The training is part of a Liberia Media Initiative project co-financed by the European Union and implemented in collaboration with Internews, CEMESP and Local voices Liberia Media Network. “It is expected that each of you fellows would have filed five FOI requests, develop and publish five stories using the Liberia Freedom of Information Law”. Liberia Media Initiative Project Director – Samukai Konneh said “fellows have got to utilize every bit of the training and take advantage of the opportunity given them”. Executive Director of Independent Information commission of Liberia IC, Emmanuel Howe pledged support to work with the fellows to promote the independence of the journalism profession. Kanio Bai Gbala, Liberia’s Comptroller and Accountant General, Janga Kowo, and Cllr Mark Bedor Wla-Freeman- Commissioner of the Independent Information Commission (IIC).

Source: Front Page Africa April 26, 2021 21:00 UTC