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“I don’t know how many women I can give jobs to, but whatever I can give, I will do it,” Sachdeva said. “I urge my mothers and my sisters to go and train on a forklift, on a tractor. Two things, I have plenty of jobs for that. So do some training.”
By Amos HarrisNaymote Partners for Democratic Development has reinforced its commitment to strengthening democratic governance in Liberia with the formal presentation of its Legislative Engagement Guide for Advocacy in Liberia (LEGAL) to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. During the meeting, Mr. Jarwolo commended Speaker Koon for his leadership and consistent efforts toward modernizing legislative governance. As a forward-looking initiative, Mr. Jarwolo also proposed the establishment of the Liberia Institute for Legislative Studies (LILS). Speaker Koon, representing the 55th Legislature, warmly welcomed the LEGAL Guide and expressed a strong interest in the proposed Institute. Through policy advocacy and civic education, the organization continues to work alongside the House of Representatives to build a more transparent, inclusive, and accountable legislative system for all Liberians.
By Amos HarrisSamuel Dean, the suspended Executive Director of the National Commission on Disabilities (NCD), has sharply criticized the organizers of a major infrastructure conference held in Nimba County, accusing them of deliberately excluding Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) from discussions critical to Liberia’s development future. The conference, which brought together policymakers and key stakeholders to deliberate on national infrastructure planning, reportedly proceeded without any representation from the disability community despite PWDs accounting for an estimated 20 percent of Liberia’s population. Dean further warned that infrastructure planning carried out without disability perspectives inevitably results in public facilities that are inaccessible and discriminatory. The exclusion has reignited concerns among disability rights advocates that national development forums continue to treat PWDs as an afterthought rather than as equal stakeholders. Dean concluded by questioning how genuinely inclusive Liberia’s infrastructure agenda can be when a significant segment of the population is consistently and systematically left out of critical national conversations.
By Amos HarrisLiberia’s National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) is under intense scrutiny after a damning follow-up audit by the General Auditing Commission (GAC) revealed a near-total disregard for oversight recommendations intended to strengthen accountability and protect public resources. According to the Auditor General’s Annual Progress Report on the Implementation of Audit Recommendations, the NDMA implemented only one out of 82 audit recommendations between August 30, 2024, and August 31, 2025. Auditor General P. Garswa Jackson has warned that the NDMA’s continued failure to act on audit findings places public funds at significant risk. The report highlights that this noncompliance is not an isolated incident but a pattern spanning multiple audit cycles. Because audit recommendations are designed to address undocumented or missing funds and weak oversight, the GAC cautions that ignoring these vulnerabilities creates fertile ground for systemic abuse.
Kosovo Super League outfit FC Drenica has officially announced the acquisition of Liberian striker Johnson Kolako Jr., bolstering its attacking options ahead of the new campaign. “Johnson joins the team with great ambitions to give his maximum contribution,” the club stated. “Welcome to Skenderaj, Johnson. He follows in the footsteps of fellow Liberian international defender Prince Balde, who previously enjoyed a successful stint with the club. His primary objective will be to rediscover the clinical scoring form that initially earned him a move to Europe, while helping his new side pursue a competitive finish in the Kosovo Super League.
Monrovia – Former President and global football icon George Manneh Weah has hailed Grand Kru County’s performance in the 2025/2026 National County Sports Meet as “remarkable and historic,” despite the team’s 2–0 defeat to Nimba County in the football grand final. We need to keep this team together for the next County Meet,” Weah said. “Every year after the County Meet, we bring all the Grand Kru teams together to fellowship. Kickball: Margibi County emerged as champions after defeating Grand Cape Mount in the final, while Nimba took third place by edging out Grand Kru 1–0. Weah concluded by reminding the athletes that the National County Sports Meet remains a platform for national unity and talent discovery.
Monrovia — Intense, high-level deliberations are underway at the Executive Mansion as President Joseph Nyuma Boakai, Sr. weighs whether to veto—again—the re-enacted Liberia Sea and Inland Ports Regulatory Act, exposing a sharp divide within his inner circle and placing the administration in a state of political and legal ambivalence. Oswald Tweh, has again advised President Boakai to reject the bill, maintaining that lawmakers failed to cure the defects outlined in the President’s original veto message. What’s at StakeThe disputed legislation comprises two interrelated measures: the Liberia Sea and Inland Ports Regulatory Authority Act of 2025 and the Liberia Sea and Inland Ports Decentralization and Modernization Act of 2025. Tweh warned that the Regulatory Authority Act departs sharply from domestic governance norms and international best practices by concentrating regulatory, oversight, and operational functions within a single institution—an arrangement he said undermines regulatory independence and creates inherent conflicts of interest. For now, the re-enacted ports law has left the Boakai administration squarely in ambivalence, with implications that reach far beyond Liberia’s docks and harbors.
