Liberia: Sen. Nyonblee Karnga-Lawrence Wants Eton, Ebomaf Financing Agreements Cancelled
Monrovia – Grand Bassa County Senator Nyonblee Karnga Lawrence has written the Plenary of the Liberian Senate requesting the body to cancel the Loan Financing Agreement between Eton Finance PTE Ltd and the Government of Liberia and the Loan Financing Agreement between EBOMAF SA and the Republic of Liberia to avoid future embarrassment to the Country and future Government. According to her, it is about time for the Senate to swiftly act and cancel them. But if the Body does not take the immediate action by cancelling these two agreements, they stand to be legal and binding on Liberia. Accordingly, the construction period as set for in the agreement is 48 months from the day of commencement after the agreement was ratified by the Legislature and approved by the President. The Senate has received her communication and forwarded it to the Joint Committee on Judiciary, and Ways Means and Finance for action in two weeks.
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January 29, 2021 06:00 UTC
Liberia: Senatorial Candidate Edith Gongloe-Weh Brands ‘Fraud, Violence’ against Female Candidates in Nimba, Gbarpolu Counties as Calculated Attempts to Stop Women’s Participation
Monrovia – One of Liberia’s top female politicians, Edith Gongloe-Weh says unfavorable events against women candidates in Gbarpolu and Nimba Counties in the just ended special senatorial elections are calculated attempts to silence women in Liberian politics. The women of Nimba and Gbarpolu Counties stood up. The case was transferred to Monrovia after the first hearing in Sanniquellie on the request of Madam Gongloe-Weh and lawyers, citing security reasons. We were already following the Gbarpolu case where Madam Botoe was threatened with the country devil, beaten and one of her female supporters reportedly sexually abused. “Unfortunately, Madam Gongloe-weh who felt that she was cheated filed the complaints before NEC on the 13th of December.
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January 29, 2021 06:00 UTC
Liberia: Senator Darius Dillon the game is up
Darius Dillon took to Facebook to double down on his support for Musa Bility, the new chairperson of the Liberty Party. I know the CDC regime is a mess, but Darius Dillon is not the solution. I have never thought that the social degenerate Darius Dillon had any progressive bone in him, not least because of his phony credentials. First, one can credit his rise to political stardom to the degeneration of the CDC regime. Musa Bility exploited his connections with the erstwhile UP government to plunder and accumulate.
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January 28, 2021 13:07 UTC
Millennium Challenge Compact Closure Consistent with MCC’s 5-Year Compact Lifespan— MCA-L clarifies
Monrovia – On January 20, 2021, Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) and Millennium Challenge Account Liberia (MCA-L) marked the close of Liberia`s Compact. The closure of the Compact in Liberia is consistent with the fixed 5-year life span of MCC compacts. Liberia’s eligibility for a second compact will depend on its performance on subsequent MCC scorecards and a performance evaluation on the implementation of the initial compact. Last year, Liberia improved its scorecard performance bypassing 9 out of 20 indicators, compared to 8 out of 20 indicators in the previous year. If Liberia’s performance continues to improve, eligibility for a second compact is possible since a country needs to pass 10 out of 20 indicators.
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January 28, 2021 12:45 UTC
Liberia: CPP Chairman Cummings Mocks President Weah’s ‘Take Note’ Warning to Officials, Says No Political Will to Fight Corruption
Monrovia – Tough-talking opposition leader Alexander Cummings says President George Weah’s pledge to fight corruption in his State of the Nation Address was just another long list of broken promises he keeps making to the Liberian people. “Liberians do not need President Weah, or me to tell them that the promise to fight corruption was really another in a long list of promises made only to be broken. In the middle of his term, it is reported that the President has fulfilled only 8% of his promises made,” the CPP Chairman charged. The completed roads, the President noted, include 50 kilometers from Harper to Karloken and 16 kilometers from Harper Junction to Cavalla River. According to him, the past government worked with the international partners and established by legislation in 2015 the National Road Fund, with the sole objective of generating domestic resources to facilitate major investments in the maintenance and rehabilitation of the national road network across the country.
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January 28, 2021 06:11 UTC
Liberia: MOA Gives Stimulus Grant to 109 Agro-Enterprises to Boost Their Capacity and Improve Food Security
The grant is expected to boost their capacity to supply the local market. Over the weekend, the Ministry of Agriculture handed checks ranging from US$500 to US$700 to agribusinesses who were selected after a vetting process. A total grant of US$295,751.00 was provided to 109 agribusinesses in the formal and informal sectors. She said for the agriculture sector to develop, the capacity of food processors, aggregators, inputs suppliers and other value chains must be built. According to her, the administration of President George Weah is doing all it can to ensure transformation in the agriculture sector.
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January 28, 2021 06:04 UTC
Liberia: Sen. Dillon Proffers Bill for the Amendment of the National Code of Conduct
MONROVIA – Senator Darius Dillon (CPP-Montserrado County) has submitted a bill that seeks to amend several portions of the National Code of Conduct, especially relating to the use of government properties for political activities. In his bill, Senator Dillon laid emphasis on Part 5, Sections 5.1, 5.2, 5.3 of the Code of Conduct. In his proposed amendment, Sen. Dillon wants the law to be applied both during and after work hours. The current law mandates officials of the executive to resign two years to an election year. In his opinion, officials of the executive should be given dispensation in the exercise of their political rights, especially during electoral processes.
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January 28, 2021 05:48 UTC
MTN partners with African Union on COVID-19 vaccinations
Johannesburg – In a unique public/private partnership, MTN, Africa’s leading mobile network, has announced a donation of US$25 million to support the African Union’s COVID-19 vaccination programme. On 14 January 2021, President Cyril Ramaphosa, Chairperson of the African Union, announced that the African Union had secured a provisional 270 million COVID-19 vaccine doses on behalf of its Member States, through advance procurement commitment guarantees of up to US$2 billion to the manufacturers by the African Export-Import Bank. This was an important milestone in efforts to ensure equitable access to the COVID-19 vaccine for Africa’s people. Contributions by private organisations, like MTN, are therefore essential to help the continent reach its target. “In the coming months, MTN Group will look at similar support commitments for the markets in which we operate in the Middle East.”
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January 27, 2021 15:11 UTC
Liberia Football Association To Kick-Off Us$1.4m Headquarters Project
Monrovia – The Liberia Football Association (LFA) will shortly kick-off its headquarters project on the Samuel Kanyon Doe (SKD) Boulevard. An architectural design by CESAF-Liberia Limited has been approved by the executive committee. The LFA and CESAF signed a US$1.4 million contract on 29 January 2020 to build its headquarters. LFA President Mustapha Raji and CESAF manager Diego Pol signed the project, which should have lasted for 20 months but was severely obstructed by the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. In March 2017, CESAF-Liberia participated in a tender for the design and construction of the LFA future headquarters with funds from FIFA.
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January 27, 2021 12:33 UTC
Liberia: Libx Records Foundation Targets Drug Addicts for Rehabilitation
MONROVIA – In recent years, illicit drug abuse in Liberia has become a serious problem, as many talented individuals now transmute addicts and a problem for public health and law. “This is a holistic approach to the drug problem more than ever before and I am hopeful this will bring it down. From what we have seen so far, most drug addicts want to change and they are coming in by themselves.” she added. While hooked on drugs, Lady Piso said it made her to lose focus and to carry on foolish behavior. “The foundation is intended to STOP the stigma associated with drug addicts in Liberia by working with the individuals to grow their talents through education, rehabilitation, and self-sustenance.
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January 27, 2021 12:00 UTC
Liberia: U.S. Ambassador Michael A. McCarthy Letters of Credence to Pres. Weah Are Valid, Embassy Clarifies amid Speculations
Ambassador to Liberia, Michael A. McCarthy, the United States Embassy in Monrovia has clarified that Mr. McCharthy’s letters of credence are valid. Responding to a FrontPageAfrica inquiry, the Embassy’s Public Affairs Officer, Michael Ardaiolo said, “Ambassador McCarthy’s letters of credence is valid. Ambassador McCarthy hailed the extension as a sign of the longstanding partnership and friendship between the United States and Liberia. Both President Weah and Ambassador McCarthy agreed on the importance of nurturing Liberia’s youth and helping Liberia’s next generation of leaders meet their full potentials. Ambassador McCarthy noted that Peace Corps, USAID, and State Department educational and outreach programswill continue to support our countries’ historic and important relationship, moving forward together.
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January 27, 2021 06:22 UTC
Collaborating Political Parties Counters President Weah’s Annual Message, Says His Government’s Agenda Has Failed to Address Needs of Liberians
However, in response to the President’s ‘Annual Message’, the CPP, through its Chairman, Mr. Alexander B. Cummings sharply debunked President Weah and said his policies have failed, and he was running the government on a “trial and error” basis. “Fellow Liberians, three years later, President Weah’s administration is still on ‘trial and error’ governance, and contrary to what the President told you, the state of our nation remains weak and unstable. For President Weah and his backers, his administration deserves a pat on the back for sustaining the economy in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic that ravaged the world and crumbled major economy. Still on the economy, Cummings pointed out a conflicting accounts given by President Weah and the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning. So, what was the money borrowed for?”COVID-19 ResponseUnder the stimulus package COVID-19 Relief fund, the President claimed that 40 percent food distribution has reached ten counties, benefitting one million Liberians.
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January 27, 2021 06:22 UTC
Liberia: House Subjects APM Terminals Agreement to Review, Mandates Company to Reverse Latest Increase in Tariff
The House also mandated APM Terminals to reverse its decision to increase additional tariff on all of its services rendered at the port and revert to the original charges. The House took the decision on Tuesday following a sustained grilling of the top managements of APM Terminals and the National Port Authority (NPA) by Plenary. It comes following the advice of the Managing Director of the National Port Authority, Bill Tweahway that the APM Terminals’ agreement was a bad deal and should be amended by the Legislature. “The first thing I will tell you [members of the House] is that the APM Terminal agreement is a bad agreement. He said despite the company’s right to increase tariff every year, over the last five year, the company only increased tariff twice.
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January 27, 2021 06:16 UTC
Liberia: National Elections Commission Board of Commissioners Uphold Bomi, Grand Gedeh Counties Senatorial Elections Results
MONROVIA – The Board of Commissioners of the National Elections Commission (NEC) have nullified complaints filed by J. Alex Tyler of the Coalition of Democratic Change (CDC) against the National Elections Commission and Edwin Melvin Snowe in the just-ended senatorial elections in Bomi County. In the Board’s opinion, the complainants in both cases did not provide enough evidence that could warrant cancellation of the results. Bomi ComplaintAmong the litany of complaints, the CDC and Tyler alleged that several tally sheets bearing Grand Gedeh County instead of Bomi were discovered in the county. According to the ruling party whose candidate in the Bomi senatorial race was J. Alex Tyler, they also discovered that several Senate record of the count exceeded the total distribution of ballot papers per polling place. “Additionally, on the tally sheet of the same polling place 139 [ballot papers] were discovered in the ballot box instead of 409, difference of 270 ballot papers,” the complaint stated.
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January 27, 2021 06:11 UTC
Liberia: Sen. Dillon Backpeddles on “From Saul to Paul” Comments in Support of Musa Bility Chairmanship of Liberty Party
Senator Dillon is representing the people of Montserrado County in the 54th National Legislature on the ticket of the Collaborating Political Parties (CPP) alliance. The Liberty Party, which was once considered as a “party of integrity” in Liberia, received barrage of criticism and condemnations minutes after the election of Bility as the new Chair of the party. “Abe Darius Dillon should have talked Martin Saye Kollah outta running for Liberty Party SG position. Biting TongueBut in reaction, Senator Dillon, on Tuesday, January 26, somersaulted by extending an apology to his supporters and critics for his “Saul to Paul” comments supporting Bility. He was severely criticized, with some of his supporters threatening to withdraw their support because his comments at the time amount to “security threat”.
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January 27, 2021 06:07 UTC