Dade College, where the institution's large and
diverse student body symbolizes the nation he seeks to lead.
The former Florida governor, whose wife is Mexican-born,
addressed the packed college arena in English and Spanish, an
unusual twist for a political speech aimed at a national audience.
"In any language," Bush said, "my message will be an optimistic
one because I am certain that we can make the decades just
ahead in America the greatest time ever to be alive in this world."
QUESTIONS SHADOW U.S. STRIKE ON

VETERAN ALGERIAN JIHADIST IN LIBYA
ALGIERS (Reuters) e lost an eye in Afghanistan, was earlier reported

dead in fighting in Mali and now Libya says he was
killed in a U.S. air strike at the weekend. But is the
Algerian jihadist dubbed "The Uncatchable" for his
decades-long elusiveness really dead?
U.S. officials have yet to confirm Libyan reports that Mokhtar
Belmokhtar was killed in eastern Libya, saying on Monday only
that the F-15 jet raid appeared to have succeeded but stopping
short of confirming his demise.
Doubts were well placed: Belmokhtar, who was in his early
40s, has been reported dead several times only to reappear in
jihadist propaganda claiming responsibility for new attacks.
VATICAN ORDERS FORMER ARCHBISHOP

TO STAND TRIAL FOR SEX ABUSE
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) ozef Wesolowski, a former archbishop and papal

ambassador to the Dominican Republic, will stand trial
on criminal charges of paying for sex with minors and
possessing child pornography, the Vatican said on Monday.
The trial, due to start on July 11, will be the first on such charges
inside the tiny city-state that is the headquarters of the 1.2
billion-member Roman Catholic Church.
Vatican sources said the decision by the president of the
Vatican's tribunal to indict Wesolowski could not have been
taken without a green light from Pope Francis. They said it was
another sign of the pontiff's intention to get tough on sex abuse
by clergy.
JOHANNESBURG
resident Omar alBashir flew out of
South
Africa
on
Monday in defiance of
a Pretoria court that later said
he should have been arrested
to face genocide charges at the
International Criminal Court.
Despite a legal order for him
to stay in the country ahead
of the ruling on his detention,
the government let Bashir
leave unhindered, with South
Africa's ruling party accusing
the ICC of being biased against
Africans and "no longer
useful".
Bashir has been indicted by
the ICC over war crimes and
crimes
against
humanity
but South Africa gave him
immunity along with all
delegates attending an African
Union summit in Johannesburg
this week.
As an ICC signatory, South
Africa
was
obliged
to
implement arrest warrants.
The decision to let Bashir leave
represented an affirmation of
shifting diplomatic priorities
he
civil
rights
activist, 37, made
the announcement
in an open letter
posted on Facebook to
the organizations executive
committee and members.
It is with complete allegiance
to the cause of racial and
social justice and the NAACP
that I step aside from the
Presidency and pass the
baton to my Vice President,
Naima Quarles-Burnley, she
wrote.
Dolezal said that her
administration in Spokane
has been dedicated to fighting
against
injustices
that
face the African-American
community, such as police
brutality,
biased
school
curriculums and economic
disenfranchisement.
And yet, the dialogue
has unexpectedly shifted
internationally
to
my
personal identity in the
context of defining race and
for the government, with

African interests trumping
those of the West.
It also represented a blow
for the Hague-based ICC,
which has convicted just
two minor African warlords
since it started work in 2002
and has struggled to create
accountability for those who
are too powerful to be tried at
home.
The veteran Sudanese leader
flew out of the Waterkloof Air
Base at around 1000 GMT,
headed for Sudan's capital,
Khartoum.
Hours later, judge Dunstan
Mlambo found in favor of an
application by a rights group
calling for him to be detained,
saying the failure to arrest him
contravened the constitution.
"The
respondents
are
forthwith compelled to take
all reasonable steps to arrest
President Bashir," Mlambo
said.
Government lawyer William
Mokhari said the home
affairs department would
be
investigating
Bashir's
departure.
Bashir arrived in Khartoum to
throngs of well-wishers and
government officials inside the
airport.
Wearing traditional white
robes, Bashir waved his
trademark cane greeting the
cheering crowd in an opentopped vehicle. Waving the
Sudanese flag, the crowd
chanted God is Great and some
carried pictures of Bashir with
the banner 'Lion of Africa'.
Sudan's
foreign
minister
Ibrahim Ghandour said Africa's
enemies were behind the failed
bid.
"The participation could have
been normal and without a
fuss, but Africa's enemies,
Sudan's enemies and the
enemies
of
peace-loving
countries wanted to try and
turn it into a drama, to prevent
the president from important
participations," Ghandour said.
Ghandour said the South
African
government
had
assured Sudan that Bashir's
participation at the summit
was a source of pride and that
President Jacob Zuma had

blamed opposition parties
trying to embarrass Pretoria.
"This is a case of state
sovereignty. Here we have
a president elected and
supported by his people. I don't
have to point to the elections as
I can simply point to this scene
right here," he said referring to
the boisterous crowd.
Bashir was re-elected in April
in a vote boycotted by most
of the opposition, thereby
extending his quarter-century
rule.
"LONG GAME"
The ruling provided fresh
ammunition
for
Zuma's
critics, who accused him of
ignoring his own judiciary.
The presidency and foreign
ministry did not respond to
requests for comment.
"It is completely unacceptable.
The South African government
has been complicit in assuring
Mr Bashir is able to flee the
country," Democratic Alliance
Chief Whip John Steenhuisen
told Reuters, calling for "heads
to roll".
"Our international reputation
lies in tatters," he added.
Sudanese President Omar alBashir looks on ahead of the
25th African Union summit in
Johannesburg Ju
The ICC issued arrest warrants
for Bashir in 2009 and 2010,
accusing him of masterminding
genocide and other atrocities
in his campaign to crush a
revolt in the Darfur region - a
conflict that killed as many as
300,000 people, the United
Nations says.
He has long rejected the court's
authority, but the warrants
have curtailed his ability to
travel freely. Monday's ruling
means that he will not be able
to come back to South Africa.
ICC
deputy
prosecutor
James Stewart said he was
disappointed
Bashir
had
managed to escape, but told
Reuters he did not see it as a
setback for the court, which
was playing "a long game".
NAACP LEADER RACHEL DOLEZAL RESIGNS

AMID CONTROVERSY OVER ETHNICITY
ethnicity, she wrote.

According
to
Dolezal,
challenging the construct of
race is central to evolving
human consciousness.
Spokane
NAACP
leader
Rachel Dolezal says she will
speak about the furor over
racial identity sparked
However, she said, this
conversation should not
distract from the big issues

that affect millions, often with
life or death consequences.
Dolezal vowed to always fight
for what is right and good
in this world and thanked
everyone who had supported
her throughout the media
firestorm.
Last week, the womans
ethnicity became a major
news story after Lawrence

and Ruthanne Dolezal, a
white couple from Montana,
identified themselves as her
biological parents.
They said that their daughter
is mainly of German and
Czech descent, despite having
identified herself publicly as
biracial.
The NAACP released a
statement Friday in support
of Dolezal.
It says the NAACP stands
behind her advocacy record
and that a person's race does
not qualify or disqualify him
or her from taking leadership
roles within the organization.
Dolezal received her masters
degree
from
Howard
University
and
teaches
Africana studies at Eastern
Washington University.
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Sports
Page 15
SPORTS
THIS ISN'T BRAZIL - BUT WITH
A PLAYER LIKE NEYMAR,

IT DOESN'T MATTER
T
SENSATIONAL STRIKER KAWAH
SCORES FIRST LFA LEAGUE HAT TRICK
A. Macaulay Sombai, sombai121@gmail.com
Monroviatriker
Amadiah
Kawah of Liberia
Football Association
(LFA) first division
side Keitrace FC over the
weekend scored the first hat
trick in the ongoing league
helping his team to a 5-1
triumph over Aries FC in a
league match played at the
Antoinette Tubman Stadium
(ATS) in Monrovia.
Kawah got the match
opening goal in the 32nd
minute through spacing after
he received a splendid pass
from a teammate and got
the second and third goals in
the 40th and 88th minutes
from the 18th yard all scored
through shots from the 20th
yard each.
The victory puts Keitrace
in the drivers seat of the
first division league table
with two victories from two
matches played so far in
the league putting the team
on top of the table with six

points and nine goals from
two games.
Keitrace FC kicked out the
season two weeks ago with a
4-1 win against NPA Anchors
which was followed by
another high scoring victory.
The team started the match
with
absolute
pressure
against Aries and the pressure
paid off as they dominated
the game in the midfield,
excellent ball possession and
finishing torches until the
final whistle.
Through
their
sublime
performance, Keitrace were
able to score the highest
number of goals in the league
so far this season.
Christopher Jackson and
Trokon Dweh increased Aries
frustration after scoring
Keitrace third and fourth
goals through spacing in
the 81st and 85th minutes
individually
Striker Thomas Kpehe finally
scored Aries consolation

goal in the 90th minute after
being denied several clear
scoring opportunities.
The President of Keitrace
FC described the victory as
a sign of seriousness on the
part of his team to win the
championship.
Korpo Kpoto admitted that
they are participating in the
league with only one aim to
capture the championship at
the end of the league season.
Said
Kpoto:
I
think
everybody
has
been
watching my team Keitrace
FC performances against
some of the powerful football
teams in the country. Since
the return of football even
though we have not been
fortunate to win any of the
two trophies but I can assure
our fans of the championship
this time.
The Captain and goalkeeper
of Aries FC blamed the lack
of proper ball possession
and finishing torches for his

side two defeats so far in
the league but said he hopes
that they will put things
in order before their next
match against FC Fassell next
Sunday.
Godfrey David called on his
fellow players to put the
defeat behind them in order
to secure the necessary
victories in their remaining
league matches against their
opponents to enable them
maintain their first division
status at the end of the
season.
I am calling on my fellow
players for us to now work
harder for our remaining
games in the national league
if we are to be counted among
the first four teams at the end
of the season or if we are to
remain in the first division at
the end of the season, said
David.
In Saturday other matches,
LISCR FC dumped FC Fassell
3-1 in the day last first

division clash at the ATS
while NPA Anchors made a
comeback from the 4-1 lost
to Keitrace last weekend with
a 1-0 win against sensational
LPRC Oilers at the Nancy B.
Doe Sports ground in Kakata
city Margibi County.
The league progressed on
Sunday where Holder FC
forced Garnerville FC to a 1-1
draw in the day only match at
the Unification Town Sports
Ground in Margibi County.
First division defending
champions Barrack Young
Controllers
(BYC)
were
forced to a 2-2 draw by
Invincible Eleven (IE) in a
match that football analysts
described as the most violent
yet in the league.
Five players of BYC and one
from IE were red carded after
they were booked by central
referee Isaac Montgomery
for misconducts.
Youth and Sports, Hon. Joyce

Newman, will serve as this
year guest speakers.
The annual Reunion is
designed to offer Liberian
athletes, sport promoters,
sport
administrators,
entertainers, and enthusiasts
the chance to come together,
reminisce the past, foster
peach and unity, create new
friendships and celebrate
the
many
experiences
of
representing
the
motherland (Liberia). In
addition, the Reunion will
honor Liberians who have
contributed immensely to the
development and promotion

of various sport disciplines in
Liberia.
The
Reunion
general
assembly intends to bring
like-minded people together
to formulate a strategic
concept
document
that
will serve as a basis for the
development and promotion
of various sport disciplines in
Liberia.
We are thrilled to bring this
exciting event to the Twin
Cities of Minneapolis-Saint
Paul as we celebrate the
camaraderie and enduring
legacies of our former,
current and future athletes,

said
veteran
Liberian
journalist Al-Jerome Anasta
Chede. The reunion will
provide a great opportunity
to share sportsmanship
spirit as we look forward
to reenergizing the game in
Liberia thereby maintaining
a fraternity love.
Minnesota is excited to be
the host of this year reunion,
said George Harris, local
2015 planning committee
chair and one time Invisible
Eleventh striker. All is now
set to welcome array of sport
men and women from across
the United States, Africa,

Europe, and Asia to the city
of 10,000 lakes.
Minnesota is famous for
its ability to host special
gatherings, and we are
thrilled to welcome this
group
of
extraordinary
people to our iconic city, said
Stephen Wreh-Wilson. This
year reunion will be a golden
opportunity to treat these
past and present athletes to
a world-class hospitality and
entertainment in Minnesota.
he Barca star's
abilities are the only
link from Dunga's
incarnation of the
Selecao to their history but it might not stop them
winning the Copa America
It's fair to say it's been a
slow burner, but the 2015
version of the Copa America
finally feels like it is building
to something special and
Brazil's 2-1 win highlighted
that even with their clear
deficiencies, Neymar can
elevate the Selecao to
another level.
ROONEY: WILSHERE CAN BE
AMONG WORLD'S BEST
ayne
Rooney
insists Jack
Wilshere
can become
"a top player in world football"
after the Arsenal star capped
an impressive performance
with two spectacular goals
in England's 3-2 win over
Slovenia on Sunday.
Milivoje
Novakovic
capitalised on confusion in
the England defence to give
Slovenia a half-time lead in
Ljubljana but Wilshere twice
found the net from long
range to turn the Euro 2016
qualifier on its head before
Nejc Pecnik and Rooney both
scored in a breathless finale.
The result sees England
stretch their lead at the top of
Group E to nine points on the
road to France next summer
and also finish a season
unbeaten for the first time in
24 years.
VAN PERSIE: I'M NOT WORRIED
ABOUT MY MAN UNITED FUTURE
ACTIVITIES RELEASED FOR THE 2015 ALL LIBERIAN ATHLETES REUNION IN MINNESOTAUSA: ARRAY OF ATHLETES AND SPORT ENTHUSIASTS TO GRACE THE FESTIVAL
MINNEAPOLIS, MN.he Liberian Athletes

Reunion announces
activities marking its
2nd annual Reunion
scheduled in Minneapolis,
Minnesota from June 19-21,
2015.
The three-day event will
feature a meet & greet
program, general assembly,
sport
activities,
award
ceremony and a goodbye
cocktail. The Theme of the
2015 reunion is Fostering
unity
among
Liberian
Athletes. Former assisting
minister at the Ministry of
obin van Persie

insists he has no
intention of leaving
Manchester United
this summer and believes
he can continue to play at
the highest level for at least
another four years.
Real Madrid have enquired
over the availability of the
Dutchman, who scored just
10 goals in 27 Premier League
appearances last season and
enters the final year of his
contract this summer.
MUSLIMS LOCKDOWN KAKATA

COUNTY NEWS
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Blame President Sirleaf for Division in Liberia

Edwin G. Genoway, Jr (231886458910)-genowayedwin@gmail.com
Monrovias
the
debate
continues
for
Liberia to become
a Christian state,
Muslims in Kakata Margibi
County last Friday shutdown
their
businesses
in
a
peaceful protest to defeat the
preposition calling for Liberia
to be a Christian nation.
For several hours stores in
Kakata Margibi County that
are owned and run by Muslims
were all closed as the group
engaged in a peaceful protest.
Muslim bikers and taxi drivers
were also seen parked for more
than 9 hours in solidarity with
fellow Muslims. The Muslims
have vowed to continue
the process of closing their
businesses and work places to
observe Friday prayers like the
Christians do on Sundays.
Some residents of Margibi
County described the action of
the Muslims in the county as
taking the wrong path, saying
the action of the Muslims is
divisive and not in the interest

of the country.
If even they have differences
and not in support of the
preposition that is calling for
Liberia to be a Christian state,
there are other actions to
take other than to shut down
their businesses, if they take
that path what will become
of the common man that they
(Muslims) serve, if everyone
will do the same thing they
are doing where will Liberia
be, Jerry Sackie, a resident of
Kakata expressed.
It is reported that Muslims
in the County have declared
that every Friday which is the
prayer day for Muslims will be
observe as holiday like Sunday.
The Muslims in the county
vowed to close all of their
businesses every Fridays in
observance of prayer.
It is about time that we
Muslims observe Fridays as
our holidays in Liberia, look
on Sundays that the Christians
can go to pray, the entire
CRIME WATCH
country can stay at home,

but Friday that we Muslims
go to pray, people go to work,
school, and do so many foolish
things, some people even go on
alcohol table to drink liquor
while we go to pray, Sunday
is for Christians in Liberia to
worship, while Friday is for
Muslims, but we all know that
Sunday is a forceful holiday
that is being observed by all
Liberians without complaint.
I am a Muslim but I normally
stay at home on Sundays,
I close my store because
Christians go to pray, Mawatta
Kamara, a business woman in
Kakata stressed.
Mawatta who runs one of the
biggest building materials
stores in Kakata City vowed to
continue closing her store like
other Muslims every Friday for
prayer the same way Christians
do on Sundays.
Muslims and Christians in
Liberia are however divided
over the proposition calling for
Liberia to be a Christian State.
The Muslims on the other hand

are blaming President Ellen
Johnson Sirleaf for bringing
division in Liberia among
Muslims and Christians.
Muslims under the umbrella
Islamic Solidarity for Peace
and Democracy blamed the
Liberian leader of bringing
division among Liberians
through
the
Constitution
Review Committee (CRC).
The CRC is a committee
setup by President Ellen
Johnson Sirleaf to revisit the
Liberian constitution. The
CRC is responsible to host
town hall meetings soliciting
suggestions from Liberians on
what to change or add to the
constitution of Liberia.
The CRC is headed by former
Maryland County senator
Gloria Musu Scott, who is a
Christian.
Consistent with a mandate to
review the 1986 Constitution
of Liberia, the Constitution
Review Committee (CRC)
conducted civic education
ARMED ROBBERY ON
INCREASE IN PAYNESVILLE
Kennedy L. Yangian kennedylyangian@frontpageafricaonline.com 0777296781
Monroviaear
has
gripped
residents
of
the
Pipeline Community in
the densely populated
commercial city of Red-light

after two homes were attacked
at night by men believed to be
armed robbers over the weekend.
Saturdays attack was the

second incident in less than a
week for by armed robbers in
the community at night.
The robbers are said to have
made away with several

valuable
items
including
cell phones, cash and other
personal belongings according
to an eyewitness who was
affected by the weekends
attack.
The affected eyewitness, an
occupant of a four bed-room
rented house claimed they
were asleep around 3: am
Saturday morning when the
suspected armed robbers
entered the house by breaking
the front door.
We were asleep at about
3:am in the morning when
we heard a bang on the front
door and when men wearing
mask entered our room and
demanded money and cell
phones and made away with
many things in the dark said
the eyewitness.
Another
eyewitness
who
and public consultations,

across the Country and in the
diaspora.
The CRC has adopted a bottom
to top approach which gives
every citizen the opportunity
to have a say in the review of
the nations constitution.
The objective of the civic
education
and
public
consultation activity was to
create an atmosphere that
will allow citizens across the
country to fully understand
the review process, own it,
and be given the opportunity
to make suggestions and to
submit proposals that will lead
to amendments in the 1986
Constitution.
The Committee encouraged
every citizen to participate.
"It is in the best interest of the
Country that Liberians fully
cooperate and participate in
the exercise says CRC Chair
counselor Gloria Musu Scott at
one of the town hall meetings.
According to the CRC, the
Commission
convened
the National Constitution
Conference from March 29,
2015 to April 2, 2015. The
consultative phase of the
review process produced
spoken and written views from
Liberians in the 73 electoral
districts of Liberia.
CRC says it also received
position statements from the
women of Liberia, civil society
organizations, political parties,
chiefs and traditional leaders,
persons with disabilities,
Independent
National
Commission
on
Human
Rights, the youth, Liberians
in the Diaspora and thematic
meetings.
The analysis of these views, the
CRC said will be validated and
proposals derived from these
views will be discussed and
the consensus proposals will
be subsequently presented
to the Legislature for its
room was broken into by

the suspected robbers who
were said to be using a sharp
instrument believed to be a
cutlass stated that she lost
US$ 900.00 cash during
the incident which she was
keeping as Susu(microcredit)
money.
I lost US$900 Susu money in
the process and dont know
where will I get this money to
pay back to the owners said
the worried female victim.
The victim claimed that the
suspected armed robbers
who were armed with several
dangerous objects including
cutlasses were forced to flee
when they alarmed and other
residents decided to come to
their rescue.
According to the victims since
the incident on Saturday there
has been no intervention of
the police but a source closed
to the police in the area told
FrontPageAfrica on the basis
of anonymity that the police
cannot make any intervention
now due to lack of logistics.
Right now we have no logistics
that will allow us to patrol and
curb any act of armed robbery
activities said the police
source who spoke on the basis
of anonymity claiming that he
has no authority to speak to
consideration.
But the Muslims argued that
their interest is not fully
represented on the CRC, saying
the president appointed only
one Muslim man of the five
members, Soko Sackor while
the rest are Christians.
The chairman of the Islamic
solidarity for peace and
democracy,
Mohammed
Manssalay said President
Sirleaf been unfair with the
Muslim Community in Liberia.
Manssalay noted that President
has surprised the Muslim
community since she took over
as president of Liberia.
He
explained
that
the
president normally allocates
funding in the national budget
for Christian programs and
holidays but such has not been
applied to Muslims.
President
Ellen
Johnson
Sirleaf is responsible for the
division among Christians and
Muslims in Liberia, she gave
millions of dollars to celebrate
Christmas, Easter and other
Christians holidays but we
Muslims have not benefited
non from her, that alone gave
Christians edge over us. We
Muslims have been silent for
more than 168 years ignoring
these things but is like they are
now taking advantage of our
silence as our weakness, he
noted.
Manssalay noted that Muslims
will not allow anyone to
change Liberia current status,
saying Liberia does not belong
to anyone Liberia nobody
making Liberia a Christian
State, it is our right that they
want to take from us but we
will not allow it to happen, he
noted.
The Islamic Solidarity for Peace
and Democracy has embarked
on a nationwide campaign
sensitizing Muslims not to
vote the preposition calling for
Liberia to be a Christian state.
the press.
FrontPageAfrica has reliably
learned that there was no
injury or death in the two
armed robbery attacks in the
area in less than a week like
in the past when a resident of
the area the late Harrison Paye
was reportedly killed by men
believed to be armed robbers.
Victim Harrison Paye was
reportedly killed in 2011 and
body dumped in a nearby
lagoon when men believed to
be armed robbers attacked his
home during the early morning
hours.
Up to present, authorities of
the Liberia National Police
(LNP) are yet to identify the
suspected killers of the late
Paye who left behind six
children, wife and an aging
mother.
In the wake of the latest wave
of armed robbery activities in
the area, some of the residents
who spoke to FrontPageAfrica
have called on the authority
of the LNP to extend its night
time patrol in the area since
indeed government has placed
a ban on the establishment of
vigilante groups which has
been the only source of night
time security for the Pipeline
Community.
EXCLUDED
GENDER ISSUES
-Officials Shun Albino Day Celebration
Massa F. Kanneh masskanneh@yahoo.com or 0886848625
Monrovia-
embers of the
Albino society in
Liberia were left
frustrated after
more than sixty invitees for
this years World Albino Day
celebration failed to attend
the ceremony prompting the
head of the Liberia Albino
Society (LAS) to publicly plead
with President Ellen Johnson
Sirleaf to hold meeting with
disabled groups at least once
every month.
World Albino Day, one of the
best days in the life of Albinos
worldwide turned out to be a
disappointment for members
of the Liberia Albino Society
when government officials,
United Nations agencies and
Human rights institutions
invited to grace the occasion
did not show up to celebrate
with the Albinos on June 13,
a global Albinism awareness
Day.
LAS
Executive
Director
Frontpage
the chance to see her at least
every month, every disabled
organization said Director
Logan
She said there are lots of
grievances that the disabled
community would like to
be addressed by President
Sirleaf and other government
agencies but lamented that
they are not given audience or
preference.
Sometimes we have issues
that
we
want
Madam
President to address but we
cant have access to her, which
we see as being unfair, she
added.
The
Albinos
president
said at the level of many
ministries there are rejections
and
discriminations
in
employment of Albinos.
DISAPPOINTED
Patricia Logan said the

disabled in Liberia are facing
many forms discriminations
and resentments from the
Liberian society.
NEWS EXTRA
Logan said in most instances

disabled are denied access to
meet with government officials
including the president due to
the bureaucracies involved
which she noted the disabled

cannot afford to go through.
The bureaucracies in Madam
Sirleaf office are too much.
I think we should be given
'FOREST SECTOR VITAL'

- VP Boakai assert during Induction of Liberia Timber Association Officers
Henry Karmo (0886522495) henrykarmo@frontpageafricaonline.com
Montserrado County Senior

Senator
Geraldine
Doe
Sheriff who was to deliver
the keynote address was also
nowhere around which left
LAS Director Logan to express
that she was disappointed in
government officials for not
gracing their occasion and
without giving any form of
excuse.
Left with no choice, the
Director had to proxy for
another invited guest who was
unprepared to cover up for the
absent keynote speaker.
Mrs. Logan said it is the normal
seize this opportune moment

to also call on our international
partners to step up efforts at
emboldening the capacities of
our citizens to be comfortably
on board with forest protection
measures..
Vice President Boakai, a
onetime Agriculture Minister
of Liberia expressed that he has
consistently reminded all that
the best way to strengthen the
conservation of natural habitat
is to bolster the preservation
potentials of those who inhabit
it.
EXECUTIVE ORDER NOT FOR
CORRECTING ISSUES
Monroviaice President Joseph

N. Boakai says the
forestry sector of
Liberia is no doubt
very vital and has been a
major contributor to the
countrys Gross Democratic
Product serving as a partner
in government development
agenda.
He said the forest sector
contributes to both income
generation and employment,
stressing the vital nature of
the forest to Liberias overall
agenda for transformation.
Vice
President
Boakai
said: Howbeit, our forest
management landscape has
been saddled with a host of
conflict situations. We have
witnessed a litany of situations
in which conflicts are fueled in
our communities as a result of
perception that the sector is not
providing benefits as it should
to the communities in which
they operate. Noteworthy is
the unfortunate situation in

which this Government was
constrained to take steps to
investigate the issuance and
operations of Private Use
Permits.
The Vice President also said,
as the country braces for the
reform measures that the
Government
contemplates,
such process should be guided
by caution since in fact much of
this matter still lies in the court
of law.
He noted that the Government
remains keen on the reform
process which is, to some
degree, ongoing as evidenced
by some modest improvements
in its forest governance
domain.
This reform is expected to
produce a plethora of benefits.
We do intend to streamline
our
Community
Forest
Management Agreements so
as to ensure that they are in
full sync with the Community
Rights Law of 2009, Vice
President Boakai furthered.

He continued Ours is also the
goal of instituting measures
that will ensure that Land
Rental and Administration fees
are disbursed appropriately
to duly satisfy community
and county entitlements. It
is in this regard that we want
to assure our communities,
particularly
areas
where
timber activities take place,
that the Government is doing
everything to ensure that their
rights and interest are fully
protected, the Vice President
stated.
Speaking at the induction
program of officers elect of the
Liberia Timber Association
(LTA) he called on key movers
of the sector of governance
system, to be true partners
and positive contributors to its
efforts. This, he said will help
government in constructing a
system that will be as equitable
and profitable to all concerned.
The vice President also
reminded officers elect of the

LTA that Liberia is signatory
to a host of international
instruments
which
place
upon its shoulders such great
obligation to focus on the
sustainable management of
Liberia forest assets.
As signatory to earth-friendly
conventions-- and even in line
with our own concern for the
wellbeing of humanity and the
future of our common planet-we have to be a key champion
of the efforts to stem negative
consequences of mitigating
climate change and global
warming. Instruments such as
the United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change
and the Kyoto Protocol all place
upon us such responsibility,
said Vice President Boakai.
The Vice President also
declared As we urge our
citizenry to continue to
lend their full support and
cooperation to our forestry
management guidelines, let me
Also speaking at the occasion,

Mr. Rudolph Merab president
elect of the LTA promised that
major actors in the forestry
sector will manage in a more
sustainable way the country
forest for the good of Nation
and its people.
He cautioned government that
executive orders should not be
the medium used in correcting
issues of Law.
Merab also raised concern
about lack of infrastructure and
facilities because according to
him infrastructures in places
they operate are in deplorable
state with the need for more
work to be done at the various
ports in Liberia.
He named the high cost of power
or unavailability of power for
industrial development such
as processing and services
as things that add to the cost
of production and limits
productivity.
It has been twelve (12)
years since the cessation
of the hostility and the
establishment of this present
Government yet the Timber
Industry has not reached its
full potential in helping to
meet neither the need of our
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practice
of
government
officials to turn them down
whenever they are invited to
occasions hosted by Albinos.
She added that if the Albinos
occasion was a political rally
the venue would have been
occupied without space.
This is not strange, we sent
out about sixty invitations, as
you can see none of them here
even the people who carved
this resolution are nowhere
to be seen, but mind you if
this was a political rally this
whole place would have been
occupied by now said Logan.
She said the absence of
government officials and
heads of Human rights
institutions from their special
occasion has proven that
these lack interest in the
needs of Albinos and are also
not recognizing their rights in
Liberia.
The Human rights section
which signed for this day are
nowhere to be found, most of
them are in hotels, drinking
wines ignoring this important
day, she decried.
A disappointed Mrs. Logan
said no politician will ever get
their vote again except such
person shows some level of
concern for members of the
Albino community.
Director Logan said it is not
the fault of disabled to see
themselves in such condition;
saying it is God who created
them.
development agenda nor the

benefits of our people. We had
high hopes that by this time
around the industry would
have evolved and become
one of the engines of growth,
contributing to nation building
by providing jobs, creating
downstream
investment,
education,
infrastructure
development and become
a major contributor to the
nations Income generation,
said Merab.
Merab claimed that the taxes
imposed on the sector are
higher than most other timber
producing countries.
Speaking on the legal aspect of
the sector he said, the laws are
the framework around which
they all have to work and the
Government, civil society,
communities, private sector
and international partners will
all have to be held to the Law.
He said: Any action by any
party should be according
to the Law; the Government
and any other institution or
Government cannot enter
into any agreement outside
the guidelines of the Law and
expect that agreement to be
legal.
Merab further said Also the
actions we take to remedy any
action we presume contrary
to the Law needs to follow the
rule of Law. When we realize
that portions of the law have
ambiguity we should not be
afraid to seek amendments.
We all agree that we are
reforming the sector from the
way things were; and reform
is a process and not an event.
Mistake and missteps will
take place; we should have the
wisdom to mutually work for
improvement. An Executive
Order cannot and should not
be the medium for correcting
issues of law.
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My players played well. By contrast, what I deplore

is some of the calls from the referee, he said after
the game. I do not understand what happened.
The referee whistled for fouls that did not exist.
He even whistled corners he should not give. And
it is unfortunate to be faced with such calls in a
competition like this.
Debbah should not that playing away from home is
always a daunting task especially in the referring
department.
The key is to play within the moment and stop the
whining.
DEBBAHS
COACHING DEBUT
WHAT WE LEARNED FROM LIBERIAS 2-1 AFCON LOSS IN TOGO
Monrovia
iberia walked away from Lome Sunday after falling to
Emmanuel Adebayors Togo 2-1 but the team under new
coach James Debbah can take a lot of positives that could
put them in a stronger mindset as it prepares for its next
duel in the qualifiers against Tunisia. Here a few lessons coach
Debbah may be looking to improve on as he prepares his squad for
the Tunisians.
LESSON 1: A STAR IS BORN IN JEBOR
William Jebor, the former top scorer in the Egyptian Premiere
League, (201213), playing for El-Geish(10 goals in 9 matches)
now plying his trade with the Portuguese top tier Club Rio Ave FC,
repaid Coach Debbahs faith in him for handing him the captains
armband with a 43rd-minute opener.
Employing a 4-1-4-1 formation, the Lone Star took the game to the
hosts with some attacking displays which paid off when a mistake
in Togos defense led Jebor to hit the back of the yawning for his
first goal in only his second outing.
Jebor partnership with Anthony Laffor could be reminiscent of a
Weah-Debbah partnership that nearly took Liberia to the 1998
World Cup. Debbah was not at all impressed with the Togolese
despite the loss: The Togolese team is not a team that we cannot
beat. Apart from Adebayor who is out of the lot, all the other
players were not superior to mine. Im sure in the return match we
can beat Togo. We have the confidence.
Jebor appears to have the strikers instinct Liberia has been lacking
for a while.
LESSON II: CRYING FOUL ON FOREIGN TURF
Debbah who came through the ranks of AS Monaco feeder clubs
before branching off to Lyon and Nice was full of praise for his
sides performance but was critical of some of the calls made by
the referee. Im not disappointed in the performance of my team.
LESSON III: GIVE THE COACH WHAT HE WANTS

Debbah had a laundry list of overseas-based
players he had hoped would be part of his squad
to face Togo. He even envisioned traveling to some
of the countries with promising players but was
overruled by the LFA. If Liberia is to go to the next
level, the coach must get what the coach wants
even if it means traveling outside Liberia to scout
players.
LESSON IV: A TOUGH OPPONENT AHEAD

Ranked 29th in the World, the Tunisians would
undoubtedly prove a stronger opponent for Liberia
but the attacking formation against Togo showed
a young team willing to take risks and fight to the
very end. Tunisia has participated in 4 FIFA World
Cup Tournaments 1978, 1998, 2001 and 2006
giving coach Debbah and his team a rugged few
weeks to prepare. If its any consolation, Debbah
did score the goal against Tunisias neighbors,
Egypt in the 1996 WC qualifiers. Perhaps he could
inspire another famous victory when the Tunisians
come in September.
SYNOPSIS: In the 1980s Samuel Doe invested a
lot into football, even arranging with the Brazilian
government to have a band of young footballers
train in Brazil for a long spell. A lot of great players
emerged from that Brazil venture. Something for
todays administrators to think about.
Togo Starting XI (4-5-1): Mensah Cdric; Djne
Dakonam Ortega, Serge Akakpo, Abdoul Gafar
Mamah, Mawouna Amevor; Serge Gakp, Komlan
Amewou, Sadate Ouro-Akoriko, Matthieu Dossevi
(c), Floyd Ayit; Emmanuel Adebayor
SUBS: Djenhani Yao, Akoete Eninful, Aboubacar
Rachidou, Kossivi Nouwoklo, Meme Placca, Atakora
Lalawele, Dov Wom
Liberia Starting XI (4-1-4-1): Nathaniel Sherman;
Teah Dennis, Dirkir Glay, Solomon Grimes,
Adolphus Marshall; Patrick Gerhadt; Sam Johnson,
Zah Krangar (c), Anthony Laffor, Theo Weeks;
William Jebor
SUBS: Melvin King, Abel Gebor, Amadeyia Rennie,
George Weah Jr, Sporo Somah, Seku Konneh, Junior
Wilson
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