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COULD LIBERIA LOSE EU FUNDING OVER
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EXTRADITION?
The visit to Liberia last week of two representatives from the prosecutors office in The Netherlands has been
linked to a purported attempt to seek extradition of some key figures of Charles Taylors National Patriotic
Front of Liberia allegedly responsible for the killing of a Dutch woman reportedly around the same time four
American nuns were killed in the Operation Octopus battle.
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Monrovia aking a page from President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf,

the Incident Management System or Task Force
overseeing Liberias response to the deadly Ebola
virus outbreak, has characterized a recent audit by the
General Auditing Commission as unprofessional, Unbalanced,
unfair and entirely out of context by an incompetent integrity
body.
On Monday, the Incident Management System, took aim in a
36-page letter to Auditor General Yusador S. Gaye, accusing the
integrity institution of being incompetent and unprofessional,
even going as far as issuing lawsuit threats and issuing a 24hour ultimatum to the GAC to retract its findings from the
public domain.
The letter in possession of FrontPageAfrica is signed by
GAC Ebola Audit Indictees Wede Elliott Brownell Deputy
Minister for Administration, Ministry of Foreign Affairs;
Tolbert Nyenswah, Head Incident Management System/
Deputy Minister for Health Designate (indicted by GAC in
2006/2007and 2007/2008 audit of the Ministry of Health;
James Dorbor Jallah, Executive Director, Public Procurement
and Concessions Commission and Andre Pope, Head State
Owed Enterprises Reporting Unit, Ministry of Finance and
Development Planning.
Expressing its disappointment in the GAC, the Incident
Management System said it is rejecting the integrity
institutions findings due to its incompetence and improper
handling of the report.
MARRED BY FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES
The Ebola Task Force said while the GAC correctly stated that
President Sirleaf, on July 26, 2014, announced that Ebola was a
national emergency and set up a National Ebola Task Force to
coordinate all interventions for containing and eliminating this
fast spreading epidemic; the GAC in its report citing financial
activities of the National Ebola Trust Fund(NETF) it says
was marred by financial irregularities and material control
deficiencies, failed to take duly into account the national
emergency nature of particular interventions that were
undertaken by the Task Force and were specifically aimed at
containing and eliminating the fast spreading epidemic.
Instead, the IMS said the GAC described specific emergency
procurements made by the NETF as marred by financial
irregularities and material control deficiencies simply
because the NETFs purchase of food, equipment and other
items, on an emergency basis from various suppliers had
Rodney D. Sieh, Rodney.sieh@frontpageafricaonline.com

either been done without contract, lacked confirmation of
transaction, lack of valid tax clearance or in one particular
case, the supporting invoice from an overseas service provider
was unsigned.
The IMS said the National Ebola Task Force did its work
under conditions that have been most unusual and truly
unique, which hopefully will not ever occur in this country.
Those conditions involved a race against time and fit the very
definition of a national emergency as had been declared on
July 26, 2014, per your report, by Her Excellency, Madam Ellen
Johnson-Sirleaf, President of the Republic of Liberia.
The President while addressing media executives on Monday,
April 13, 2015, at her Foreign Ministry office acknowledged
that she knows that there might have been some procedural
errors in expending fund, but said she believes that was
intended to save the lives of the hundreds who were dying on
a daily basis.
Said President Sirleaf: "Five millions were put in the Ebola
Trust Fund. That fund was put there at the time when nobody
had given support to fight Ebola and it was a time when
hundreds of people were dying; when people were running
away from the places; when we had chaos. In the midst of
chaos, something has to be done, and so, I am quite sure that it
reflects the context of the kinds of urgency that was required
in some cases," said President Johnson-Sirleaf.
Added President Sirleaf: "I have not read the audit report, but I
got some briefing on it. And I know that there might have been
some procedural errors, but I believe that if someone says that
they have to buy a bus to carry people when a hundred people
are dying on the street and they did not go through a bidding
process, I will leave it to you to say which was better; to say
to have bought the bus to save the lives or for them to have
taken two weeks to go through a bidding process. As long as
the fund was properly used for the purpose intended, there is
no problem. It was in those difficult days when we had to run
some decisions, decisions that run contrary to all procedures,"
she emphasized as she continued on her defense.
URGENT INTERVENTION REQUIRED
In its letter, the Ebola Task Force tore the GAC apart for not
understanding the national emergency argument of the
crisis. As such the epidemic did indeed require urgent
intervention to prevent a worsening of the situation
Madam Auditor General, so urgent were the interventions
then required and undertaken, that it was often just simply
not practicable, indeed, not even sensible at all to insist on
contracts, tax clearances and the like without which, you
appear to believe, that everything else that was done even
under those circumstances, just simply do not matter at all.
Continued the Task Force Letter: The perspective of yours
is unfortunate and regrettable coming as it does from the
Auditor General of the Republic of Liberia, the Supreme Audit
authority of this country. Given that stunted and limited tunnel
perspective of yours, with specific reference to the work of the
NETF, you have not at all bothered to place any transaction
conducted by the task force in context or to otherwise take
that context duly into consideration in the writing of your
report.
By reasoning of that failure, the letter continued: You have
also NOT even as much considered all relevant pros and cons
and different perspectives BEFORE drawing the conclusions
indicated in your report. For that reason your report reads as
if the author lives in and has written, not about Liberia but
an entirely different country; or, for that matter, an entire
different planet.
The GAC in its report of the National Ebola Trust Fund for the
period August 1 to October 31, 2014 discovered that several
government officials at eight ministries and agencies of

government received and disbursed funding
without supporting documents.
The GAC report pointed out that the Incident
Management Team on Ebola headed by
Assistant Health Minister for Preventive
Services Mr. Tolbert Nyenswah, Mr. James
Dorbor Jallah and Dr. Wede Elliott should
be held liable for violating Section 66 (4)
of the Public Procurement and Concession
Commission (PPCC) Act, which regulates
protocols for government procurement,
contract and others.
The GAC mentioned in its audit report that
there were variances between the allowances
received by security officials who participated
in the fight against Ebola in the country.
The anti-graft commission stated that it
observed in the audit that US$672,617.56
was received and disbursed by the Ministry of
National Defense (MOD) without supporting
documents during the period under review
(August 1 to October 31, 2014).
REPUTATION IRRESPONSIBLY DAMAGED
But in its damning response to the GAC

Monday, the Incident Management Team
accused AG Gaye of irresponsibly damaging
what they described as their hard-earned
reputation.
You have irresponsibly damaged the hardearned reputation of members of the senior
leadership of the National Ebola Task
Force(NETF) that is otherwise alternatively
referred to, in your report as Incident
Management System(IMS). You have done
so with reckless disregard of all relevant
facts, along with appropriate supporting
documentation, that have been provided by
you.
In light of its rebuttal, the IMS demanded that
the GAC among other things, reissue portions
of its report pertaining to the specific activities
of the NETF or IMS, re-publicize the portion
of the reissued, ensuring that it receives equal
prominence as earlier given to the incorrect
and unsubstantiated allegations contained
in the report against the IMS not later than
5:00pm Monday, May 18, 2015.
The IMS declared that failure on the part of
the GAC to make the necessary adjustments
could lead to court action against the Auditor
General and the Commission for deliberate
libel.
The IMS also requested the Liberia Institute
of Certified Public Accountants(LICPA) to
render a formal professional assessment
conclusion on the professional quality of the
GAC report and if the LIPCA concurs that the
report is materially defective, to appropriately
sanction the GAC and LIPCA members of the
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GAC staff who were party to the report for

professional misconduct.
The IMS also threatened to report the Auditor
Generals unprofessional reporting to the
relevant USA State Board(s) of Accountability
wherein the AGs membership is currently
active, with a request to appropriate
disciplinary sanctions against the AG or any
member of her staff who is deemed culpable.
The IMS also said it would make a similar
request to the American Institute of Certified
Public Accountants(AICPA) and will report the
Auditor Generals unprofessional reporting
to both the President and the National
Legislature of Liberia, in order to bring to
the notice and attention of the President
and the Legislature that the Auditor General
is supremely unsuitable and incompetent
for the position. The Legislators may then
decide on whatever sanctions they deemed
appropriate under the law, the letter states.
PAYMENT TO BTP ADVISERS EXPLAINED
The Task Force also explained for the first time

the controversial US$30,000 payment to the
British Public Relations firm, BTP Advisers,
suggesting that the firm was PR back office
for the governments information machinery.
The letter to the Auditor General explained:
As so correctly stated in paragraph 4 of page
8 of your report, the amount of US$30,050.00
was transferred to BTP Advisers, a London
United Kingdom based international
consultancy firm for communication support
services to help in the fight against the Ebola
Virus Disease(EVD). What your report does
not say, for reasons not explained therein
and are not at all clear to us, is that, as also
previously explained to you on the subject.
The letter explained that the amount in
question was a specific line item in the special
emergency Ebola budget approved by the
President as part of efforts required to respond
to the national emergency under authority
of the President Republic of Liberia to the
UK-based firm, as professional fees charged
by the firm for assisting the Government of
Liberia in making its case to the world for
international assistance to Liberia and other
Ebola affected countries. The President of
Liberia has also directly confirmed to you that
she did indeed, specifically authorize those
payments, apparently based on her previous
knowledge of the caliber of work done by that
firm.
The Task Force letter explained that BTP
Advisers effectively served as the back office for
the professional publicity by the Government
of Liberia that prompted the world response
that has enabled Liberia to have avoided the
dire predictions(ten to twenty thousand new

Ebola cases per week, etc.) If the situation
then at hand was not swiftly contained as
then widely broadcast by organizations such
as the World Health Organization(WHO),
Medicins Sans Frontiers(MSF) and the like.
Excerpts from Incident Management System
Teams response to the GAC.
The Task Force team wrote that even though
the GAC was informed of the BTP payment by
the president, it still classified the payment
as improper because it was done without
supporting documentation such as receipt,
contract and details of the services provided
to justify the payment. On that particular
score, Madam Auditor General, it is just
plainly NOT at all true, that the transfer was

made without supporting documentation.
Regarding why it did not follow the
procedures of the Public Procurement
Concessions Commission(PPCC), the Task
Force explained: Please do keep in mind
that an emergency by its nature, particularly
in this case, basically meant a race against
time. Under the circumstances, a relaxation
of related PPCC requirements was so clearly
called for, whether de facto/and/or de jure.
It is both amazing and disappointing that for
some strange reason you stubbornly refuse
to accept this plain, simple, obvious and
undeniable rational fact.
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EDITORIAL IMPLEMENTING THE U.N.S
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Commentary
LIBERIA NEEDS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS

SERIOUS POLITICAL
PARTIES A
LIBERIA IS AFRICAS oldest independent Black Republic

after declaring its independence in 1847 but after 168
years of existence, the country still lacks well organized
and sustainable institutions including political parties.
IN THE EARLY days of the countrys political history
only one major political party existed - the Grand True
Whig Party (TWP) but in the late 70s the country politics
shifted and despite the multiplicity of political parties,
none of the parties has been able to form an organized
political institution.
ALL THE POLITICAL parties in Liberias history are built
around individuals and as such they short-live not going
beyond one regime.
IN OTHER COUNTRIES, political parties are
institutionalized and live beyond individuals but for
Liberia the expiration of one regime mean the collapse
of a political party.
POLITICIANS AND INDIVIDUALS follow the political
wind and follow where the wing blows, switching
allegiances to another side when things turn around.
WHEN IT WAS the tenure of the TWP, all politicians in
Liberia joined the party of the day with no real opposition
political party. Following the coup dtat in 1980, Samuel
K. Doe founded the National Democratic Movement of
Liberia (NDPL) and the trend repeated itself with all
politicians joining the NDPL as the TWP was no more,
completely dead.
WHEN FORMER PRESIDENT Doe left the scene, the
political pendulum shifted to the National Patriotic
Party (NPP) of Charles Taylor. All Liberian politicians
joined the NPP with President Sirleaf Vision 2024 when
he predicted that his NPP could have ruled Liberia from
1998 to 2024.
AFTER THE REGIME of Taylor, the NPP is now like any
other political parties in Liberia, no longer strong like it
was under the Taylor regime.
FROM 2005 WHEN the Unity Party won the presidential
election, the party has been the hot cake with politicians
joining in search for jobs. With two years left on the card
for the UP, some of the politicians who joined the party
have already started moving the other way.
TO NAME A few, Galakpai Kortimai has deflected; Dr.
Fodee Kromah and others have all crossed over to the
opposition Congress for Democratic Change (CDC).
THE LACK OF institutionalization of political parties has
made the politics in Liberia so complex to the extent that
succession trail is always difficult to determine.
ELECTIONS 2017 IS nearing as Liberians gear up for a
hectic general and presidential process. The pending
election is complex and could be one of the most
confusing political processes with no clear cut favorite
in the Presidential race.
IN OTHER COUNTRIES, the trend of succession is
sometimes close to call but for Liberia every presidential
election offers new variables and surprises which is
primarily due to the disorganized nature of political
parties both opposition and ruling.
SINCE 2005, THE CDC has shown some signs of
cohesiveness but not organized in a manner that
portrays a party capable of existing beyond George Weah.
Dr. Yossef Ben-Meir, President, High Atlas Foundation, Contributing Writer,

yossef@highatlasfoundation.org ; yossef@highatlasfoundation.org)
fter fifteen years of nations pursuing the

Millennium Development Goals established
by the United Nations, representatives of the
member states, along with experts and private
citizens, have defined Sustainable Development Goals
(SDGs) to help set the course for the next fifteen years.
All told seventeen goals have been developed which
together aim to end poverty and hunger; ensure access
to health and education for all; achieve gender equality as
well as greater equality between individuals and nations;
and protect the environment, combat climate change and
promote sustainable growth.
One critical SDG involves the strengthening of the means
by which nations can implement the overall vision. Is there
proven methodology that member states can consider
and adopt in this regard, even as the challenges and
opportunities they face are as diverse as humanity itself?
We suggest four specific factors that are applicable in this
case.
First, we know from decades of global project development
evaluations that peoples participation from design to
evaluation is the primary factor in determining whether
sustainability will be achieved. In order to promote effective
community participation, an administrative system that
is decentralized will empower local populations to make
decisions and assume responsibility for implementing the
social change they seek. Since sustainable development is a
reflection of the extent to which people own their particular
development process, it follows that institutionalizing local
open spaces so that people can come together and build
partnerships and shared action plans is of paramount
importance in achieving the SDGs.
A fortuitous occurrence is that in global terms
decentralization is on the rise, albeit for different reasons
in different countries. In a number of Arab Spring nations,
for example, the promotion of human development and
popular empowerment is - rightfully - part of a calculated
attempt to avoid political instability.
A second necessary measure at the national level is
capacity building among stakeholders to advance projects
that achieve the SDGs. Specifically, there is a critical role to
be performed by facilitators of local community meetings
and dialogue in order to promote participation. Trained
facilitators help to ensure that all voices are represented
and heard. Further, they are aware of pre-existing power
relationships and how to engage with these so as to guide
a development process in a manner that is broadly based
and just.
Third, it would be helpful if measures for sustainable
implementation were described in culturally relative
terms. In many societies the enduring precepts of peoples
participation in communal life leading to sustainable
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Similarly, the Liberty Party is also tied to Cllr. Charles W.

Brumskine and does not look a formidable party without
Brumskine.
NOW WITH ELECTION nearing, since these political
parties are not organized and capable of winning state
power alone, they are hastily forming collaboration,
merger or coalitions to get to state power.
LIBERIAN POLITICS HAS been dead and going forward,
societies are informed fundamentally by Islam. Integrated

Islamic and developmental concepts include shura, itself
the practice of participation and consultation; ummah
is the global integration of individuals and groups with
rights to solidarities and part of humanity as a whole
(decentralization); baya in Islamic tradition holds leaders
accountable; and tawhidi society is one that recognizes
the indivisibility of mankind. Ensuring that participation
and decentralization are explained in Islamic, rather than
Western, terms would allow Muslim people to see their
own outlook and values fully present and incorporated in
the steps needed to implement the SDGs.
Developmental concepts are also present in the Biblical
story of creation. And God said, Let us make Man in
our image, after our likeness. What is meant by us?
Jewish Sages recording a tradition dating back at least two
thousand years explain that God included the angels in the
decision to create humanity in order avoid conflict between
the angels and humankind (by being part of the decision,
angels accepted the outcome). God in effect created the
blueprint for consulting with others before embarking
upon initiatives. Only then did God create humankind
who by virtue of being formed in the Divine image are
enjoined to follow the Divine example.
Finally, policy development embarked upon by nations
in order to achieve the SDGs, occurs sustainably and most
suitably as local participatory processes unfold and light
is shed naturally upon policy opportunities that promote
sustainable development.
Peoples participation in a
sense tests the social system. In this way for example,
restrictions to the growth of civil society are clarified and
the necessary roles that could be played by public agencies,
in order to bring to fruition projects determined by local
communities, may be defined in greater detail. In sum, the
most effective policy development emerges from lessons
gained from the experience of community participation in
development.
In the same way as laws and policies to advance the
human condition, the SDGs find their efficacy only in their
processes of implementation. Indeed, in development
and social processes generally, the means are the ends
(or at least they determine them to a large extent). While
there are no absolute preconditions to sustainable human
development there are undoubtedly conditions conducive
to such development. Enabling local communities to plan
and implement their future in an empowering decentralized
environment is a recipe for success on an historic scale in
this respect.
Dr. Yossef Ben-Meir is president of the High Atlas
Foundation (http://highatlasfoundation.org/) .
the countrys politics is heading to purgatory land and
there is a compelling need for the building of a strong,
vibrant, institutionalized political party that can survive
for centuries even when the founders are nowhere around.
LIBERIA NEEDS POLITICAL parties built on ideologies,
principles and people oriented, not parties built around a
few individuals with ego for power and wealth.
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MURMURS AMID
LINGERING FEARS OVER
Massa Washington Top Commenter Clinical Supervisor/

Therapist at Wes
Well, Well, Well, we can see that the TRC is being vindicated for
recommending that people who directly destroyed their own
Country, own up to their actions, and sincerely make efforts at
reconciliation. Instead of being selfless and humble, perpetrators
holding state power and misapplying state resources, came after
TRC Commissioners so viciously attempting to destroy innocent
people's reputation who were just doing what the Liberian people
asked us to do... "to state the truth about what happened to our
country and make recommendations for moving the country
forward". Rather than addressing issues the report highlighted,
TRC Commissioners were attacked both publicly and privately,
putting a price tag on our heads as if we were criminals and the
ones responsible for the destruction of Liberia and the murdered
of nearly 300,000 ...
John-lord Baxter Follow Top Commenter Damansara, Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia
Well said, Massa. Posterity shall be the judge.
John-lord Baxter Follow Top Commenter Damansara, Kuala

Lumpur, Malaysia
I am making a personal appeal to my fellow Liberians back at home
and in the diaspora. It is about time we stop supporting criminal
elements only because they are members of our ethnicity, direct
family members, or friends of friends. We must be selfless, put our
country first, stand together as Liberians and not allow KILLERS
and THIEVES to create a divide amongst us. We must see them
for who they are as common criminals that are undermining the
development of our one country and it's people. Let's be realistic
ladies and gentlemen. No one who has killed another or has been
caught in corruption should go with impunity, be celebrated,
elected or appointed to any position of governance in our country
if we are to make significant progress as we work towards nation
building and removing our people from poverty. The time of
reckoning is at hand. Watch out all ye KILLERS and THIEVES who
have brought untold sufferings upon our people!!!
Sylvester Moses Top Commenter Works at Self-Employed
Is the anonymous ACDL member also suggesting that the murders
of the three nuns, whose presence in Liberia was simply to serve
our people, should also be handled by the TRC?
From 1984 to 1989 the entire leadership of the ACDL were
either lobbying to prevent aid to Liberia, or plotting invasions
in Freetown and Abidjan. Today some work for President Sirleaf
who begs in every capital of rich nation's for money to pay these
rascals obscene compensations. The irony is that some of these
anarchists now shake like leaves when they hear about small street
demonstrations.
Jay Wion Top Commenter Works at Amtrak Washington, DC
MY TURN: Someone said: Truth crushed to earth shall rise again

because no lie can live forever. The moral arm of the universe is
long and it is bent toward justice and justice usually triumphs over
injustice as good triumphs over evil.
War crimes and crimes against humanity carry no statute of
limitations. War criminals are still being hunted around the globe:
Nazi Germany and the Jewish holocaust, Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia,
Vietnam, Cambodia, Argentina, Rwanda, Sierra Leone and so shall
it be in Liberia.
The TRC Report is legal and binding. Those who brought war to
Liberia can run but they can't hide. We will not reward criminals.
There must be a deterrent mechanism against future war mongers.
99 days for rogue but one day for master.
We must have faith in the final morality of the universe. We didn't
get here on earth by some accident. Only the fool says in his heart
there is no God until when harm stares him in his face. Thou shall
not kill, says the oldest book in the world, the Holy Bible. You shall
reap what you sow.
Thanks for your calls and concerns. I worked yesterday but did not
work on Amtrak train 188 that derailed in Philadelphia in which
six people sofar were killed and 146 injured.
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EJS, WHY MR. WION?
The Editor:
The Editor,
t was with great happiness and relief that Liberia was

declared Ebola-free on Saturday, May 9, 2015. While the
country has gone over 42 days without a death from this
disease, it also experienced far more deaths than any other
African nation with 4,769 victims. The disease spread quickly for
many reasons including an inherent mistrust in government. I
would like to congratulate President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf on the
end to this deadly and disruptive crisis. She showed tremendous
courage and patience in the very difficult decisions she had to
make all while dealing with a system and subculture where many
of those involved in Liberia's government lack integrity. She
showed great determination in ensuring our country became rid
of this disease.
While Liberia can celebrate the end of this crisis, our neighbors
are continuing to fight and hope for an end to their own epidemics.
Guinea and Sierra Leone have seen a slowdown in the spread of
Ebola but are still experiencing deaths. The President will have
to continue to take the necessary and sometimes difficult steps
to be certain Liberia remains free of Ebola as there is a fear that
it can easily cross back into our country and take hold again. We
must also restart efforts such as the vaccination program that was
stopped to focus on the Ebola problem. Vaccinations, such as for
measles is imperative to keeping our children safe and healthy.
Recently the experts at the University of Southampton said as
many as 5,000 West African children are at risk if the vaccinations
do not start again soon. Our government must continue to work
hard to keep all Liberians safe and healthy.
In an effort to strengthen Liberia and Liberians, I encourage
President Sirleaf to establish a National Workforce Development
Board that will strategize about job creation nationwide and
support small business establishment among Liberians. As an
example, the residents of West Point recently renovated its school
with the help of United Nations and other donors. They also
organized themselves and successfully saw an end to the disease
a full five months before the rest of the country. Sadly, their
own government's involvement was lacking; this is an example
of where a strong and supportive government can build a great
nation. We can still do that.
I urge her to revamp and support the country's Peace and National
Reconciliation process as well as to continue to be bold and tough
during the final years of her last term to ensure that ordinary
Liberians become the true beneficiaries of her leadership.
Jones N. Williams is the founder of the New Liberia
Foundation.
hanks for the space provided. I write in response to

the letter written by one Mr. Jerry Wehtee Wion, with
the title: Weak Leadership Led to Ebola Deaths. I
have often read the many letters and critical comments
coming from the hands of Mr. Wion about the performances of the
Government of Liberia led by Madam Ellen Johnson- Sirleaf. Many
times in my views those comments are welcomed, eventhough
often spiced with half-truths; as these are parts and parcel of the
democratic process. Mr. Jerry Wehtee Wion seems to be one of
those Liberians who have been fortunate to travel out of Liberia
to their much cherished promised Land, the United States of
America; as such, they deport themselves as having the magic
wane solutions to all of Liberias problems.
Now coming to the aforementioned titled, written by Mr. Jerry
Wehtee Wion, I have not seen one of our own, whose origin is from
Liberia, seething with bitterness and resentment; as Mr. Wion
seems to be, he has not seen any good things done by this Unity
Party-led government of Madam Ellen Johnson- Sirleaf. Even as
we have had difficult fight with the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD)and
have come out successfully by Gods grace and the resilience of
the Liberian people supported by Liberia friends internationally,
Mr. Jerry Wehtee Wion, has no commendation for President
Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf and her hard working team but spite. Even
though, he isnt in Liberia now, but had painted pictures for
others; depicting that all was well in Liberia, until Ellen JohnsonSirleaf became president, especially, in the healthcare delivery
system; what a myth! How a so-called Journalist and political
commentator can feed us his usual half-truths as if we had not
lived in Liberia? The Ebola outbreak in Liberia was not the result
of weak leadership as claimed by our learned Journalist, even
some of our nationalistic medical doctors who decided to confront
the disease or epidemic succumbed because of it peculiarity and
that they did not know the protocol or procedures to follow; those
who survived, did so because of Gods grace and not how smart
they were.
Many international organizations criticized the World Health
Organization (WHO) for its slow response to the virus in West
Africa; if the United Nations with sufficient resources could not
move with terrific speed to confront the virus, how could Liberia
which had destroyed itself for14(fourteen)years do better?
Political commentator Wion, do some reflections and purify your
soul.
The only Liberian leader who made use of the medical facilities
at the John F. Kennedy medical center was the late assassinated
President (William Richard Tolbert); the rest have used external
facilities for their healthcare services. Mr. Wion is only interested in
knowing the salaries of the president and some cabinet Ministers
and not how Liberia became the first of the three countries to be
declared Ebola free by the World Health Organization (WHO).
How have you permitted hate and deceit to blind you?
Madam President is using her international connections and will
power to salvage our dear country. If you do not have anything
positive to say to us after losing our live ones to this invisible
enemy, then shut-up. Mr. Jerry Wehtee Wion, you are too envious
to think on any good that others have done for Liberia; only
negativity is exemplify in you, stay in your Promised Land and
leave us to re-develop our country. If it is prosecution that you are
talking about for corruption; then you have just failed. Ask God for
reprieved, I think Radio ELWA taught you that!
Thanks.
Gbada J. Flomo
gbadaflomo_312@yahoo.com
Paynesville
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Monrovia
he low-key visit to
Liberia last week of
two representatives
from the prosecutors
office in The Netherlands has
been linked to a purported
attempt to seek extradition
of some key figures of
Charles Taylors National
Patriotic Front of Liberia
allegedly responsible for the
killing of a Dutch woman
reportedly around the same
time four American nuns
were killed in the infamous
Operation Octopus battle,
FrontPageAfrica has learned.
Multiple sources confirmed to
FrontPageAfrica Monday that
after years of investigation the
Dutch government has finally
given the greenlight to pursue
alleged war crimes figures
linked to the killing of one of
its citizens in the same norm
the U.S. Federal Bureau of
Investigation is using to pursue
justice for five of its citizens,
catholic nuns, killed during
Octopus.
The Dutch government had
initially commenced its own
proceedings into the womans
death but reportedly hit a
wall until new evidence and
witnesses surface in recent
years.
The Dutch citizen, a woman
was reportedly married to
Liberian man at the time of
her death and ran a school
in the Bardnersville area.
Her husband, who has not
married since is said to still be
traumatized by his wifes death.
The womans name is being
protected due to the obscure
COULD LIBERIA LOSE EU FUNDING OVER
WAR CRIMES EXTRADITION?

The visit to Liberia last week of two representatives from the prosecutors office in The Netherlands has been linked to a purported
attempt to seek extradition of some key figures of Charles Taylors National Patriotic Front of Liberia allegedly responsible for the
killing of a Dutch woman reportedly around the same time four American nuns were killed in the Operation Octopus battle.
Rodney D. Sieh, rodney.sieh@frontpageafricaonline.com
nature of the investigation,

said a source privy to the
proceedings on strict condition
of anonymity in an interview
with FrontPageAfrica.
The representatives from the
Dutch prosecutors office
reportedly held discussion
with Justice ministry officials
in Monrovia but are said to be
unhappy with the governments
lukewarm response when
queries were made about the
possible extradition of those
identified as having knowledge
to the killing.
Solicitor General Betty Lamin
Blamo told FrontPageAfrica
Monday that she was unaware
of an extradition request from
the Dutch government. But
the two senior Dutch officials
reportedly met and had fruitful

discussions with pathologist
Isaac Moses, who performed
autopsies on the slain catholic
nuns and the Dutch woman.
The Dutch citizens killing
mirrors the killing of five
American nuns. That case was
recently announced reopened
by the FBI.
The investigative journal,
ProPublica reported recently
that a request to the FBI to
release the file on the nuns
case was declined as the FBI
claimed that the files are now
applicable to a pending or
prospective law enforcement
proceeding
and
could
reasonably be expected to
interfere with that proceeding.
One of those proceedings is
said to be the upcoming case

of Jucontee Thomas Woewiyu,
a former Defense Minister
in Charles Taylors National
Patriotic Front of Liberia who
was arrested in May 2014 by
the Department of Homeland
Security as an alleged war
crimes criminal. Woewiyu is
currently released but is under
house arrest.
The FBI immediately notified
the Illinois-based order, the
Adorers of the Blood of Christ,
also known as ASC about
Woewiyus arrest signaling
that Woewiyu could be asked
about the role the NPFL played
in the nuns death. "Apparently,
Woewiyu did not give the order
to kill the ASC sisters, but he
is implicated in that the killings
were accomplished under his

command," Cheryl Wittenauer
wrote to her supervisors in
communications published by
ProPublica.
The FBI, according to
ProPublica had previously said
the case was closed.
Christopher
Vambo,
a
former NPFL commander
known as General Mosquito
denied killing the nuns but
acknowledged that men under
his command may have done
so.
ProPublica quoted a former
deputy chief of mission at the
U.S. Embassy in Monrovia
Gerald Rose, who has sought
justice for the nuns for some
time as saying: I dont
think many American people
WOMEN REPORTING WOMEN-FEMALE

JOURNALISTS DISCUSS GENDER ISSUES
By: Bettie Johnson/
betty.johnson@
Monroviaeveral
female
reporters
from
various news outlets
have gathered to
identify issues affecting
gender in the Country.
The three day workshop

which is geared toward
gender sensitive reporting
was organized by the
West African Journalists
Association, Press Union of
Liberia with support from
the Norwegian Journalists
Union.
Speaking at the workshop,
Female
Journalists
Association
of
Liberia
(FEJAL) Coordinator, Torwon
Sulonteh Brown said she was
overwhelmed by the training
saying there are several
issues affecting women that
are not being reported by the
Media.
She urged female reporters
to continuously report on
gender sensitive issues as
it will be understandable
by citizens and will reduce
the high percentage of risk
involving women.
Journalist Brown named
1325 of the UN convention,
CEDAW, and African charter
on Democracy, election as
guides for female reporters
to get acquainted with in
reporting on gender sensitive
issues.
Providing an overview of
the media in Liberia, PUL
President Abdullai Kamara
disclosed that journalists
in Liberia still go to jail for
their speeches and the PUL
is working to decriminalize
media offenses.
He
said
though
the
decriminalization of the
remember that there were

five American citizens killed
during the Liberian war, he
said. I think if the American
people were aware of that,
they too would feel that justice
was not done. Hopefully this
freshly re-opened case will
force people to remember and
find the perpetrators.
Meanwhile, FrontPageAfrica
has learned that a meeting in
June has been planned for the
U.S. state of Massachusetts
bringing together prominent
Liberian journalists and war
crimes activists to share ideas
on possibilities of a war crimes
court for Liberia.
Also,
sources
tell
FrontPageAfrica that EU trade
ministers expected in Liberia
in July have been updated
about the new information in
the killing of the Dutch citizen
and are being urged to prevail
on Liberia to turn over those
linked to the killing. They
would use their ministers to
pressurized Liberia to do the
right thing, said a source privy
to the extradition discussion
Monday. With aid money in
the works, it would be a good
time to press the Liberian
government.
offenses is not easy, but said
the Liberian President is
yet to submit the law to the
Legislature.
Mr. Kamara said the PUL has
penalized Journalists who
violate the code of conduct.
Kamara also said the union
is focused on building
and strengthening gender
reporting and improving the
capacity of female journalists.
He added that the Media
Economy is poor and
journalists
salary
is
disgracefully low.
Mr. Kamara said the Union
is working with Media
managers to increase the
salaries of journalists.
He disclosed that media
managers are not listening
and have failed to comply with
the union on the collective
bargaining agreement.
Also speaking, Journalist Mae
Azango commenting on the
gender situation in Liberia
said parents determine the
role of children as most
decisions of children are
made by the parents in
Liberia.
Culture plays a major role
in females lives in Liberia,
and some culture dictate that
women should be seen but
not heard, she said.
Journalist Azango named
some of the issues affecting
gender
as
poverty,
trafficking, early, marriage,
sexual
exploitation,
illiteracy, persistent nonsupport, stigmatization and
discrimination among others.
Frontpage
HOPE FOR PRETRIAL DETAINEES, PUBLIC

DEFENDER NEW LEADERSHIP PLEDGES
Kennedy L. Yangian kennedy.yangian@frontpageafricaonline.com 0777296781
Monrovia he
prolonged
detention
of
defendants without
trial
in several
prison facilities across the
country continues to spark
criticisms against the justice
system by both local and
international organizations
working within the countrys
judicial system.
The countrys law provides
that
crimes
such
as
misdemeanor
requires
the period of 30 days in
detention for defendants that
are tried and found guilty but
that has not been the case in
most instance as defendants
found in this category stay in
jail longer than the statutory
period as required by law.
Fingers have been pointed at
magistrates who operate the
first court of instance as being
those responsible for the
over-crowdiness of prison
facilities and the prolonged
detention of inmates without
trial.
Magistrates are responsible
in the famous Monrovia

Central Prison, the newlyelected leadership of the
National
Association
of
Public Defenders of Liberia
(NADPOL)
has raised
concerns and promised to
provide legal services to
those defendants that cannot
afford lawyers to represent
them.
Atty. Elisha Forkeyoh Sr.,
who was elected president
along with three other
officials to steer the affairs
of the organization for the
last two years praised his
colleagues for the election
of the officials but claimed
that the organizations aim
and objective is to provide
legal services to indigent
defendants who cannot
afford a lawyer of his or her
own and vowed to provide
legal services to pre-trial
NAPDOL President Atty. Elisha Forkeyoh Sr.
detainees who cannot afford
for this overcrowdiness of evening and take them to jail Wilkins Wright.
lawyer.
prison facilities across the without acquainting them With the current statistics Let the Liberian people
country because they arrest with their rights to a lawyer, put out by prison monitors know that they have a right
people and hold then from am saying it without fear, in the country set at 800 to a lawyer once they do not
the morning hour to the said former Solicitor General pre-trial detainees held only have the money to obtain a
Page 7
lawyer and this is what we

are here to do for them said
Atty Forkeyoh
Attorney Forkeyoh, in a
FrontPageAfrica interview
Friday, stated that while
serving as president for
NADPOL for the last two
years, he and his officers will
be going from community
to community to educate
Liberians about their rights
to a lawyer under the law.
He praised the Judiciary for
providing the needed support
to public defendants in order
to perform their duties to
represent indigent clients in
court across the country.
Atty Forkeyoh also appealed
to partners of the judiciary
to come in and support the
current initiative of NADPOL
as the association looks
forward for both local and
international training of its
over 29 members across the
length and breadth of the
country.
The
Public
Defender
program was established in
2009 by the late Chief Justice
Johnnie Lewis to provide
legal service to indigent
clients at every stage of an
investigation starting from
criminal investigation up
to conviction and postconviction proceeding.
FINANCE MINISTER FALLS TO LIBEL SUIT,

SET TO PAY US$ 1.65M IN DAMAGES
Kennedy L. Yangian kennedylyangian@frontpageafricaonline.com 0777296781
Monrovia inance and Economic

Planning
Minister
Amara Konneh has
been found liable for
libel by the Civil Law Court
at the Temple of Justice and
ordered to pay over US1 in
damages, though his lawyer
has taken an appeal to the
Supreme Court for a final
decision.
Minister Konneh was sued
for libel in March 2013 by
one of the Finance Ministrys
employee and Director of
Large Tax Eric Nagbe.
Complainant Nagbe told the
court in late march 2013
that the minister accused
him of allegedly receiving
bribe
to
compromise
governments 2009 and 2010
audits in favor of the Luck
Development Corporation, BKay Pharmacy and Shehney
Incorporation and allegation
which he said was unfounded
and had no iota of truth in
them.
Also in his complaint to
the court, Nagbe stated
that
Minister
Konneh
subjected him to a full scale

investigation at the Internal
Audit Division.
The complainant further
states that he was subjected
to another investigation at
the Liberia Anti-Corruption
Commission (LACC) from
March to December 2012
where the LACC investigation
concluded that there was no
criminality on the part of the
plaintiff /Nagbe.
Nagbe explained that he
received a visa to travel to
the United States but was
denied entry upon arrival in
the U.S. based on the request
by Minister Konneh to the
revoke his visa and was
forced back home by the
Americans.
Nagbe further noted that
after the LACC investigation
found him not guilty, the
commission ordered the
minister to re-instate him
but the Minister failed to
adhere to the commissions
recommendation.
Due to the embarrassment,
stigma,
stereotype
and
inconvenience as the result
of the defendants action,
plaintiff requests your honor
to award the plaintiff not
less than US$1M in general
damages which is to be
decided by the jury the
plaintiffs complaint stated.
Contrary to the plaintiffs
lawyer argument that Nagbe
suffered injury as the result
of the ministers action
during the course of the
trial, the Ministers lawyers
represented by the Ministry

of Justice told the court

to dismiss the complaint
because the plaintiff did not
suffer any injury.
At the close of the trial in
its legal argument, lawyer
representing the plaintiff
led by Atty Arthur Johnson,
called on the court to bring
down the plaintiff liable
because they have proven
their case by presenting every
requirement needed to prove
libel. We presented copy
of the Inquirer Newspaper
that covered the Ministers
press conference and the
memorandum and placed
on the Ministrys bulletin
indicating the allegations
levied against our client, said
Atty. Johnson.
In his ruling on Friday Judge
Johanes Zogbay Zlahn ruled
in favor of the plaintiff
because the state failed to
prove its case.
In his ruling the judge found
the defendant liable for libel
and asked the defendant to
pay the amount of US$1M
though the state lawyers took
an appeal to the Supreme
Court sitting in its October
2015 for final opinion.
Atty Johnson praised the
courts decision adding that
the Judge gave the rule in the
interest of justice. This is a
landmark ruling of the court
which will demonstrate to
people in government who
want to use their position to
infringe on the right of other
people that the law is for
everyone, said Atty. Arthur
Johnson.
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UN INSTALLS INVESTIGATION ROOM CAMERA
NO MORE LYING ON POLICE
Monroviat was a scene of smiles on

the faces of police officers
working in the Criminal
Intelligence and Criminal
Service Departments at the
Liberia National Police.
The expression on the faces of
the officers was triggered when
the United Nations Mission in
Liberia and UNPOL officially
turned over a quick impact
project which includes the
provision of office equipment,
establishment of interview
room and a case file registry at
the LNP.
Speaking at the program during
the weekend, UNPOL head of
Crime Service Department,
Tomas Johansson said the LNP
is a primary law enforcement
agency and is responsible for
internal security.
The LNP remains in the
process
of
restructuring
and rebuilding to achieve a
sustainable level of operational
effectiveness and efficiency,
and the LNP is to transform the
organization from its current
reactive position to one of
community based-intelligence
driven public service, he said.
Johansson,
pointing
at
the office equipment said
the
Criminal
Intelligence
Department (CID) within
the LNPs structure has to
contribute to a more effective
crime prevention that will be
achieved through an improved
intelligence gathering system
through collaboration with
other agencies as well as with
the community.
To
effectively
combat
criminality that is an efficient
system
of
information
collection
including
the
Sometimes they say we can torture them when they are undergoing investigation
by the police and with this investigation room established, nobody will say negative
things about us anymore- William Mulbah; Deputy Police Director
Bettie Johnson/ betty.johnson@frontpageafricaonline.com
national crime and criminal

databases, collation, analysis
and dissemination necessary
for the development and
implementation
of
crime
strategies is needed for the
LNP, Johansson said.
The
UNPOL
CSD
head
continued: There are different
challenges that CID continues
to face to perform their specific
daily duties which include
the logistics resources and
the provision of basic office
furniture and equipment such
as filing cabinets, printers
shredder is to support the
CID agents daily performance
on information management
tasks and contribute to
improving its record keeping
system in different sections.
Johansson added that the
expected impact of the
provision
of
the
office
equipment, the CID will

benefit from the project by
enhancing its different sections
capabilities with equipment
for print and copy of gathered
information
reports
and
different
documents
for
further disseminations.
The resources will improve
its capability to scan and save
digital copies of key documents
for analysis purposes while

filling and storing hard copies
to maintain proper record
keeping of the information and
intelligence report, UNPOL
head stated.
Speaking on the establishment
of the interview room,
Johansson said the LNP CSD
with respect to interrogation
constitutes a serious challenge,
No lying on police
TRADEOFF?
Sirleaf Reinstatement of LIPA Officials Favors Minister designate Werners Confirmation

Henry Karmo (0886522495) henrykarmo@frontpageafricaonline.com
Monroviaources
close
to
the
Liberian
Senate have hinted
FrontPageAfrica that
the temporary reinstatement

of three officials from the
Liberia Institute of Public
Administration by President
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is a
the department does not

have an interview room as
a result the interrogation is
conducted in offices that are
not conducive due to space
and other interruptions by
personnel, the interrogation
offices are in deplorable
condition as furnishing are
worn out.
The UN personnel added
The aim of this project is to
establish quality police service
through the provision of
equipment and environment
conducive for conduct of
criminal investigations that
are professional, transparent,
and responsive and tailored to
prevent, detect, and investigate
crimes.
The UNPOL CSD head indicated
that the establishment of the
case file registry room is to
effectively maintain proper
record and quick retrieval of
cases filed in CSD at the LNP.
Responding, Deputy Police
boss, Col. William Mulbah said
investigation plays a key role in
the justice system, saying what
is sent to the judiciary matters.
tradeoff for the confirmation

of
Education
Minister
designate, George Werner.
According to the sources,
the Senate Committee on
Education chaired by Senator

Jewel Howard Taylor (Bong
County, National Patriotic
Party)
requested
the
reinstatement of the three
We as police officers go a long

way in regard to human life, for
example if one is arrested and
a case file is sent to the court
and proper investigation is
not done, we either damage
or rebuild lives based on what
LIPA officials previously

dismissed
by
President
Sirleaf to pave the way for the
Senate to confirm Minister
designate Werner who was
denied a while ago for the
post of Health Minister
before his appointment to
head the Education Ministry.
Close Senate sources indicate
that
Senator
Commany
Wesseh (Unity Party-River
Gee County) has earlier
requested the former CSA
boss, now Education Minister
designate to prevail on
President Sirleaf to reinstate
the three officials of LIPA
since they were dismissed
based on recommendation
from the CSA.
Since
the
request
by
the Senator was yet to
be
implemented
the
confirmation of Minister
designate Werner has been
delayed by the Senate, the
source added.
In a release issued by the
Executive Mansion, President
Sirleaf directed that the three
LIPA recently dismissed
be temporarily reinstated
pending the fulfillment of
certain conditions.
The officials include the
Deputy Director General
for
Administration
&
Management, Mr. P. Emerson
we sent to the court, said Col.

Mulbah.
Col. Mulbah continued: this
project builds the capacity
through a case file registry and
especially the interview and
the analysis room; thank God it
is televised so that people will
stop lying on police for torture
during investigation or saying
that they had no access to the
legal counsel while they were
undergoing investigation.
He
commended
UNMIL/
UNPOL for the project stating
that it will go a long saying it
is meaningful and will improve
their efficiency as cases will not
be thrown out of the windows
from court.
Most often our crime scenes
are intruded into and if there
is a crime mainly a murder or
homicide everybody wants
to enter which is very wrong.
Without these tapes crime
scene are damaged and it
causes embarrassment for us
and the tapes will barricade
the scene to protect evidence.
He added that though the CSD
has been empowered it is the
call for other departments to
look for support as the project
was established through the
intervention of former Police
Intelligence boss Thomas
Nimely known as (PI).
Col. Mulbah urged officers to
not misuse the items in order
to help the LNP win cases.
Meanwhile,
two
newly
appointed police officials Col.
Joseph Flomo and CID head
Jessie Harris commended
UNPOL for the project and
promised to use it for its
intended purpose.
Harris, Deputy Director

General for Training &
Development, Mr. Richard S.
Panton; and Deputy Director
General for Research &
Consultancy, Atty. Harris F.
Tarnue.
The Executive stated that
President Sirleaf's directive is
the result of an investigation
she ordered based on
documentation submitted to
her by the three LIPA officials
protesting their dismissal for
"unilaterally increasing their
salaries in the absence of the
Head of the Institute."
The sequence of events and
the facts uncovered from the
investigation did not uphold
the stated reason for the
dismissals, the Executive
Mansion release stated.
The statement furthered that
in light of the ongoing reform
of Government agencies
by the Civil Service Agency
(CSA), the three LIPA officials
will be required to compete
with other candidates in the
professional
recruitment
exercise to be conducted by
the CSA in order to retain
their respective.
ECOBANK LIBERIA LIMITED
PARKER AND ASSOCIATES, INC.
STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
Certified Public Accountants & Business Advisors

P. O. Box 1921
81 Sekou Toure Avenue, Mamba Point
Monrovia, Liberia
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2014 (CONTD)
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS REPORT
Note
Profit after tax
To the shareholders of Ecobank Liberia Limited
Other comprehensive income

Available for sale financial assets
net change in fair value
Related tax
Net amount reclassified to profit or loss
The accompanying statements of financial position, comprehensive income and cash flows are derived
from the audited financial statements of Ecobank Liberia Limited (the Bank) for the year ended 31
December 2014. We expressed an unmodified opinion on the financial statements in our report dated 30
April 2015.
The accompanying statements of financial position, comprehensive income and cash flows do not contain
all the disclosures required by International Financial Reporting Standards and in the manner required by
the New Financial Institution Act (FIA) 1999 and the prudential regulations of the Central Bank of
Liberia (CBL) applied in the preparation of the audited financial statements of the Bank. Reading the
accompanying statements of financial position, comprehensive income and cash flows, therefore, is not a
substitute for reading the audited financial statements of the Bank.
Total comprehensive income

Profit attributable to:
Equity holders of the Bank
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CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS &
BUSINESS ADVISORS
P O BOX 1921, MAMBA POINT
MONROVIA, LIBERIA
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Other comprehensive income, net of tax
In our opinion, the accompanying statements of financial position, comprehensive income and cash flows
are consistent, in all material respects, with the audited financial statements of Ecobank Liberia Limited
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Earnings per share

Basic earnings per share
16
Diluted earnings per share
16
Fees and commission income

Fees and commission expense
2013
LR$000
6
7
1,121,614
(229,178)
--------892,436
---------
972,505
(149,693)
---------822,812
---------
8
9
1,291,826
(2,528)
----------1,289,298
-----------
1,083,431
(2,940)
----------1,080,491
-----------
74,881
23,629
--------98,510
---------
129,919
60,790
--------190,709
---------
2,280,244
2,094,012
(300,275)
(1,647,553)
-----------332,416
(182,463)
(1,690,650)
-----------220,899
(83,134)
--------249,282
---------
5,007
--------225,906
---------
Net fees and commission income

Net trading income
Other operating income
10
11
Other income
Total income
Net impairment loss on financial assets
Operating expenses
12
13
Profit before tax

Income tax (expense) / credit
14
Profit after tax
225,906
(25,428)
6,357
44,948
--------25,877
--------275,159
=====
(44,948)
11,237
-------(33,711)
--------192,195
=====
249,282
=====
225,906
=====
0.04
===
0.04
===
0.04
===
0.03
===
2014
LR$000
2013
LR$000
249,282
225,906
104,812
300,275
(892,436)
(55,672)
83,134
--------
119,934
182,463
(822,812)
(19,562)
240
(32,753)
(5,007)
---------
(210,605)
----------
(351,591)
---------
481,623
366,343
(469,879)
(664,707)
197,025
----------(300,200)
(3,001,521)
(776,136)
2,947,958
(333,227)
72,225
-----------(1,442,292)
1,121,614
(229,178)
(50,641)
---------
972,505
(149,693)
(169,817)
----------
541,595
======
(789,297)
=====
(1,983,272)
1,999,497
(52,762)
---------(36,537)
=====
(2,111,156)
1,502,156
(219,535)
28,959
---------(799,576)
======
The notes on pages 19 to 68 formFOR

an integral
part ofENDED
these financial
statements.
THE YEAR
31 DECEMBER
2014
2014
LR$000
Net interest income
249,282
STATEMENTS OF CASHFLOWS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2014
Interest income
Interest expense
2013
LR$000
STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
Note
2014
LR$000
The notes on pages 19 to 68 form an integral part of these financial statements.
Note
Cash flows from operating activities
Profit for the year
Adjustments for:
Depreciation and amortization
Net impairment loss on financial assets
Net interest income
Profit on disposal of property and equipment
Write of property and equipment
Net gain on available for sale financial assets
Tax expense / (credit)
Cash outflows from operating activities
before changes in operating assets
and liabilities
Changes in operating assets and liabilities
Loans and advances
Other assets
Customer deposits
Other liabilities
Borrowings
Interest received
Interest paid
Income tax paid
Net cash generated from/ (used in) operating
activities
Cash flow from investing activities
Acquisition of investment securities
Proceeds from redeemed investment securities
Acquisition of property and equipment
Proceeds from sale of property and equipment
18
18
22
Net cash used in investing activities

The notes on pages 19 to 68 form an integral part of these financial statements.
STATEMENTS OF CASHFLOWS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2014 (CONTD)
Note
Cash flow from financing activities
Dividend paid
Investment in equity shares
Proceed from issue of shares
Net cash used in financing activities
Net increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents at 1 January
Cash and cash equivalents at 31 December
35
2014
LR$000
2013
LR$000
----------------505,058
(116,292)
(1,147)
56,249
--------(61,190)
-----------(1,650,063)
8,355,225
-----------8,860,283
======
10,005,288
------------8,355,225
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RONT
IN BRIEF
EGYPTIAN COURT SEEKS

DEATH PENALTY FOR
EX-PRESIDENT MURSI
CAIRO (Reuters) n Egyptian court

on
Saturday
sought the death
penalty
for
former president Mohamed
Mursi and 106 supporters of
the Muslim Brotherhood in
connection with a mass jail
break in 2011.
Mursi and his fellow
defendants,
including
top Brotherhood leader
Mohamed
Badie,
were
convicted for killing and
kidnapping
policemen,
attacking police facilities and
breaking out of jail during
the uprising against Hosni
Mubarak.
The court's request drew
condemnations
from
Amnesty International and
Turkish President Tayyip
Erdogan.
The final ruling is expected
to be made on June 2.
The court sought capital
punishment in a separate
case for Brotherhood leader
Khairat el-Shater and 15
others for conspiring with
foreign militant groups
against Egypt.
STRONG AFTERSHOCK
HITS NEPAL, NEAR
KATHMANDU: USGS
(Reuters) magnitude
5.7
earthquake hit Nepal
on Saturday, about
76 km east south east
of the capital Kathmandu, at a
shallow depth of 10 km, the U.S.
Geological Survey said.
A 7.8 magnitude earthquake
struck on April 25, killing more
than 8,000 people and there
have been a series of aftershocks
since then.
BAGHDADI MESSAGE
REAFFIRMS IS LEADERSHIP
Baghdad (AFP) he
Islamic
State's
release of an audio
message by Abu Bakr alBaghdadi reaffirmed his
leadership of the group following
a six-month silence and rumours
over his health.
In his half-hour speech posted
on jihadist forums on Thursday,
Baghdadi calls for a general
mobilisation and urges all
Muslims to move to the caliphate
he proclaimed last year or wage
jihad (holy war) wherever they
are.
"I think this release partly has to
do with rumours of his supposed
incapacitation," said Aymenn
Jawad al-Tamimi of the Middle
East Forum research group.
Rumours emerged last month that
Baghdadi was seriously wounded
in a March air strike and had
relinquished the organisation's
leadership to a militant called Abu
Alaa al-Afari.
WORLD NEWS
ILGA STATE-SPONSORED
Geneva, 13 May 2015

few days before
the
International
Day
Against
Homophobia
and Transphobia, ILGA,
a human rights advocacy
group launches at the Palais
des Nations in Geneva the
10th edition of its annual
report on State-Sponsored
Homophobia, a world survey
of laws: criminalization,
protection and recognition of
same-sex love, authored this
year by Aengus Carroll and
Lucas Paoli Itaborahy.
While in 2006 said the
Authors 92 countries
criminalized same-sex sexual
acts between consenting
adults, we now see this
number falling down to
76 countries in 2015.
However, the situation is
still unacceptable: more
than one-third of the worlds
States consider same-sex
sexual activity illegal. On the
other hand, although 2013
saw an alarming rise in the
number of States considering
a new wave of criminalization
through
homosexual
propaganda laws, in fact
only a small number actually
implemented them.
Surveys said ILGA CoSecretaries General Ruth
Baldacchino
and
Helen
Kennedy are there for
interpretation
and
our
general interpretation of this
world survey is that some
countries have it better or
worse than others. However,
we do not stop there. We
see the analysis of the legal
situation in countries as one
of many layers of analysis.
This report provides us with
a solid platform from which
to
understand,
discuss,
lobby, advocate and analyze
further.
When we lift that legal layer
continued
Baldacchino
and Kennedy we find
many brave individuals,
organizations
operating
on
shoestring
budgets,
networks
of
activists,
scholars, policy-makers and
other professionals, risking
their livelihood (and often
their lives) to fight for what
is right. We find lesbian, gay,

bisexual, trans, intersex and
queer people maneuvering
through political, social,
religious,
cultural
and
linguistic battles to be
recognized and respected.
These are efforts, initiatives
and actions that empower
us.
As expected, a picture of
lights and shadows emerges
from the report, in particular:
There are 117 countries
(UN Members) where same
sex sexual acts between
adults in private are legal.
Mozambique and Palau have
decriminalized same-sex acts
in 2014 and Lesotho in 2010.
There are 76 countries where
same-sex sexual acts are still
illegal. Chad introduced a
new Penal Code in 2014,
punishing anyone who has
sex with persons of the same
sex.
In relation to death penalty,
eight
States
officially
legislate for it, but only five
(Mauritania, Sudan, Iran,
Saudi Arabia and Yemen)
actually implement it, but
a sixth State, Iraq, although

not in the civil code, clearly
has judges and militias
throughout the country that
issue the death sentence for
same-sex sexual behaviors.
Further, some provinces in
Nigeria and Somalia officially
implement the death penalty.
We are also aware that in
the
Daesh(ISIS/ISIL)-held
areas the death penalty is
implemented (although a
non-State actor, it is listed
in the report).
Brunei Darussalam is due to
activate the death penalty for
same sex sexual acts in 2016,
but it seems likely that like
Pakistan, Afghanistan and
Qatar although it is on the
statute, it will not be
implemented.
Regarding the recent legal
practice, emerging from
Russian
provinces
first
in 2006, to criminalize
the
propaganda
of
homosexuality, it is with
some relief that we note
that in fact to date only four
countries
actually appear to have
adopted this on their statute
books: Algeria, Lithuania,
Nigeria and Russia.
Discrimination
in
employment based on sexual
orientation is now prohibited
Before the sun had risen, the

commandos flew back to Iraq
where Abu Sayyaf's wife, Umm
Sayyaf, was being questioned
in U.S. custody, officials said.
Abu Sayyaf was described by
one official as the IS "emir of
oil and gas," although he also
was targeted for his known
association with the group's
leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
U.S. officials said it was likely,
given Abu Sayyaf's position,
that he knew about more than
just the financial side of the
group's operations.
The U.S. official said his
removal
probably
has
temporarily halted IS oilrevenue operations, critical to
the group's ability to carry out
military operations in Syria
and Iraq and to govern the
population centers it controls.
But U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff,
the top Democrat on the
House Intelligence Committee,
cautioned against exaggerating
the long-term gain from killing
Abu Sayyaf.
He said IS, like al-Qaida, "has
proven adept at replacing its
commanders and we will need
to keep up the pressure on its
leadership and financing."
A U.S. Treasury official told
Congress in October that IS

militants were earning about
$1 million a day from black
market oil sales alone, and
getting several million dollars
a month from wealthy donors,
extortion rackets and other
criminal activities, such as
robbing banks. Kidnappings
were another large source of
cash.
U.S. airstrikes in Syria since
September have frequently
targeted
IS
oil-collection
facilities in an effort to
undermine the group's finances.
IS controls much of northern
and eastern Syria as well as
northern and western Iraq,
despite months of U.S. and
coalition airstrikes and efforts
by the U.S.-backed Iraqi army
to retake territory. IS holds
most of the oil fields in Syria
and has declared a caliphate
governed by a harsh version of
Islamic law.
Also Saturday, activists said IS
fighters pushed into the Syrian
town of Palmyra, home to
famed 2,000-year-old ruins.
The U.S. Army raid occurred
one day after the U.S.-led
campaign to roll back IS gains
in Iraq suffered a significant
setback in Ramadi, the capital
of Anbar province. IS fighters

are reported to have captured
a key government building in
Ramadi and have established
control over a substantial
portion of the city, officials
have said.
U.S. House Speaker John
Boehner, in a written statement
Saturday praising the raid into
Syria, said he was "gravely
concerned" by the IS assault on
Ramadi and that it threatened
the stability and sovereignty of
Iraq.
IS has made major inroads at
Iraq's Beiji oil refinery complex
in recent days. Reports vary,
but U.S. officials have said
IS is largely in control of the
HOMOPHOBIA REPORT 2015 OUT
in 63 countries, including
Chile (2012), Samoa (2013),
Namibia (2004) and city of
Buenos Aires in Argentina
(2015).
A total of 7 countries have a
constitutional
prohibition
to discrimination based on
sexual orientation, including
Mexico (2011) and Virgin
Islands (2007) associate
of the United Kingdom Hate crimes based on sexual
orientation are considered
an aggravating circumstance
in 34 countries. Laws in this
respect have been identified
in
several
European
countries, including Andorra
(2005), parts of Bosnia
and Herzegovina (2013),
Iceland
(2004),
Kosovo
(2013), Lithuania (2009),
Montenegro (2010), Norway
(1994),
Serbia
(2012),
Slovakia (2013), Slovenia
(2008).
Incitement of hatred based
on sexual orientation is
prohibited in 31 countries.
Austria has introduced such
law in 2011, Hungary in
2013, Montenegro in 2010
and Switzerland in 2015.
Marriage is open for samesex couples in 18 countries,
including in Luxembourg
and Slovenia, both in 2015.
The state of Coahuila in
Mexico
and 19 further
states in the United States of
America have passed samesex marriage laws in 2014,
bringing the total number
of states legislating for
marriage equality to 37 (plus
the District of Columbia).
Finland approved a marriage
equality law in 2015 that
will come into force in 2017,
while Estonia approved a
similar law in 2014, to come
into force in 2016.
Joint adoption by samesex couples is legal in 19
countries. It was legalized
in Luxemburg and Malta in
2014, and in Austria , Ireland
and Slovenia in 2015.
US SAYS IS HEAD OF OIL OPERATIONS KILLED IN US RAID IN SYRIA
BEIRUT (AP)
n a rare ground attack
deep into Syria, U.S.
Army commandos killed
a man described as the
Islamic Group's head of oil
operations, captured his wife
and rescued a woman whom
American officials said was
enslaved.
A team of Delta Force
commandos slipped across the
border from Iraq under cover
of darkness Saturday aboard
Black Hawk helicopters and
V-22 Osprey aircraft, according
to a U.S. defense official
knowledgeable about details
of the raid. The official was
not authorized to discuss the
operation publicly and spoke
on condition of anonymity.
The Americans intended to
capture a militant identified by
U.S. officials as Abu Sayyaf.
When they arrived at his
location, a multi-story building,
they met stiff resistance, the
U.S. official said, and a firefight
ensued, resulting in bullet-hole
damage to the U.S. aircraft.
Abu Sayyaf was killed, along
with an estimated dozen IS
fighters, U.S. officials said.
No American was killed or
wounded.
refinery, as well as the nearby

town of Beiji. It's on the main
route from Baghdad to Mosul,
the main IS stronghold in
northern Iraq.
U.S.
Defense
Secretary
Ash Carter in Washington
announced the raid, followed
soon after by word from the
White House.
Bernadette
Meehan,
spokeswoman for the U.S.
National Security Council, said
in a statement that the woman
who was freed, a Yazidi,
"appears to have been held as
a slave" by Abu Sayyaf and his
wife. She said the U.S. intends
to return her to her family.
The Eagles struck either

side of half-time to condemn
Brendan Rodgers' side to
defeat and move to within
two points of the top half of
the Premier League table
rystal Palace spoiled

Steven
Gerrard's
farewell party with a
3-1 Premier League
win over Liverpool at Anfield.
Gerrard's final appearance
on his home ground before
joining Major League Soccer
outfit Los Angeles Galaxy
dominated the pre-match
build-up and Adam Lallana's
26th-minute opener meant
the 34-year-old's 354th
competitive Anfield outing
was all set up to end in
success.
But Palace ignored the script,
as the brilliant Yannick
Bolasie and Jason Puncheon
led the charge against a
shaky Liverpool backline, the
latter equalising with a freekick late in the first-half.
Visiting substitute Wilfried
Zaha scored 22 seconds after
his 59th-minute introduction
and then won a late penalty
that Glenn Murray converted
on the rebound, as Alan
Pardew's team completed a
deserved league double over
the Merseyside outfit.
The 120th Premier League
goal Gerrard and his adoring
faithful craved proved elusive
and Liverpool now head into
the final weekend of the
season yet to secure UEFA
Europa League qualification.
Gerrard was afforded a guard
of honour by the players from
both sides and a thunderous
reception from the Anfield
crowd as he entered the
field separately with his
daughters, Lilly-Ella, Lexie
and Lourdes.
The pre-match festivities,
capped by a spine-tingling
rendition of 'You'll Never
Walk Alone', gave way to an
initially subdued contest
Sports
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LIVERPOOL 1-3 CRYSTAL PALACE
A. Macaulay Sombai, sombai121@gmail.com
CHELSEA HAVE GIVEN

CECH PERMISSION
TO LEAVE - AGENT
finish emphatically.
Palace should have been level
in the 29th minute when
Bolasie outmuscled Dejan
Lovren to send in a low cross
from the right. Emre Can
could only clear as far as Joe
Ledley, who blazed a shot
wastefully over.
Mignolet got down well to
keep out a deflected strike
from Puncheon and the same
player gave the Londoners
the equaliser they deserved
two minutes before half-time.
Can was booked for bringing
Bolasie down in full flight
on the edge of the box and
Puncheon left Mignolet redfaced by whipping a fine leftfooted free-kick across the
goalkeeper and into his side

of the net.
Liverpool wing-back Jordon
Ibe drove a shot into the side
netting after 49 minutes after
a strong start to the second
half from Palace.
Jordan Henderson also had
an effort deflected wide
but the visitors continued
to attack with the greater
authority and Zaha's instant
impact put them ahead.
Bolasie
was
again
instrumental, cutting the
ball back across the six-yard
box for his fellow attacker to
score with his first touch.
Gerrard finally enjoyed a
sight of goal in the 64th
minute, arrowing a drive
towards the bottom corner

that Wayne Hennessey saved.
Once more, Palace responded
and Bolasie turned inside
Skrtel to rattle a shot against
the crossbar.
The
fairytale
ending
ultimately proved beyond
Gerrard, with Zaha winning
a 91st-minute penalty although fellow substitute
Lucas Leiva's foul appeared
to be fractionally outside the
area.
Murray, another substitute
who had already struck
the post, fired home after
Mignolet had saved his initial
spot-kick before Anfield rose
to acclaim its hero at fulltime.
he got a splendid pass from

Monue Jimmy.
Barrolle could have conceded
more goals if it was not
goalkeeper Seku Boyah who
denied IE players several clear
scoring opportunities.
Earlier in the day, Keitrace
FC recorded the tournament
first victory through penalty
shootout against Aries FC
after the two teams settled
to a 1-1 draw during the full
90-minutes of play.
Amadiel Kawah scored the
tournament opening goal for
his side Keitrace FC in the
16th
minute but Musa Bah

equalized for Aries in the 60th
minute.
Stephen Jayee failed to utilize
Aries FC opportunity of
advancing to the second round
of the tournament after he
missed his side last penalty
kick that could have given
them victory as they lost 5-4 in
the penalty shootout.
The Head Coach of IE Papa
Kamara described his side

2-0 triumph over Barrolle as
a step forward and urged his
players to take each game in
the tournament serious.
As we all know this is a
knockout tournament, we are
presently participating in and
so we all have to do our best
in order for us to finish as
champions and that aim can
only come true if we maintain
our winning spree against
our opponents, said Coach
Kamara.
On the other hand, Goalkeeper
Sekou Bayoh who made several
brilliant saves for Barrolle,
blamed his fellow players for
their team quick exit from the
tournament.
I blame my fellow players
especially the midfield and
forward line for our team quick
exit from the tournament
because they lacked total
ball possession, shot on goal
and finishing touches, the
goalkeeper said.
Goalkeeper Bayoh disclosed

that they agreed to participate
in the ongoing President Cup
tournament and the just ended
Coca-Cola tournament in order
for Head Coach Benjamin
Saydee and members of his
technical staff to be able to
know the best players on the
two squads and prepare for
the LFA 2015 national league
season.
We agreed to take part in those
competitions so that we will
be able to select good players
for our final squad for the LFA
2015 national league season
and not to win trophies, Coach
Saydee said.
The goalkeeper urged his
fellow players to learn from
their past mistakes and to now
increase their training at the
highest degree if they wish to
be part of the final selection for
the league season.
The tournament is sponsored
by Srimex OIL and Kailondo.
TRADITIONAL RIVALS FACEOFF AT PRESIDENT ANNUAL FOOTBALL CUP TOURNEY
Monroviaiberia
traditional
soccer rivals Invincible
Eleven (IE) and Mighty
Barrolle faceoff on
Friday on Day one of the
2015 annual President Cup
tournament at the Blue Field
Sports pitch on Lynch Street.
The Yellow Boys got the better
of their rival as Shalle Quiah
SPORTS
MURRAY, PUNCHEON & ZAHA SPOIL

GERRARDS ANFIELD FAREWELL
with a testimonial-feel, as
neither team created any
chances of note during the
opening exchanges.
Palace winger Bolasie almost
scored the opening goal
after 23 minutes when his
speculative shot spun wide
off Liverpool defender Martin
Skrtel with goalkeeper Simon
Mignolet beaten.
Ex-Liverpool defender Martin
Kelly featured as one of five
changes to an experimental
Palace line-up and he had an
unwitting hand in his former
teams opener - playing a
dreadful pass back towards
fellow centre-back Scott
Dann for Lallana to intercept,
charge through on goal and
got the match opening goal

in the 55th minute through a
header after receiving a cross
from teammate Julius Nah.
Both teams ended the first
half goalless but IE performed
better through ball possession
and shots on goal.
Jimmy Gray scored the Yellow
Boys second goal in the 89th
minute through spacing after
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Chelsea
forward
Andre
Schurrle
was
delighted to hear
from Jose Mourinho that he
will receive a winners' medal
despite leaving Stamford
Bridge for Wolfsburg during
the
Blues'
triumphant
campaign.
The Germany international
struggled for form and
playing time in the first half
of 2014-15, something on
which he feels that his World
Cup exploits played a big
part, but will be recognised
for his efforts.
Harbouring
no
grudge
over his exit from Chelsea,
Schurrle paid tribute to those
who had secured them the
trophy.
"I didn't know that I'd get
a medal when I didn't play
most of the second half of
the season," he told the BBC
World Service.
"Jose Mourinho sent me a
text to say that I'd get a medal
and he asked me to come to
the last game. That was very
nice for me.
INTER 1-2 JUVENTUS:

HANDANOVIC HOWLER
GIFTS CHAMPIONS THE WIN
oberto
Mancini's
men face a real
battle to reach the
European
spots
after Alvaro Morata's late
strike somehow evaded his
grasp
Inter's
European
hopes
were dealt a crushing blow
by Juventus on Saturday
as a howler from Samir
Handanovic
gifted
the
champions a 2-1 win.
IVORY COAST GOVERNMENT

INVESTIGATES UNPAID BONUSES
vory Coast's ministry

of interior affairs has
launched an investigation
into unpaid bonuses which
should have been given to the
country's victorious 2015 Africa
Cup of Nations squad.
Players and officials were
promised
a
substantial
financial reward by the Ivorian
government for winning the
tournament in Equatorial Guinea
in February.
There has been a lengthy delay
in the money reaching some
squad members, prompting
both coach Herve Renard and
midfielder Serey Die to question
why.
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Monroviariminal Court D at
the Temple of Justice
was Monday a scene
of disbelief when
six alleged armed robbers
pleaded guilty while two
others denied the charges.
The six alleged armed
robbers who face other
charges including attempt to
commit murder, conspiracy
and facilitation admitted
their guilt right after the
indictment was read to them.
Are you guilty? Yes, we
are guilty all six of the
armed robbers responded
unanimously in open court.
Although the six young
men believed to be in their
early thirties have pleaded
guilty but are required to go
through the normal formality
of trial as required by law.
By their plea of guilt the
defense lawyer Atty. Jallah
Zumo asked the court to grant
the six defendants separate
trial from the two others who
denied any involvement in
the act.
State lawyers led by Cllr.
Sunifu Sheriff interposed
no objection to the request
made by the lone defense
lawyer Atty. Zumo who is also
a public defense lawyer.
Presiding Judge Johannes
Zlahn granted the request for
separate trial while the case
was adjourned to resume at
9: am Wednesday May 21,
2015.
The eight alleged robbers
OPEN CONFESSION
Six Armed Robbers Plead Guilty In Open Court
Kennedy L. Yangian kennedylyangian@frontpageafriconline.com 0777296781
who have been in jail since

October 2012 are held for
series of armed robbery
incidents that took place in
Paynesville and Newport
Street in Central Monrovia.
The court indictment stated
that the October 20, 2012
armed robbery in which
the men were held took
place in Paynesville and the
victim (name withheld) was

placed under gun point, as
the alleged robbers used
cutlasses and other deadly
weapon with a plan to kill the
victim.
Items including cell phones
valued at US$710, 00, one
laptop computer valued
US$1,200.00, one watch
valued US$10. 00 and cash
in the amount of US$ 600.00

and L$5,000 were reportedly
stolen.
On October 28, 2012 on
Newport Street the alleged
armed robbers also placed
the victim under gun
point and took away cash
amounting to US$2, 500,
assorted packs of scratch
cards valued US$832.00 and
assorted cell phones placed

on charge by the victims
customers.
Another armed robbery
incident allegedly by the
men is reported to have also
taken place on October 30,
2012 on the Duport Road in
Paynesville.
The indictment also stated
that a police officer assigned
deny the health minister

designate because according
to them she has been part of
an administration with no
interest in the welfare of health
workers demonstrated by
their failure to place on payroll
sacrificing health workers and
refusal by former Minister, Dr.
Walter Gwenigale to reinstate
dismissed health workers.
He served as Deputy Head of

the National Malaria Control
Program (NMCP) during the
audit period and was recently
nominated by President Ellen
Jonson-Sirleaf as a Deputy
Minister, Ministry of Health.
The nominations come amid
growing concerns about how
Liberia intends to improve its
broken health system in the
aftermath of the deadly Ebola
outbreak.
MINISTER DESIGNATE DAHN CONFIRMATION ON HOLD

- SENATE HOLDS HEARINGS FOR MOH OFFICIALS
Henry Karmo (0886522495) henrykarmo@frontpageafricaonline.com
Monroviahe Liberian Senate

Committee
on
Health
Monday
held
confirmation
proceedings for two of the
four candidates nominated by
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
to the Ministry of Health.
Dr.
Francis
Kateh
and
Mr. Edward B. Tolbert,
Chief Medical Officer and
Deputy Health Minister for
Administration
designate
respectively met the senate
committee without Dr. Bernice
Dahn and Tolbert Nyenswah
Minister and Deputy Minister
for
Preventive
Services
designate respectively.
According to the Committee
Chairman,
Senator
Peter
Coleman,
(Congress
for
Democratic
Change-Grand
Kru County) the two nominees
could not appear before the
senate because
committee
members agreed that the
nominees appear two at a time

to provide the Senators the
opportunity to ask important
questions on the health sector.
On whether the Committee is
giving any consideration to the
allegations against Dr. Dahn
and Nyenswah by the General
Auditing Commission (GAC)
on the alleged misapplication
of Ebola funds he said, the
committee will go ahead with
confirmation proceedings.
Senator Coleman said: That
will be left with the public
account committee (PAC). That
report is being evaluated and
they will make the necessary
recommendation and the
legislature will act upon that
recommendation.
Senator Coleman who chairs
the committee that denied
Mr. George Werner as Health
Minister said, despite the
decision to leave the issue of
the GAC report with the PAC
each senator on the committee
has a vote to decide the

confirmation of the two.
At the committee level each
senator has a vote and at the
plenary level each senator has
a vote and if a senator decides
that by virtue of the fact that
because these people are
being accuse by the GAC will
influence his or her vote than
that is it, Senator Coleman
said.
Speaking on the issue of
protesting health workers
whether that could influence
the decision of the senate to
deny Dr. Dahn and Nyenswah he
said, Dr. Dahn has responded to
the health workers complaints
against her to the senate and
that response will be read in
plenary as was done with the
health workers and decision
on next step will be left with
the senate.
Health workers last month
wrote the Liberian Senate
requesting that body to
Nyenswahs Position not

legislated
Commenting
on
Deputy
Minister Nyenswahs position deputy minister for preventive
services he said, the position
has not been legislated and
probably
the
President
could provide a proposal for
amendment to the law but
noted that till than Deputy
Minister Nyenswah is not a
candidate for confirmation.
Currently, the Ministry is no
longer Ministry of Health and
Social Welfare, it is now the
Ministry of Health and Senator
Colman believes that the act
that will change the Ministry as
Ministry of Health might have
the amendment calling for the
position of Deputy Minister for
Preventive Services.
Nyenswah the Head of
the
countrys
Incident
Management System (IMS), the
organization that coordinates
Government
Ebola
Virus
Disease efforts has been
implicated by the GAC in
financial and administrative
malpractices at the Ministry of
Health during the audit of the
Ministry for the 2006/2007
and 2007/2008 fiscal years.
Putting 4,000 health workers

on payroll
At the confirmation hearing,
Tolbert Deputy Health Minister
for administration designate
said if confirmed he will work
with the Ministry of Finance
and Development Planning
(MOFD) to generate 9 Million
to place on payroll 4,000 health
workers who are currently
providing voluntary services.
He also promised to work
to encourage international
with the Liberia National

Police (LNP) (name withheld)
was shot in while the armed
robbers made away with
US$800.
The indictment furthered
that on November 9, 2012 on
the 15th Street the men were
also involved and placed
the victim at gun point and
made away with a watch
valued at US$4,700 while in
November another incident
took place on the Paco Island
and the alleged robbers were
reported to have made away
with watch valued US$400.00
According to the indictment
the actions of the men
violate Section 4LCLR of the
statutory laws of the Republic
of Liberia, the indictment
stated.
The alleged armed robbers
named in the indictment
are: Junior Roberts, Daniel
Gbor, Amuchie Karpeh, James
Sonpon, Abu Sheriff Kerme
Baysay.
Others are: Juniro Mulbah,
Bigboy Ballah, Elijah Brown
while the two others alleged
robbers to stand separate
trials are Mamadee Kamara
and Jacob Vetekeh.
partners
to come in with
support.
Tolbert who worked as
auditor and audited several
government agencies including
the Health Ministry said, the
MOH like all other Ministries
has problems and as an auditor
he has been wondering how
some of what he saw happened.
I have seen many things
as auditor and I sometimes
wonder how these things
I have seen happened, he
stated.
The Deputy Health Minister for
administration also promised
to make himself available to
the legislature Public Accounts
committee where they may
need him to respond to issues
raised in audit reports he
participated in.
Should the PAC call upon me
based on finding in the audit
report I will put my audit hat
on. The MOH is not clean,
Tolbert said.
For his part Dr. Kateh promised
to also negotiate with health
workers in case of problems
and ensure that workers are
encouraged to sacrifice in case
of disaster like Ebola.
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A FRIEND INDEED
SIME DARBYS CONTRIBUTION TO THE FIGHT AGAINST EBOLA IN LIBERIA
We were aware of the challenges faced by women, children and the elderly. We were the only people they could turn to at
that time- so we were there for them, as always. Toushi Itoka, Social Program Manager, Sime Darby Plantation Liberia
ime Darby Plantation

Liberia (SDPL) was a
major partner standing
with
the
Liberian
government in fighting the
deadly killer disease - Ebola.
Liberia was among a list of
three West African nations
plagued with the largest Ebola
outbreak in human history.
Being one of the largest
employers in Liberia, and
the largest in the Western
region of the country, the
company quickly joined other
international aid organizations
to bring much needed relief to
a desperate population that
was on the brink of a global
humanitarian catastrophe.
In August 2014, during the
heat of the deadly pandemic,
Liberian
President
Ellen
Johnson Sirleaf who now
celebrates
her
countrys
victory over the killer disease
launched an international
SOS call- appealing to friendly
countries to come to her aid.
Our
health
system
is
overwhelmed, and we are
clearly not able to control the
further spread of this deadly
disease, the President said in
a statement in August 2014.
Community residents from
Grand Cape Mount and Bomi
Counties were living in fear
and a state of uncertainty, as
their counties were among the
nine to be quarantined by the
government.
Grim and Gloomy
Miatta Zodua, resident of a
small village called Gohn in
Zodua Clan, recalls a horrible
picture of how the Ebola Virus
Disease (EVD) almost pushed
her to commit suicide. Miatta
said her adversity was turned
into virtue when she received
news that SDPL was taking
food and water to her village.
Gohn is a remote village in
Garwula District, Western
Liberia. It lies west of Sinje,
the administrative seat of the
district. Beautiful hills and
vegetation surrounding the
town would attract a first-time
visitor.
Miatta Zodua sits on the
remains of an old log. In her
hands is a piece of bamboo
stick shes using to remove the
soil from her nails. She had just
come back from her garden, a
few meters next to her TownGohn. Her eight years old son
brings a cup of fresh water
from the hand pump for her to
drink. She swallows gently and
gives the empty cup back to the
boy. Her niece had succumbed
to it months ago. Miatta was
among a list of 30 persons
quarantined by health officials.
Living in a small remote village
in Western Liberia; where
there was just one unequipped
clinic to cater to thousands of
residents. Miatta narrated that
she was living a nightmare.
Her memory about the virus
was devastating and traumatic.
She also recorded the role of
Sime Darby, the world largest

producer of certified palm
oil in restoring the hope of
thousands of residents.
Following the death of Hawa
Zodua, Miattas niece; she
finally realized that the virus
had hit their family. I wanted
to run away or even commit
suicide. She said shaking her
head. Fear coupled with news
of how the virus had wiped
away families, swallowed her
thoughts. Miatta had heard of
an entire family of 17 people
were wiped away by the virus.
Hawa had fled from Monrovia,
one of the epicenters of the
disease and ran to relatives
in Grand Cape Mount County.
Hawas mother died almost a
week before she surfaced at
her birth village-carrying the
deadly disease. Miatta along
with others who had had
contacts with the deceased
before her demise were placed
in a makeshift community
hall for a 21-day observation.
No one was allowed to leave
the building. Family members
were also prohibited from
visiting their loved oneswho were all residents of the
village. It was like having a
dream about hell! I couldnt
sleep, Miatta explained.
The price of food especially
rice which is Liberias staple
doubled throughout the region
- compounding the already
difficult economic condition in
that part of the country. Health
workers fled the clinic, leaving
people with treatable diseases
at the mercy of God. Pregnant
women gave birth at home.
Sick children were left to fight
for life. Both Bomi and Grand
Cape Mount Counties were
quarantined.
The Ebola pandemic had
complicated
things
and
disintegrated
families
in
Liberia where a square meal
was already unaffordable to
many.
Medical supplies and fuel

worth thousands of dollars
were sent to the only clinic in
Zodua by Sime Darby, she told
this paper.
We see Sime Darby as a friend
indeed, said Miatta who is
also the womens Chair.
Sime Darbys Clinic in Bomi
was the only referral clinic that
remained opened to the public
at the height of the Ebola crisis,
Dr. Gabriel Logan, head of
Bomi County Hospital said in a
mobile phone conversation.
A company spokesman said
SDPL had also given more
than 700 bags of rice to
the communities in Grand
Cape Mount and Bomi,
mainly Sinje, PAC and Zodua
including thousands of dollars
worth of medical supplies.
Hand
washing
centers,
thermometers and chlorine
as well as hand sanitizers
were also supplied to the
communities. Sime Darby
was also broadcasting Ebola
awareness messages in the
three major languages, to keep
the locals aware of the danger
and preventive measures to
be implemented when dealing
with the deadly virus.
Toushi Itoka, SDPL Social

Program
Manager
said,
buckets for hand washing and
rice, alongside soup kind were
delivered to the communities.
We were aware of the
challenges faced by women,
children and the elderly. We
were the only people they
could turn to at that time- so
we were there for them, as
always.
In
August
2014,
SDPL
responded to IFRCs emergency
appeal during the Ebola Virus
outbreak in Liberia by donating
US$157,220.
The
main
objective was to support IFRC
in their efforts to contain the
outbreak through awareness
programs.
This
includes
on-ground collaboration to
extend facilities and training
of SDPL workers, contact
tracing to their families and the
surrounding communities.
In November 2014, SDPL
presented more than 5.7
million medical gloves to the
Liberian Government through
Vice President Joseph Boakai
to help boost the logistics
supply of the Liberian Ebola
response team that was
in dying need protective
equipment. In a statement, the
VP described SDPL as a true

partner and friend. This is a
mark of true friendship and
partnership, our government
is indeed grateful.
Additionally,
Sime
Darby
engaged the International
Federation of the Red Cross and
Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)
and Liberia Red Cross (LRC) to
reach out to more than 400,000
people in Liberia through the
Ebola Virus Disease awareness
programs. This covers various
counties including Grand Cape
Mount and Bomi, where SDPL
operates.
Ebola has killed more than
4,700 peoplein Liberia - the
highest in the region- and has
put the country in what seems
to be the greatest economic
collapse in its postwar era.
According to international
nonprofit organization Save
the Children, the country
has registered more than
4,000 new orphans since the
epidemic began. Most people
died due to the crippled health
system. Folks died at home
alongside kids who were
powerless to save their lives.
This means that the disease
did not only claim lives, but it
is also threatening the first unit

of a society- the family.
Thousands who died left
behind
their
children,
husbands or wives. In the
extreme instances, according
to Save the Children, no
member of the family survived.
For instance, Promise Kameni
who miraculously survived
the deadly Ebola Virus in
Bomi County remained in a
state of shock after losing her
entire family. Promise had
been abandoned in her house
for nearly three weeks by
health officials and community
members after her husband
and four children died of the
virus.
A Liberian military
officer, who was assigned
in Tubmanburg to enforce a
quarantine by the President,
became the only help for the
dying woman.
Narrating in tears, Promise
said Lieutenant Alvin Tubabu
of the Armed Forces of Liberia
(AFL) bought food and water
during the day and threw it
through the window of her
house.As the day went by,
she grew weaker. Lit. Tubabu
also bought different types of
antibiotics and multi-vitamin
which she took on a daily
basis. Miraculously, Promise
survived the virus.
Like other victims to the virus,
the whereabouts of Promise
family are a mystery. I did not
even know where my other
family members are. Some
people say they were dead,
while others told me they were
at the ETU. I was in my house
alone, some days I thought I
was going to die, but I always
knew if I survived, I would
have a great story to tell.
Bomi County Hospital Medical
Director, Dr. Gabriel Logan
who was using antiretroviral
drugs to treat Ebola patientsconfirmed
that
former
administrator of the County
Health Team Mr. SandoSirleaf
lost his entire family of 10 to
Ebola.
The wife of a victim who is in
her mid- 50s said Ebola would
keep her in a difficult position
for the rest of her life. I dont
see any meaning to keep living.
All my people are gone forever.
My children, my husband and
everyone I loved and care for
had left me; struggling to hold
back her tears.
The stories of these Ebola
victims were just a blip of the
emotional battle an average
Ebola victim had faced. Save
the Children said for every
death recorded, women and
children continued to suffer
the blunt of the trauma. The
stress of children losing
parents and women losing
their husbands was not the
ultimate stress experienced by
Ebola victimsbut the greater
trauma would be not even
having a grave to remember
their loved ones.
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Monrovia iberia head coach James

Debbah has named George
Weah, Junior, the son of
Montserrado County Senator
George Weah, in a provisional squad of
20 foreign-based players for the 2017
Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers.
Liberia will kick-off its campaign
against Togo on the weekend of June
12-14 in Lome.
Debbah, who told UNMIL Radios
Sports Extra program on April 11 that
he intends to use mostly foreign-based
players for the qualifiers, named Junior
Weah but Portugal-based Theo Weeks
misses out.
Weah Junior is a free agent, having
most recently played for Paris SaintGermain (PSG)s reserves squad.
Born on August 27, 1987, Weah Junior
began his career with AC Milans youth
team but was released in 2007 after
long series of injuries.
In October 2007, Weah Junior joined
Slavia Prague on trial but was not
offered a contract by the Czech side
due to injury.
In February 2010, Weah Junior joined
Wohlen in Switzerland and made his
Swiss Challenge League debut on 24
February in a 10 home defeat to Thun,
coming on as a substitute for Giorgi
Ivanishvili.
In 2011, Weah Junior joined FC Baden.
On 3 February 2012, Weah Jr joined
Kaliakra Kavarna on a one-and-a-halfyear deal after a successful trial with
the Bulgarian A PFG club and was
handed the number 13 shirt.
On 17 May 2014, Weah Junior made
his debut for PSGs second team in
the Championnat de France Amateur,
coming on as an 87th minute substitute
as his side lost 2-0 to RC Lens II.
The Championnat de France Amateur,
commonly referred to as simply CFA
and formerly known as National 2, is a
football league competition.
It serves as the fourth division of the
French football league system behind
Ligue 1.
Weah Senior is Debbahs cousin and
Salinsa has followed the trend of Frank
Jericho Nagbe, who frequently called
his son, Frank Jericho Nagbe, Junior, to
national duty during reigns as Liberia
head coach.
Debbah also named England-based
Alex Nimely of Port Vale, Spain-based
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Salinsa names George Weahs son in his provisional squad for Afcon 2017qualifiers as Theo Weeks misses out.
Anaki Williams of Athletic Bilbao

and Joel Johnson Alajarin of Real
Jean; Portugal-based William Jerbo
of Rio Ave, Norway-based Abel
Gebor of FC Honka and former
captain Anthony Snothi Laffor
of Mamelodi Sundowns in South
Africa.
Others are Sekou Jabateh-Oliseh
of CSKA Moscow, Russia; Sam
Johnson of Djurgarden IF and
Amadaiya Rennie of Hammarby in
Sweden; Teah Dennis of Al Ahli SC,
Jordan; Patrick Gerhardt-Nyemah
of Sarawak and Zah Kranger and
Edward Junior Wilson of Felda
United in Malaysia.
The rest are Gizzie Dorbor of
Hapoel Afula, Israel; Chassimou
Sow of Crystal Palace, England;
Adolphus Marshall of PS Bangka,
Indonesia; Tonia Tisdell of
Osmanlispor, Turkey; Melvin King
of Goldfield, Ghana; and Sekou
Konneh of Fortuna Sittard in
Holland.
Pundits hope the Liberia Football
Association (LFA) will be able to
secure the change of nationality

for Nimely, whose call-up has been
marred by an insurance bond.
Debbahs 40 local players include
goalies Nathaniel Sherman of BYC,
Tommy Sango of LISCR FC, Sekou
Bayoh of Mighty Barrolle, Foumalu
Kamara of LPRC Oilers and
Sampson Giddings of FC Fassell.
The defenders are Alvin Polo of
Jubilee FC, Carlos Williams of
Watanga FC, Aloysius Simujlah of
FC Fassell, Trokon Zeon and Friday
Bestman of LISCR; Prince Kennedy
and Abubakar Dunnoh of BYC II;
Nuwu Johnson and Myers Garlo of
LPRC Oilers and Alpha James, Alvin
McCornel, Prince Jetoh and Hilton
Varney of BYC.
The midfielders include Amara
Sackor, Gideon Williams and
Abraham Coker of BYC; Queejay
Contineta of LPRC Oilers, Abraham
Barshall of LISCR FC, Theo Nimely
of Jubilee FC, Oscar Dolley of
Monrovia Club Breweries and
Alphonso Jenkins of Watanga.
The strikers are Sholee Deco
Quiah of Invincible Eleven, Sunnyboy Dolo

of Nimba United, Leon Power and Abraham
Kuyateh of Watanga FC; James Soto Roberts
and Prince Gormiah of LPRC Oilers; Zair
David, Bunnor Kandakai and Stanley
Whitfield of Jubilee FC; Molley Gray, Van
Dame Harmon, Chris Momo, Lamine
Jabateh and Prince Saydee of BYC.
The local contingent will mostly be

used for the 2016 African Nations
Championship (CHAN) qualifiers
where Liberia will play Guinea over
two legs (June 19-21 and July 3-5).
As required by the regulations, teams
must be exclusively composed of
players playing in their country's
domestic league.
According to LFA communications
director Henry Flomo, the local
contingent began training on Monday.
The local contingent, I understand
from James Debbah, began training
on Monday where the list will be cut
to 25 players. These players will move
to camp to prepare for their encounter
with Guinea, Flomo told Sports Extra
on Monday.
It is still not clear where the matches
will be played as Caf banned Guinea,
Liberia and Sierra Leone from hosting
international matches in September
2014 due to Ebola although Liberia
was declared free of the virus
transmission on May 9 after going 42
days with no new cases since the last
death on March 27.
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