Japanese Ambassador, His Excellency HIMENO Tsutomu and Hon. Emma Metieh Glassco with photos of some of the Outboard Motorized EnginesMonrovia – The CDC led government through the National Fisheries and Aquaculture Authority, (NaFAA) has disclosed the arrival of four forty foot containers of 600 pieces of Japanese Yamaha outboard engines in Monrovia. A NaFAA press release is quoting the Director General as saying that “the 600 pieces of outboard engines are intended for free distribution to fishing cooperatives within the nine coastal counties. Emma Metieh Glassco at the same time mentioned that the pending free distribution of the outboard engines to fisheries cooperatives across Liberia is President George Weah’s CDC led government way of transforming the livelihood of local fishermen thus putting them on par with their foreign counterparts. Glassco stated that the free motor engines are meant to enable Liberian fishermen navigate distances, increase their catch and earn sufficient money from huge fish supply on the markets.
