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CASUALTIES CONFIRMED: 68 COMMUTERS; 30 HURT; 6 DEAD; 25 DISCHARGED; 7 UNHARMED

NTA SADDENED BY
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We like to inform you that it is been confirmed that six of our fellow Liberian commuters died during the accident
and 55 commuters sustained injuries (major & minor) and were taken to Phebe Hospital. On the same day, Phebe
Hospital treated and discharged 30 commuters who experienced minor injuries. Currently, twenty-five (25)
commuters are being treated at Phebe Hospital in Suakoko, Bong County. Information on these commuters will be
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CENTRAL BANK OF LIBERIA

MARKET BUYING AND SELLING RATES

LIBERIAN DOLLARS PER US DOLLAR

BUYING

SELLING

L$86.00/US$1

L$87.00/US$1

TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 2015

L$87.00/US$1

L$88.00/US$1

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 2015

L$87.00/US$1

L$88.00/US$1

WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 2015

These are indicative rates based on results of daily surveys of the foreign exchange market
in Monrovia and its environs. The rates are collected from the Forex Bureaux and the
commercials banks. The rates are not set by the Central Bank of Liberia.
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FROM PAGE 1

Friday, August 7, 2015

W
Monrovia -

hen Chinas Foreign Minister

Wang Yi touches down in Liberia
Saturday, the visit would mark
a continuation of Beijings
continued push to sustain on-going diplomatic
and development initiatives in Africa.
For Liberia, which has benefited immensely
from China in recent years, Wangs visit could
offer yet another opportunity for Liberia to
press for much needed post-Ebola assistance
but more importantly, a chance for the
Sirleaf administration to capitalize on the
Chinese willingness to help push some of the
administrations agenda as the sunsets on the
Sirleaf presidency.
For China, Wangs visit could offer Beijing a shot
at some of Liberias investment and economic
potential particularly the much-coveted Wologisi
Mines and the rehabilitation of the Roberts
International Airport.
Lin Songtian, Secretary-General of the Chinese
Follow-up Committee of Forum on China-Africa
Cooperation, also a former Chinese Ambassador
to Liberia and Malawi, in a recent Op-Ed piece,
says Foreign Minister Wang summarized the
four principles China adheres to in international
industrial capacity cooperation, which are "the
right approach to righteousness and benefit, winwin cooperation, openness and inclusiveness,
and market-based operation". Wang Yi stressed
that China's industrial capacity cooperation
with other countries will not come at the cost of
environment and long-term interests of others.
China will never take the old colonial path of
looting and damaging others' resources. So
China says, so China does.
Today, a large number of companies in China
have invested in Africa, tapping the continent's
natural resources to fuel the Asian giant's economic growth.
In meeting with visiting Chinese business entrepreneurs
and investors Thursday, President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf
encouraged the Chinese to explore the Wologisi interests
more. I know over the years China has expressed interest in
the Wologisi Mountain and I hope youve been talking with
the Minister of Land Mines and Energy on that, to see what it
is, Wologisi is the last major iron ore asset we have now and
so we all are trying to be careful how we handle it.
The Liberian president encouraged the Chinese by
suggesting to them to keep on their consultation if they
will get hold of the Wologisi range. I just suggest that you
continue to discuss with the minister who will also talk to
the people of Lofa County, as part of our reform, people that
own the assets even though the central government owns it
but those people that are involve in discussions in the county
are important, you can talk to the County authorities or start
the process of discussion of getting everybody who have any
interest or rights, our legislators in the county need to be
involve in the discussion as well.
Wologisi has also drawn interests from India's Steel & Energy
Giant, Jindal, which has an outstanding record of being one
of the world's reliable and established entities. The company
made known its investment interest in Liberia, focusing on
the Wologisi Mountain Range where there are huge deposits
of iron ore and other endowments.
Added to its desire of mining at Liberia's resource-rich
Wologisi Mountains Range Mr. Navin Jindal agreed on the
request of President Sirleaf to also invest in rejuvenating
Liberia's declined energy sector with the construction of 175
MW Coal Power Plant in Liberia.
Now it appears the Chinese are now mounting pressure in
getting Wologisi through engagement with the Liberian
government. Many in Liberia and President Sirleaf believe
that with the visitation of the Chinese delegation in Liberia
could mark a gateway to Chinese investment in Liberia.
The Chines delegation is in the country to explore means to
invest in infrastructures, energy and other local businesses.
Representatives of major Chinese companies that are a part
of the visiting delegation come from the mining, power and
high tech sectors.
Other companies forming a part of the delegation include
China Railway Material, and Sino-Tech Minerals, power
China (BEC), Hydro China, and China Harbor Engineering
Co. Others are Ginko Engineering Co. Ltd., Sino-German
Engineering Co and SEPCO III Power Construction and
Heknan Jingyuanguoye as well as the Shandong Exit Secure
Network Technology Co.
The visiting delegation, dubbed "2015 Sino-Liberia WIN-WIN
Visit", held major discussions with stakeholders from both
government and private entities in Liberia, beginning July
31. Meeting President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Representatives

Edwin Genoway, Edwin.genoway@frontpageafricaonline.com

of various companies expressed interest key sector that they
would want to invest.
During the delegations deliberations with the Liberian
leader, encouraged Chinese companies wanting to invest in
Liberia to be time conscious as they will invest.
Whatever you do, whatever we agreed to partner in we want
it done fast to quality standard no doubt, to international
standard no doubt, to meet all of the conditionality and the
arrangement yes we have to do all of that but though you
need to meet all those conditions but we want you to do it
fast, too much time,
When you tell us what you want to do dont change it, be
on time in your implementation. She wants every projects

For China, Wangs visit could

offer Beijing a shot at some
of Liberias investment
and economic potential
particularly the much-coveted
Wologisi Mines and the
rehabilitation of the Roberts
International Airport.

earmark by Chinese investors to have a time frame that will

seek it speedy completion.
During Thursdays meeting, President Sirleaf called on
Chinese investments operating the mining sector in Liberia,
mainly iron ore sector to see reason by processing the iron
ore in Liberia.
The President wants both the Liberian and the Chinese
governments to support China Union in its plan to do the
processing of Iron Ore, China Union which is operating in
Liberia here requires support from the government of Liberia
and the government of China to enable China Union to carry
out the big project they has about processing the iron ore in
our country, that is something that has been missing in the
history of our country even though we have been doing iron
ore for the past three decades we havent had the processing
of iron ore which adds value to our resources, she noted.
The President noted that if the support is given China Union
by the two countries for the company to process Iron Ore
in Liberia, China will according to her be a star partner to
Liberia, if China can really deliver that for us, by processing
the iron ore here, you will make a big difference and you
will be truly a star partner in Liberia, if you can make that
happen and again we need to know what we need to do to

work together to support China Union in that project, She

noted at the meeting.
From 2000 to 2011, there are approximately 68 Chinese
official development finance projects identified in Liberia
through various reports. These projects range from
renovating and constructing the Fendell Campus for
Engineering of the University of Liberia, to a US$10 million
contract with the Government of Liberia for the construction
of a 100 bedroom hospital in Nimba County in 2008
WANG ALSO VISITING GUINEA, SIERRA LEONE

The Liberia stop is one of three for Wang who is also visiting
three of the African nations hardest hit by an outbreak of the
Ebola virus Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone.
Wang arrives in Monrovia Saturday from Freetown on his
three-day visit to the three countries. Wang is winding down
his Southeast Asia trip where he attended a regional security
summit.
The deadly Ebola virus has killed more than 11,200 people
in West Africa since it broke out in December 2013. China,
Africa's biggest trading partner, has sent hundreds of medical
workers to Africa and contributed aid of more than $120
million to the anti-Ebola effort, after initially facing criticism
for not doing enough.
Wang, addressing a high-level meeting on response to
the outbreak of Ebola virus disease on the sidelines of the
annual UN General Debate, last September, declared that the
people of China will always stand beside the African people
in the fight against Ebola. "The epidemic may be merciless,
but people with love help each other," said Wang. "The
Chinese government has provided instantly drugs, medical
equipment and other disease prevention and relief materials
to Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea-Bissau."
China has sent in succession more than 170 medical workers
to the affected areas to fight on the front line against
the epidemic with local people since the outbreak of the
epidemic. "They work round the clock to help people from
the affected areas," Wang said.
Last August, China offered once again 30 million yuan (or
about 4. 86 million U.S. dollars) worth of humanitarian
assistance to Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea, which were
delivered to them by air, according to Wang.
Beijing also sent additional packages of assistance totaling
200 million yuan to relevant African countries, which
includes food, materials and equipment, and cash, while offer
cash assistance to the World Health Organization and the
African Union each worth two million US dollars. Relevant
decisions are being implemented.

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Page 3

PROFILE
WHO IS WANG YI

EJS ON CHINESE BUSINESS DELEGATION:

PRIVATE SECTOR INVESTMENT PROVIDES A
SPRINGBOARD FOR LIBERIAS DEVELOPMENT

MONROVIA resident
Ellen
Johnson
Sirleaf
says the visit of the
16-member business
delegation from the Peoples
Republic of China (PRC)
provides Liberia with a new
and broader opportunity
to go beyond what the two
countries have done on the
bilateral level.
We are glad that its private
sector focus because this
sector will provide the real
springboard for Liberias
development. We will never
have enough resources of our
own; but the private sector
joined by the support of
government through financing
facilities can enable us to open
many doors, she stressed,
indicating that their visit is
seen as the key to open those
doors.
According to an Executive
Mansion release, the Liberian
leader made the assertion
when she received in audience
a Chinese business delegation,
dubbed, 2015 Sino-Liberia
Win-Win Visit Delegation at
her temporary office at the
Foreign Ministry on Thursday,
August 6, 2015. They are in the
country to explore business
and investment opportunities.
President Sirleaf indicated
that the Chinese business
delegation have identified
several sectors of interest
which are important; not only
consistent with governments
Agenda for Transformation
and the National Vision 2030
but also the countrys PostEbola Economic Stabilization
Plan.
The delegations major areas
of focus included mining,
infrastructural development,
telecommunication
sector,
electricity,
fruit
juice
production, among others.
Time is of the essence.
Whatever you do; whatever
we agree to cooperate and to
partner in, we want it done
fast, President Sirleaf urged,
reminding them of quality and
international standards.
The
Liberian
President
stressed that Liberia and
China have collaborated over
many years; but have not
maximized the cooperation as
compared to the cooperation

Wang Yi was born October 19, 1953. He formerly

served as China's Vice Foreign Minister, Ambassador
to Japan, and Director of the Taiwan Affairs Office.
He was appointed Foreign Minister of the Peoples
Republic of China in March 2013.

Wang was born in 1953 in Beijing. After graduating

from high school in September 1969, he was sent
to Northeast China. He subsequently served in the
Northeast Construction Army Corps in Heilongiiang
Province for eight years.
that it has with many other
African countries.
She, however, noted that
China has committed to
undertake
three
major
projects in the country and all
of the procedures are now in
place to begin. She named the
Ministerial Complex, Capitol
Building Annex and the
renovation of the Samuel K.
Doe Complex as the projects
expected to begin after the
raining season.
President
Sirleaf
said
government will work with
the Chinese Embassy on a
vigorous roadmap to get
things moving. We want
to identify those laws and
quickly move towards meeting
those conditions so that these
projects can start and have
a timeframe for completion
within a reasonable period of
time.
President
Sirleaf
again
welcome
the
delegation
and reminded them of the
upcoming
meeting
with
Chinese Foreign Minister, H.
E. Yi Wang at the weekend
and to obtain his support on
a number of things that has
been agreed and reminding
him that Liberia and China
needs to move to a different
level.
Introducing the delegation
earlier, Liberias Ambassador
to the PRC, H.E. Mr. D. Mckinley
Thomas said the presence
of the Chinese delegation in
Liberia is a manifestation of
the close relationship that
exists between Liberia and the
PRC.
He said the pronouncement

by the Chinese President,

HE Xi Jinping of win-win
partnership
with
Africa
in general and Liberia
in particular is further
manifested by the presence
of this delegation. They have
come to Liberia to say to the
Government and people of
Liberia that China is serious
about win-win cooperation.
The Liberian envoy stressed
that the relationship with
China including all that
China has done with Liberia
indicates that China is a true
friend of Liberia - tried and
tested that has not neglected
Liberia even in our time of
crisis.
He noted that visit was to
ignite new energy into this
relationship, in order to
further strengthen it and
to explore other areas of
cooperation.
Ambassador Thomas hoped
that with the cooperation of
the Chinese Embassy, this
visit will be reciprocated
where a Liberian business
delegation will pursue a 2016
Win-Win Visit to Beijing,
China to explore business
opportunities there.
The
Liberian
diplomat
indicated that during the
Chinese delegation interaction
with Liberian counterparts
and government officials,
exchanges have been frank
and cordial, adding, that there
are many avenues for future
cooperation.
Also
speaking,
Chinese
Ambassador to Liberia, H.E.
Mr. Zhang Yue, said the visit
of the Chinese delegation,

the largest visiting business

delegation to Liberia in
almost a decade, comes on the
heels of a high-level Liberian
ministerial delegation visit to
China recently.
He also noted that the
delegation is a very good
warm-up for the upcoming
visit of the Chinese Foreign
Minister Yi Wang to Liberia
at the weekend; noting that
the delegation does not only
comprise those of stateowned enterprises also the
private sector, including the
energy, mining, infrastructure
and food processing, among
others.
The
2015
Sino-Liberia
Win-Win Visit Delegation
included the Vice President
of Blue Seafronts Group, Mr.
Peng; General Manager China
Railway Material, Li Shu;
Vice President of Sino-Tech
Minerals, He Zhijun; Engineer,
Power China, Mei Chuansheng;
and Vice President of Hydro
China, Zhang Nianmu.
Others are Vice President of
China Harbour Engineering
Company, Li Yi; Chairman of
Sino-German
Engineering
Company, Wang Jian; Project
Manager, SEPCO III Power
Construction, Xiao Yunfeng;
Manager, Henan Jingyuan
guo ye, Sun Lei; and Country
Manager, Huawei Technology,
Oscar Zheng.
The visit was planned with
the cooperation of the Chinese
Embassy in Monrovia and
supported by the National
Investment Commission and
the Ministries of Foreign
Affairs and State.

In December 1977, Wang returned to Beijing, and

in the same year was enrolled in the department of
Asian and African Languages of Beijing International
Studies University(BISU) (BISU). He studied the
Japanese language at the institution, graduating in
February 1982 with a Bachelor's degree.

Wang's wife is the daughter of Qian Jiadong, the

Foreign Affairs Secretary of Zhou Enlai.

Upon graduation from university, Wang was sent to

the Asian section of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
where he began his career as a diplomat. In September
1989, he was sent to the Chinese Embassy in Japan
and served there for five years. When he returned to
China in March 1994, Wang was appointed as vice
section chief of the Asian section of the Ministry
and was promoted to section chief the next year.
From August 1997 to February 1998, Wang was a
visiting scholar at the Institute of Foreign Relations
of Georgetown University in the United States.
Soon after his return, he was promoted to Minister
assistant and the director of office of policy research.
From September 1999, Wang studied international
relations at China Foreign Affairs University and
obtained a master's degree. In February 2001, Wang
was elevated to deputy Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
in charge of Asian affairs. He was then the youngest
deputy Minister.
In September 2004, Wang was appointed as China's
Ambassador to Japan. He served in this post until
September 2007. In June 2008, Wang succeeded
Chen Yunlin as the director of Taiwan Affairs Office
of the State Council of PRC

Wang has been a member of the 17th Central

Committee of the Communist Party of China in
session between 2007 and 2012 and the current
18th Central Committee in session between 2012
and 2017.

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FrontPage COMMENTARY
ANOTHER OUTBREAK IMPOSES SERIOUS
EDITORIAL
v

FATHER TIKPOR

CHALLENGE TO LIBERIAS AGRICULTURE MINISTRY

T
DESERVES BETTER

TREATMENT THAN THIS

President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf must intervene to ensure that
the Clergyman Who Has Been a Voice Of Reason in Liberia For
Decades and a champion for the common man fulfills his last
wish before he meet his maker.
REV. MONSIGNOR ROBERT G. TIKPOR IS 90, is no stranger to
Liberia and the powers that be.
TWICE, LEADERS called upon him to deliver orations for
Independence Day - and twice he accepted the opportunity for
a nation to tap into his fountain of knowledge. The fact that he
was chosen twice to share his experience with Liberia shows the
magnitude of his importance to Liberia.
THESE DAYS, THE fiery clergyman has been unhappy. Unhappy
because a container containing what he hopes would the final
pieces of a library he intends to leave behind when he passes on
has been entangled in bottleneck bureaucracy with very little
sign that it will ever come out.
SPEAKING ABOUT his ordeal with FrontPageAfrica this week,
the clergyman who has served Liberia over half a century as a
priest and an educator, lamented that it is regrettable that what
he wishes to be left as his legacy will go down the drain as efforts
by him to release his container has proven futile.
THE CONTENTS OF the container were put together by friends
of the clergyman during a recent visit he made to the United
States of America. Those friends even promised to ship him
a container of books in order for a library to be built bearing
his name in his homeland, in Grand Bassa County. I have been
teaching children and I was glad that the collection of books will
increase the knowledge of them, Father Tikpor says.
A FRIEND, Mr. Michael Wannah paid US$2,000 USD already for
the shipping of the container, Father Tikpor says, is more or less
simple things needed to fulfill his final journey in life. I know
its small but the thing inside is useful and valuable.
TO THE DISMAY of the clergyman, his vision and probably last
hope of fulfilling a goal to leave a lasting legacy may be fading
amid bottlenecks and a ton of bureaucratic walls keeping him
from seeing his last wish come through.
FATHER TIKPOR already has a building, left by his mother who
has been dead for several years not. But with no books to fill it,
those hopes are being dashed and stressing Father Tikpor out in
the twilight of his remaining years when he should be far away
from the stress of this troubled world and country, he describes
as naughty. Many things are happening the way we want it
to be. Imagine those things been sent hereit is a small thing
just for mebut I am thinking when I will get it. Look at meI
am getting older do you think I will have those books before
I die?
WE AGREE WITH Father Tikpor that he deserves some piece of
mind in his last years on earth. Cant I have a peace of mind for
an old man like me? he wonders. You cannot spend the money
and be happy, but you know sometimes people dont know the
value of things because it is not political, and I am thinking
which type of naughty country we have that cannot improve?
FOR A MAN who has done so much for a troubled and broken
nation, allowing him to live a stress-free final moments, is not
so much to asked even for a clergyman on his knees begging
the President and those in authority for waiver of his container
from the port. I have been honored too many times and this
time now you cant enjoy your old agesomeone sent you a gift
and you cant have it. What more the Freeport, LRA and custom
people want me to do? Fr. Tikpor inquired.
IRONICALLY, FATHER TIKPORS dilemma comes just days after
Liberia celebrated its 168th Independence anniversary and just
five years after, he delivered the 163rd oration.
FATHER TIKPORS LIFE represents the struggles of any young
kid out there who aspires to be somebody someday. He rose
from a challenging upbringing to achieve one of the highest feats
in his academic and religious sojourn and nothing was going
to stop him. He had a vision that no matter the obstacles and
challenges, he would persevere and he did.
WHEN HE TURNED 75, in 2001, an honor from the Pope came
calling with the honor of "Monsignor," a title by which a Pope
recognizes the years and services a priest has rendered to the
Church. How many Liberians can count themselves in such a
company?
IN THIS DAY and age, there is no reason for a man highlyregarded as Father Tikpor should be lamenting: Where will
I get money from if we have to look for it so many days? If

By: Solomon C Hedd-Williams, MSc Agronomy, Contributing Writer

his past July the Liberian Ministry of Agriculture (MOA)

announced that another disease outbreak had occurred in the
country this time affecting mainly small ruminants ( goats and
sheep ) in Nimba and Lofa counties (FrontPageAfricaonline.
com, July 2015). According to the FrontPageAfricaonline news story
published on July 17, this particular outbreak left more than 2,000
cattle dead in Liberia. But this situation could have been avoided
if only the Ministry had been serious in implementing part of its
statutory mandate.
Under its Division of National Quarantine and Environmental Services,
the MOA is supposed to provide the necessary regulatory protection
to our vulnerable farming communities from invasive migratory
plant and animal pests as well as pathogens from entering Liberia.
This means that the MOA must begin to be vigilant at our nations
various border points of entry with the singular purpose of preventing
plant and animal diseases from reaching our country and spreading
elsewhere.
Our vulnerable farming communities seem to be continuing to suffer
the consequences of our failure to institute and implement the
regulatory functions of our National Quarantine and Environmental
Services intended to safeguard our farming communities as well as
our country as a whole.
About seven years ago (in 2009 to be exact), our farming communities
and local dwellers suffered a similar blow of an outbreak when their
crops were invaded by highly destructive armyworms. This particular
outbreak devastated not only our farmers crops, but also their wells
and dwellings, among other things. This unfortunate incident should
have been our wakeup call! It should have also prompted the MOA to
begin focusing on building the necessary capacity to strengthen the
regulatory functions mandated in the Act establishing the National
Quarantine and Environmental Services within the Agriculture
Ministry.

RECENT PPR OUTBREAK

The recent outbreak of PPR or Paste Des Petite Ruminants that
affected goats and sheep in Liberia imposes a questionable challenge
to our unpreparedness as a nation and secondarily as the Ministry
of Agriculture to adequately cope with potential plant and animal
health threats from outside the country. This particular PPR outbreak,
according to MOA officials at the time, resulted from illegal animal
migration into the country from outside.
PPR is also commonly known as goat plague because it mostly affects
goats than sheep. It is a virus that is characterized by fever, sores in the
mouth, nasal discharge and diarrhea, pneumonia and sudden death.
This disease was first reported in the Ivory Coast in 1942, and China
later recorded its first case of the same disease in 2007. The disease
migrated later to the northern part of Africa in Morocco in 2008. It is
a morbillivirus, family Paramyxovirus that is related to pest measles
infection and the canine distemper according to various veterinarian
and epidemiological studies. PPR is very contagious and infectious.
That is why a quarantine of some sort is desperately needed in Liberia!
A simple diagnostics of this virus can be detected when there is a
sudden onset of fever with continuous nasal discharge on small
ruminant (goat and sheep). The only control mechanism is quick
detection and isolation of animals found to be carrying the disease.
Movement control, sanitation or slaughtering is another way to deal
with it. There is no medication available at this time to treat such
a disease. However, supportive treatment may be necessary just to
reduce the mortality rate among these small ruminants. Currently, a
vaccine is used only to provide good immunity.
KEEPING THEM OUT
Exclusion or keeping out is one of the fundamental principles
and concept of a functional National Quarantine and Environmental
Service of a nation and this is based on international standards.
Where are we as a nation on this? We cannot afford to continue to
expose our people to infestation of invasive and affected diseasecarrying plants or plant products, animals or animal products entering
our country from porous border points of entry. We need to start
making sure that all plants, animals, and other food products entering
our borders be diligently inspected for possible diseases. Simply put,
we as a nation need to urgently put in place a robust food and animal
health inspection scheme to protect our highly vulnerable citizens
from another deadly outbreak that can certainly be avoided.
What I propose is that the chairman of the Agriculture Committee in
the House starts taking these outbreaks seriously and as a matter of
vital importance if we are going to take control of these calamities.
The chairman could specifically advocate for legislative policies
and funding to help the MOA to effectively carry out its mandated
regulatory functions as they relate to protecting our nation from all
forms of pests and pathogenic diseases entering the country and
spreading.
WTO AGREEMENT
It was in line with the concept above that the Sanitary and Phytosanitary
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someone sends you $50 USD you have to keep it so that it will
fill the gap. And I have paid the money for the clearing but I cant
have it. So I am thinking about this countrywhat is about it that
cannot be managed?
FATHER TIKPOR is not asking for a Liberian Official Gazette
which he will not be able to read long after he is gone, he is asking
simply that his container of books, all non-commercial items be
cleared from the Port of Monrovia. We do not think this is too

measures agreement was established by the World Trade Organization

(WTO) for the sole purpose of encouraging every member country to
formulate their own model of standard (SPS) from an international
trade perspective as well as set guidelines to regulate and implement
measures that will help to prevent and protect humans, plants and
animals from diseases and pest contamination.
Sanitary and Phytosanitary measures are measures aimed at
protecting humans, plants, and animals from certain risks. They set
constraints on member countries policies relating to food safety,
bacterial contamination, pesticides inspection and labeling as well as
plants and animal health with respect to imported pests and diseases.
Our country, Liberia, is a participatory affiliate of this agreement.
It should therefore take its responsibility seriously and make the
implementation of this agreement a budgetary priority going forward.
Again, in order to keep our country safe, all plants and animals entering
our borders from various entry points MUST be dutifully inspected
and immediately quarantine those items that fail our inspection.
Anything that is suspected of being infested with pests or other
diseases MUST be separated from those that are found in good health.
This is where the big challenge lie as several government entities will
have to work closely together to ensure that absolutely nothing slides
through undetected. This means that the MOA, Ministry of Commerce
(MOC), Ministry of Health (MOH) and the Bureau of Immigration and
Naturalization (BIN) must all work together as coordinated partners
to implement and carry out their respective mandated duties to
protect our food safety, human health, plant health and animal health.

MOA VACCINATION CAMPAIGN LITTLE TOO LATE

The MOA now has plans to embark on a vaccination campaign of some
goats and sheep in the country during the early part of this month
(August). This is way after the event had already taken place; the
devastation has already occurred. This kind of response to an outbreak
like the few that I have mentioned above should be unacceptable to all
Liberians. The ministry really needs to start playing a more proactive
role in preventing plant and animal disease outbreaks in the country.
In the context of capacity building, especially in terms of adequately
trained veterinarian technicians within our farming regions, routine
assessment, monitoring inspection and evaluation have always
been the guiding principles of a sustainable agricultural system. In
the science of plants and animals pathology, there are life cycles in
the growth and development of pests and diseases. In plants and
animals science, there is always a susceptibility level of pest and
disease invasion and activity this activity occurs in their growth and
development stages. This is why a preventative approach in dealing
with outbreaks is imperative and better than taking the curable route.
When it comes to capacity building as far as Liberias agricultural
sector is concerned, why are we still importing vets from neighboring
countries to help identify and verify all our plague of insects and
disease infestation instead of training our own citizens? By now,
with more than 168 years of our existence and a recovery period
of twelve consecutive years, we should by now have attained both
professional veterinarians as well veterinarian technicians capable
of detecting, diagnosing and preventing plant and animal diseases. I
am certain that we can find Liberians who are interested in pursuing
careers in those areas of discipline, but severely lack the support and
training necessary. Offering these kinds of opportunities to interested
Liberians is one way to cut down on the rate of high unemployment in
the country, while at the same time ensuring that Liberia experiences
a level of food security never seen before.
THE LEON LEDLUM VET LAB MUST RISE UP
Institutions like the Leon Ledlum Veterinary Laboratory situated on
the University of Liberia (LU) Fendell campus should rise from the
level of sample collection and the utilization of testing kits that often
requires the acknowledgement and verification from foreign vets and
our international partners in the West African sub-region. Of course,
we do need help but not to the continued detriment of our own people.
We need to enhance our own capabilities
Liberia cannot afford to continue playing catch up or neglect to
provide the necessary protection demanded by our local farmers as
they struggle to protect their hard labored farming efforts. We must
improve our unprepared efforts and capabilities and build readiness
in the nations agricultural sector by focusing on developing our
technical capacity with the training of subject matter specialists or
experts to cater to our farmers needs. It is the right thing to do for our
vulnerable farming communities and our country in general. This is a
challenge that I firmly believe the MOA can overcome.
About the author: Mr. Hedd-Williams is a former Assistant Minister
for Technical Services, Ministry of Agriculture (MOA), Republic of
Liberia, also an Associate Lecturer of Soil Science in the College of
Agriculture at the University of Liberia (LU) , Currently landscape
projects development Manager, Landcare Development Corporation
,USA

much to ask, not for a man like Father Tikpor.

THIS IS WHY we urging the President to intervene and all wellmeaning Christians and Muslims as well as prominent officials in
government to find reasons in their heart to come to aid of an old
man with one last wish, not for himself but a library that could
impact the life some a young boy or girl in Grand Bassa County
where the aging father is hoping to have his legacy enshrined in
a library.

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LOFA HAS ENJOYED

A LOT FOR THE PAST
TEN YEARS NOW:
HIGHWAY DEATH: PUBLIC
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KILLS SCORES IN LIBERIA IS STILL A SUBJECT

when she is visiting the county. We think there is a need for redress
and a total review of the July 26, 2011 celebration that was held in
the country.

COMMENTS FROM
FPA ONLINE

TERRY DIAMA SMALL BUSINESS AT SELF-EMPLOYED

We have three kinds of people in this world ( white people,
black people, and Liberian people). We complain about
everything and still refused to follow any simple instructions.
Even if traffic signs are installed left and right On the road we
will complain and still break the rules. When police take action
the same people will gang up against the police and burn down
police depots as well as destroy their vehicles. We eat and throw
the trash on the streets without thinking that malaria and
typhoid will come after us. When we contract our self-created
diseases, we blame the government because we refused to
follow the rules set by but the same government. About 90%
of Liberian drivers are professional drinkers and they can even
drink behind the steering. We need to help our government by
obeying rules because it's for our own good. One man mistake
has taken dozens of lives in just a second. May their souls rest
in peace.

YINI GUVA SAHN ASHLAND UNIVERSITY

Yeplah, most Liberian drivers don't have the word "safety" on
their list of words. This bus has the capacity of 25, but 25 more
passengers were added for the drivers and car boys to lick their
hands. People sit in the isle and everywhere on their luggages.
They bribe the COPs to get free pass with such overload. Only
the GoL can put stop to this. MoT and LNP must work together
to enforce the LAWS- speed limit, the amount of passengers in
a taxi, van or bus. If not, this will be the beginning of more to
come. How about a 24/7 highway patrol on these new roads?
BESTMAN K. MONDAYE STUDIED AT AME UNIVERSITY
My deepest condolences goes to the bereaved families, may the
good old Lord receive them in his bosom. The problems with
accidents in our country are due to bad roads, indiscipline
drivers as well as careless driving. Most of our highways are
narrow and curvy as a result some drivers take advantage of
that and try to overtake thus by resulting into serious accidents.
I believe strongly that if some serious measures are put into
place by relevant authorities...we'll experience a reduction in
such dangerous accidents. A hint to the wise is quite sufficient.
SAMUKA V. KONNEH GENERAL MANAGER AT VIVACIOUS
CONSULTANTS, INC.
THIS PART IS SO TRU FPA. SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO
CREAT OWN SIGNS IN YOUR MINDS. ....Investigations by
FrontPageAfrica, however, revealed that majority of the
accidents occur on the spots where diversions are made by the
construction companies. While these diversions are necessary
for the progress of the job, adequate road signs are usually not
given and this leads to most of the accidents that have damaged
many vehicles.

STANF BUSHCHICKEN PEAB PORTFOLIO MANAGER AT

GROW LIBERIA: FACILITATING INCLUSIVE MARKETS
The driver was speeding and sipping from a wine bottle. He did
not heed the persistent calls from passengers to stop speeding
and stop drinking. My people will be suing MTA for damages.
SAMUKA V. KONNEH GENERAL MANAGER AT VIVACIOUS
CONSULTANTS, INC.
Stanf BushChicken Peab What do you mean "my people"? Is it
confirmed he was drinking and never heeded to passengers'
warning?

SALIHO KENNEH WORKS AT NEW YORK, NEW YORK

This is terrible, my sincere sympathy and deepest condolences
to the bereaved family
GEORGE ZOTA GAILOR WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS
Just so sad - terrible accident, caused by yet another damnedfool calling himself a CDL Class B driver. Increasing the pains
and sufferings of the innocents.

SAMPSON BLOH MONGER HOLY FAMILY UNIVERSITY,

PENNSYLVANIA
Police needs to patrol along the highway. That's how it is done
in the modern world. Two lanes highway is always a death trap
anyway.

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The EDITOR,

ince the election of President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf in 2006

which Lofa supported tremendously, a lot has also been
attained since then for the people of Lofa, particularly when
it comes to improvements of the lives of some of the children
of the county as well as some major developmental ingenuities in
the county.
The county continued to support some huge initiatives of this
government when it comes to the sustenance of peace and
reconciliation and predominantly when it comes to election in the
country the interest of officials of this government has always been
supported.
This government has unremitting one of the sons of the County for
two terms now as Vice President on the partys ticket and for the
country. Bravo!
It will obviously be a disservice if I fail to make allusion of the huge
empowerment of some of the outstanding sons and daughters of
the county. This government made sure that significant numbers of
some of the sons of the county in some of the lucrative positions in
government. We reflect that this is valued to be renowned from all
angles of our human animation.
Some major governmental positions including Minister, Deputy
and Assistant Ministers positions at the Finance Ministry all got
occupied by Lofans in this current Administration. Minister of
Foreign Affairs, Director General Liberia Institute of Population
Services, National Social Security and Welfare Cooperation, Liberia
Petroleum Cooperation, Minister of national Defense, Gender
Minister, Deputy Director twice of General Services Agencies among
others. So you see how greatly this government has continued to
help Lofa County from the individual perspective; I think we have to
say thanks to the President of Liberia and her able buddies for the
huge support that Lofa has enjoyed does far enjoyed.
INSIDE LOFA COUNTY

It will honestly be a disillusionment if we fail to recognize the effort

by this government in ensuring that Lofa County benefits from it
countryside educational plan. The county can boost of a Community
college where hundreds of young people assembled periodically
to pursue their academical delusion. The community college runs
four departments from the technical viewpoint which scrupulously
has auxiliary and gradually improving the intellectual topography
of our county (LOFA). Students now a day in the county though,
governmental subject matter is not a focused at the college; but the
students have continued to pay enormous attention in deliberating
about ills of government. We honestly increase in value this, and we
say bravo to the government of Liberia.
2011 INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION

We think it is also rewarding that we must reminisce the selection

of Lofa county amongst the first counties to have benefited from the
decentralization of Independence Day Celebration; we dont care
about it political intent as it is being looked at in some corners. Our
discontent is the botch of the local government to maintain most
of the inventiveness that went to the county as the upshot of the
carnival. Among them all is the failure of the local government to
uphold the electricity component of what went to the people of the
county chiefly in the seat of the county Voinjama. The electricity
comes on whenever there is a giant guest particularly the President

THE WOLOGISI MOUNTAIN

This government signed over sixty concession agreements doing
the period of ten years in our country Liberia. Irrespective of the
contentions raised on some of the concessions those voices might
not have been heard due perchance of the arguments that got puffer
by some of the people that vowed to champion those fights. However,
the people of Lofa County are very honored by the decision of this
government to have eavesdrop to their exclamation when it came to
the exploration plan of the Wologisi Mountain. The people of Lofa
saw that the procedure was not timely, on grounds that they wanted
due diligence to be accorded the people of Lofa and Liberia at large.

ROAD NETWORK
We ruminate that road network is one of the major disquiets if we
are to execute a major view sampling amongst sons and daughters
of our county. Lofa is among the big and major counties that has not
been touched does far when it comes to road network. The trivial
we think is mentioned on the basis of population. Lofa is the fourth
tenanted county in Liberia and will always be remembered for her
great contributions when it comes to support in the agricultural
sector. The road network that we are concerned about is standard
road (cortile) we think Lofa deserved a very quality road as a means
of having easy access to our county Lofa.
williamhaigsmith@gmail.com
Akoi Dakala
akoidakala@yahoo.com>
Lofa County/akoison@yahoo.com/0886588857\0775013347

DO NOT ENTRUST
THIEVES WITH LIBERIAN
PEOPLES MONEY

The Editor,

hy would anyone in their right mind entrust thieves

with other people's hard earned money?
(Re
"Scandalous Legislature: US$100K for LIB Renovation
Missing")
We all know that 99.999999999999999 percent of our lawmakers
are nothing but born rogues!, but yet the Ministry of Finance gave
them our hard earned money to play with... Do you have "STUPID"
written all over your forehead, Mr Minister of Finance?
According to the aforementioned article, the Ministry of Finance gave
US$100,000.00 to Rep. Sekou Kala (UP-District #2, Monsterrado
County Kala Hero), who, then disbursed it to senior crooks of the
House and Senate Ways and Means committee" And now the money
is missing...Are you surprised? Please..
But where the hell is the GAC, the LACC, the PPCC, the LNP, the NSA,
the MOJ (I'm not singing a rap song here!) when you need them?
They need to get off their fat asses and do their job!
I, for one, would like to see Representative Kala take the perp walk
in West Point: Being paraded down main street, in orange jumpsuit,
with school children behind him, beating their pots and pans,
chanting "thiefy thiefy!, Jankoliko! Thiefy! thiefy!, Jankoliko! Kala
Hero!, Jankoliko!!
Hey, you can waste your chamber bucket on Rep. Sekou Kala during
his perp walk!
That's how we used to treat thieves in West Point! Our crime rate
was the lowest in Liberia!!!
Martin Scott
Former West Point Resident
Atlanta, Georgia
martyretire@yahoo.com

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LAW & ORDER

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Friday, August 7, 2015

Court Holds Final Argument In Parkers Embattled Bond

Kennedy L. Yangian kennedylyangian@frontpageafricaonline.com 0777296781

he wahala lingering
over the US$1.2m
insurance
bond
filed on behalf of
the indicted National Port
Authority (NPA) Managing
Director Matilda Parker and
Comptroller Christina Kparbar
Paelay will come to the end
today when the Criminal Court
C at the Temple of Justice
entertains final argument to
determine whether to grant or
set aside the bond.
State lawyers, led by Cllr. Daku
Mulbah, have rejected the
US$1.2m Insurance bond on
grounds that the insurance
company does not have the
asset s and called on the
court to set the bond aside
and re-arrest and detain the
defendants until their surety
can remedy the defects in the
bond.
The defense team, also headed
by former River Gee Senator
Frederick Cherue, has put
up a stiff fight against state
prosecutors during the week.
Today they will also tell the
court why the bond is genuine
to guarantee the day to day
appearance of the two NPA
officials during the time of
trial.
However, hearing into the
motion to the exception of the
bond filed by state lawyers
continues with the third cross-

examination exercise of the

official of the Family Dollar
Universal Company Services
underwrite manager George
Gbormoi.
Witness Gbormoi has gone to
the court as an executive of
the Family Dollar Universal

Insurance Company to justify

the US$ 1.2m which state
lawyers claimed that his
company did not have the asset
to file such a huge bond.
When quizzed by state lawyer
Cllr. Daku Mulbah whether
his entity has the assets for

which he had justified in open

court during his testimony,
the witness fumbled with his
response and replied in the
affirmative.
Your honour Insurance is a
secret business that has to do
with confidentiality, to expose

our asset in open court will

show our strength and our
competitors will know our
strength said Gbormoi.
Gbormoi told the court some
their clients are lawyers and
judges and if their insurance
policies are revealed, it would

be unfair and compromised

their clients confidentiality.
Also at Thursdays hearing
defense lawyer who have
earlier
announced
to
produce
three
witnesses
in their quest to justify the
US$1.2m insurance bond later
somersaulted and announced
to the court that they have
rested in total with the lone
witness George Gbormoi and
called on the court to mark
and confirmed all documents
issued by the Family Dollars
Universal Insurance Company.
The
defense
lawyers
documents prayed to the court
to place a mark of identification
as one of the cogent evidence in
the case includes, the articles
of incorporation, the Central
Bank of Liberia certificate to
the Family Dollar Universal
Insurance Company.
The request of the defense
counsel was accepted by the
courts Judge Peter Gbeneweleh
who later announced to hold
final argument in the case
on Friday after the state
interposed no objection to
the defense counsel after a
submission to the court that
they have rested in total to the
production of evidence.
Matilda Parker and Christina
Kparbar Paelay charged with
economic
sabotage,
theft
of property and criminal
conspiracy are to go on trial
for allegedly awarding over
US$800,000,00 to a bogus
company to dredge the
National Port Authority (NPA).
Frontpageafrica has reliably
learned that the two NPA
officials indicted during the
2015 May Term of Court are
to go on trial during the 2015
Term of Court which kicks off
next Monday.

PPCC COMPLAINS CBL

NON-COMPLIANCE POSTURE
Henry Karmo (0886522495) henrykarmo@frontpageafricaonline.com

certain that public funds are

not used for political motive.

ith
strong
indications
that
Central
Bank Governor,
Dr. J. Mills Jones, remains
unbending on the loan scheme
and might go all out to resist
the amendment to the CBLs act
by the lawmakers through the
Supreme Court on the basis of
violation of his constitutional
rights, the lawmakers have
moved a step further in what
is being seen as an effort to
slow down Jones chariots and
further strangulate his political
quest.

Representative Edwin Snowe

(Mont County #6) did not
bury his concerns when he
appealed to his colleagues to
mandate the General Auditing
Commission and the Public
Procurement and Concession
Commission (PPCC) to conduct
a financial and procurement
audit of the Central Bank of
Liberia.
Rep. Snowe, defending his
letter, specifically mentioned
that the CBL is carrying on loan
schemes across the country
and called on his colleagues
to mandate the audit to make

Snowes communication said:

As helpful as this could be
to our citizens, it is however
important to ensure that
these activities are within the
confines of the law and statues
and to make certain that public
funds are not used for political
motive or as a way to buy
future votes.
As always, the decisions by
the lawmakers which look
to be targeting Governor
Jones always meet stiff public
widespread
condemnation and
debate.
PPCC: CBL not compliance
This does not seem to be going
well as the Central Bank of
Liberia (CBL) and the Public
Procurement and Concession
commission
(PPCC)
are
differing on whether or not the
PPCC has the constitutional
authority to audit the CBL in
keeping with the act creating
the two public entities.
The Central Bank of Liberia
has reportedly refused request
from the PPCC to carryout audit
on it facilities in keeping with a
mandate given the PPCC by the

House of Representatives on
May 4, 2015. The lower house
mandated PPCC to conduct
a
comprehensive
audit
(compliance and Performance)
of the CBL covering fiscal years
2010/2011 to 2013/2014.
In a communication to the
Plenary of the House of
Representatives on Tuesday
August 6, 2015, the PPCC said in
pursuant to the mandate from
the House of Representatives,
it wrote the bank on 17 July
2015, requesting an audit
engagement meeting with
senior management team but
in return the CBL wrote the
PPC C that it could not honor
the commission request for an
audit engagement.
PPCC communication said:
The commission however
wishes
to
inform
the
Honorable House that it has
been engaged with the Central
Bank of Liberia since 2010
regarding its non-compliance
with the provision of the Public
procurement and concession
Act of 2010 but the CBL has
persistently failed to subject
itself to the applicability of the
PPCA.
We wish to bring the august

bodys attention to one of

the major assertions and
reliance of the CBL that the
PPCC law recognizes the CBL
as the monetary authority
responsible to formulate and
implement monetary policy.
The communication, signed by
James Dorbor Jallah, chairman
of PPCC, also stated that the
PPCC Act Part 1 section 2(49) is
clear as to the extent of its audit.
The PPCC Act of 2010 however
states that the act shall not
apply to agreements executed
by the CBL relating to the
implementation of monetary
policy or procurement related
to the production of coins
or currency provided that
agreements relating to the
general administration of
the CBL will not be excluded
from the application of the
Act including but without
limitation procurement of
general stores, stationery,
office equipment or vehicles.
Despite the request being
followed by a legal advice from
the Ministry of Justice for the
CBL to comply with the PPCC
Act and PPCC, but the banks
request to the PPCC said: it
has repeatedly made known

and informed the PPCC that as

an institution established with
functional independence, the
CBL follows procurement rules
and procedures as approved
by the Board of governors of
the CBL.
These rules and procedures,
according to the CBL in its
respone to the PPCC, were
designed in consultation with
internationally
reputable
external auditors, which are
being strictly adhered to by
the Management of the Bank.
The Board of Governors
has an audit committee
which has direct oversight
responsibilities
concerning
expenses and procurement,
and reports to the full Board.
The audit of the financial
statement of the CBL is
enshrined in the CBL Act of
1999, and is conducted every
fiscal year. In view of the
aforementioned, we regret
to inform you that the CBL
cannot honor your request for
an audit engagement meeting
with senior management of
the Bank on Thursday, July 30,
2015, the Bank stated.

BEN UREYS
FIRST STEP

Friday, August 7, 2015

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All Liberia Party (ALP) Certificated by NEC Today as

Businessman Plunges Head-on into Liberian Politics

FPA STAFF REPORT

Monrovia he certification of
the All Liberia Party
Friday, appears to
be the beginning of
the presidential ambition of
Liberian businessman and
philanthropist, Mr. Benoni
Urey.
It also signals the
beginning of what could be the
hotly contested battle for the
Liberian presidency in 2017.
The All Liberia Party is said to
be a creation of coalition forces
working to make Urey, former
Commissioner of Maritime
Affairs during the reign of
Charles Taylor, president of
Liberia.
Depending upon whom you
talk to, Urey has begun the
process to shed the ghost of
Charles Taylor and reinvent
himself as a politician
with the common touch,
conversant with national and
regional issues and who is
willing to cooperate with the
international system, while
some skeptics say the man
is a reincarnation of Charles
Taylor. But to be fair, Mr. Urey
appears to be his own man,
running his affairs as a major
shareholder of the Lodestar
Communications
Company,
a farmer, and a socially
conscious citizen who has
spent the last 12 years giving
up himself to every imaginable
worthy cause, ranging from
substantial contributions to
Liberias recent fight against
the deadly Ebola Virus Disease
(EVD) to raising funds for
scholarships.
Urey and his wife are farmers,
who own Wulki farms, one
of Liberias major producers
of poultry, pig and other
animal products, in addition
to running a classy restaurant
and amusement center in
Careysburg.
In delisting Mr. Urey from
sanctions, the UN Security
Council made a point to
include that Mr. Urey has too
much to lose by fomenting
insurrection in Liberia, and
in fact he has contributed to
peace with his relationship to
ex-combatants.
The ALP is said to be a party
that will be watched by
many political observers to
determine its composition.

Can Urey fashion his own

coalition of the willing,
including his former associates
who now run the National
Patriotic Party (NPP), or how
will his recent flirtation with
George
Weahs
Congress
for
Democratic
Change
(CDC) impact the political
configuration?
TAYLOR CARD BACKLASH

The businessmans supporters

say, those who want to play
the Taylor card against Urey
could face several obstacles.
Ureys supporters say he is
not running as a member of
the NPP; secondly, he has been
delisted from sanctions by
the United Nations Security
Council, albeit he is still on the
US list of Specially Designated
Nationals. Playing the antiTaylor card could rev up old
supporters of Charles Taylor,
if they believe Urey is being
unfairly targeted due to his
association with the regime.
However, politics is current
and local. Most people will
be looking to see the makeup
of the party, its leadership, its
political direction and whether
it can build a winning coalition
with other political actors, and
that would be the tall order for
Mr. Urey, a member of Ureys
organization committee told
FrontPageAfrica
recently,
speaking on condition of
anonymity.
It is unclear what the political
philosophy of the ALP is,
just as other personality
parties in Liberia. What is
clear, according to Ureys
supporters, is that the Party is
advised to hurriedly produce a
slew of leaders acceptable to
the general public and to the
international system. The ALP
has it work cut out. Firstly,
regional sensibilities have to
be addressed with leaders in
the region to be assured that
this is not a resuscitation of
the Taylor mystique. Secondly,
Liberians who fought Mr.
Taylor such as Grand Gedeans
and some Muslims would
have to be placated. Thirdly,
the party needs a Nimba
strategy, in order to neutralize
the impact of the countys
venerable son, Prince Johnson,
who recently gave his support
to Vice President Joe Boakai.

Some political bean counters,

that Mr. Urey has a natural
constituency if he can attract
the NPP-CDC coalition that
have
granted
electoral
majorities to Weahs CDC
over the last three election
cycles. They say the lack luster
performance of the Unity
Party Government, anger
from the majority due to the
slowness in socioeconomic
development,
corruption,
cronyism and uncertainty
over the next cycle of elections
could propel many people into
the camp of Liberias latest
political party.
Political pundits say the
viability of Ureys presidential
run is due to two factors:
the failure of the current
administration to solve the
most pressing problems of
Liberians and the strategic
positioning of Urey in both
business and society, where he
is now widely viewed as a man
of peace, creating jobs and
engaging in philanthropy.
Well-Rounded Youth

Urey was born on June 22,

1957 at his family home in
Careysburg,
Montserrado
County. His father was married
to three women, his mother,
Emma Boyce Urey, Martha
Urey and Kpannah Urey. Two
of his mothers were Kpelle and
one was Americo-Liberian.
His father, Daniel Urey, was
an Americo-Liberian from
Careysburg. Ureys father met
two of his wives in Caresyburg
and one in Bong County.
Two of Urey's mothers were
dominantly native women who
never spoke English, while the
other was a school teacher. His
father was subsistence farmer.
Urey is the eighth of eleven
children.
He
attended
kindergarten and first grade
at Careysburg Public School.
With the aid of a scholarship
from the U.S. government
through the Voice of America
relay station, Urey attended
the American Cooperative
School (A.C.S), a private
American school in Monrovia,
from first grade until his
graduation from high school
in 1976. https://en.wikipedia.
org/wiki/Benoni_Urey - cite_
note-cuttington-3
While attending A.C.S, he
participated in almost every
varsity
sport,
including
basketball. His love for
basketball led him and some
friends to form The Uhuru
Kings and Queens, a social and
sports club that eventually
became a first division
member of Liberia Basketball
Federation. Uhuru Kings still

is a member of the Liberian

Basketball Federation and
has participated in numerous
national championships over
the years.
EARLY YEARS

After high school, Urey

attended Cuttington University
in Bong County where he
earned a Bachelors of Science
Degree in General Science
with emphasis in chemistry in
1980. At Cuttington University,
Urey served as the President of
The Mason Social and Athletic
Club, and in his last year,
President of the Senior class.
In 2010, Urey was awarded
the Doctor of Humane Letters
(L.H.D.) Honoris Causa from
Cuttington University.
After university, Urey moved to
Monrovia and began to work
for the government, at the
Liberia Electricity Corporation
(LEC). He worked as a Training
Officer until he was awarded a
scholarship to pursue a M.A
in Public Finance and Human
Resource Development and
an MSc in Planning from
the University of Southern
California. He graduated from
USC in 1986.
Upon his return to Liberia in
1986, Urey was appointed
Deputy
Director
General
for Planning and Training
of the Liberia Electricity
Corporation Training Center
under the Presidency of the
late President Samuel K.
Doehttps://en.wikipedia.org/
wiki/Samuel_Doe. He worked
at the corporation until the
war broke out.
Under the Interim Government
of Liberia, chaired by Wilton
Sankawulo, in 1995, Urey
was appointed President
of Agricultural Cooperative
Development Bank of Liberia.
In 1996, the Council of
State appointed Urey as
Commissioner of Maritime
Affairs.
When
former
President
Charles
Taylor
came to power after winning
elections in 1997, Urey was
reappointed to his position as
Commissioner of Maritime. He
served as Commissioner until
2003, when Taylor resigned
from office.
SANCTIONS ISSUES

In 2000 Urey was sanctioned

by the United Nations for
his alleged role in arms
procurement (starting in
summer of 2002) and also
for his alleged ongoing ties
with Taylor. Urey breached an
earlier UN travel ban in August
2001. His name was added to
the US Treasury Departments

Specially Designated Nationals

list, prohibiting him from
conducting business with
US companies, citizens and
residents, and blocking all
US based assets.
A 2005
report from the Coalition for
International Justice reported
that Urey helped Taylor
"siphon off" funds from a
shipping firm to pay for arms
and was the primary contact
between Taylor and Viktor
Bout. The United Nations Panel
of Experts concluded in their
November 2013 report that
"evidence indicates, however,
that in approving the funds
Urey was acting on the orders
of Taylor." The Truth and
Reconciliation
Commission
(TRC) recommended in its
final report that Urey be
prosecuted for the commission
of economic crimes during
the civil war and barred from
holding public office for 30
years. https://en.wikipedia.
org/wiki/Benoni_Urey - cite_
note-TRC-15During the TRC
hearings, Urey was identified
by witness James Paul as
operating the Liberian Rubber
Company
and
exporting
"hundreds of thousands of
tons of rubber", the proceeds
of which were never accounted
for.
Urey
has
denied
any
involvement in the violence of

the Liberian and Sierra Leone

civil conflicts, maintaining that
as a civilian being appointed
to
head
the
Maritime
Commission, he made no
war-related decisions. An
investigation by the United
Nations Panel of Experts on
Liberia's political situation
in 2013 concluded that it
did not have information
suggesting that Urey was
involved in activities that
would destabilize Liberia
and the sub-region. https://
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Benoni_Urey
cite_noteunexp-14
The Panel also stated that
Ureys business activities,
and the profits gained from
them, would appear to suggest
that civil conflict in Liberia
would have a significant
negative financial impact
on him. In December 2013,
Urey was de-listed from the
United Nations Sanction Lists.
https://en.wikipedia.org/
wiki/Benoni_Urey - cite_noteunexp-14
In 2009, Urey was elected
Mayor of Careysburg City by
the City Council. President
Ellen
Johnson-Sirleaf
endorsed the appointment by
subsequently appointing him
Mayor. He served as Mayor
until 2012.

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Friday, August 7, 2015

TO FREE FR. TIKPORS LEGACY

Bettie K. Johnson, betty.johnson@frontpageafricaonline.com

he shipper of the
container to Fr. Robert
Tikpor has told FPA
that the overstayed of
the container at the Freeport of
Monrovia is due to money.
Varney Johnson is the recipient
of the container containing Fr.
Tikpors library materials.
According to him, he said the
catholic prelate continue to
pressure him for the clearing
of the container but clarified
he is not the delay but money
is lacking as the container
continuously
accumulate
storage fee.

He said all efforts have been

applied to free the container.
He commended Fr. Tikpor for
the money pay against the
container freed. I have tried
to free the container but the
money placed on the container
is high and I really dont expect
him to pay that large amount.
Johnsons continue: You see
this whole container issue is
making me mad because the
people should know Fr. Tikpor
so I am surprised why the
container will overstayed at
the port, and the container was
sent to me and I have stuffs too

Monrovia
day after a National Transit Authority bus was involved
in a tragic accident killing scores of passengers off the
Monrovia Ganta Highway, the management of the says it
is deeply hurt and saddened by the accident.
Explaining the route of the bus prior to the crash, the NTA in a
statement Thursday said Bus No. 5138 left Monrovia on Tuesday
at 8:00am and headed for Ganta, Nimba County. The bus crew
consisted of Mr. Robert F. Lamie (driver) and Saymon Jarwleah
(conductor). Bus No. 5138 departed Red Light with 68 passengers,
including women and children.
The NTA management explained that at 12:00 noon around
Zeanzue in Bong County, the bus operated by Robert F. Lamie
experienced a tragic accident but the cause of this accident is
still unknown. Officers of the Liberia National Police and our
accident investigation team are investigating the cause of this
tragic accident.
As a result of the sad event, the NTA reported Thursday that at
least six commuters lost their lives while several others sustained
major and minor injuries. Immediately upon hearing the
disturbing news, we dispatched an advanced team to Zeanzue.
The locals of Zeanzue, LNP officers, other commuters and our
advanced team worked frantically to remove our fellow Liberians
from the wreckage.
We like to inform you that it is been confirmed that six of our
fellow Liberian commuters died during the accident and 55
commuters sustained injuries (major & minor) and were taken
to Phebe Hospital. On the same day, Phebe Hospital treated and
discharged 30 commuters who experienced minor injuries.
Currently, twenty-five (25) commuters are being treated at
Phebe Hospital in Suakoko, Bong County. Information on these
commuters will be released to the press and public as they unfold.
The NTA says it is doing everything possible to address concerns
and comfort the families of those who lost their lives. As we face
this national catastrophe, we are in prayer and remain empathetic
with those Liberians who are victims of this tragedy. Along with
our insurance partners and the Liberia National Police, we will do
everything in our grasp to bring the situation under control and
to work with the medical team at Phebe Hospital. May their souls
and the souls of all faithful departed rest in perfect and perpetual
peace.

on the container. I only took

the lead to free the container
but the money is high and the
bottleneck attached is delaying
the process.
He disclosed that the port
initially charged US $ 5,000,
something he said he paid
but regrettably the regulatory
authorities added additional
bill which has amounted to
USD $4,000.
Said Mr. Johnson: The only
thing I am trying to do now is to
raise the money but all efforts I
have applied is not functioning
and I cant promise Father

Tikpor that he will have the

container sooner because the
more the container stays the
more it accumulates storage
and the way we cant pay now,
I dont know if we will pay in
time to come.
It can be recalled several
Liberian importers expressed
frustration over the difficulties
they experienced in getting
their goods to post-war Liberia
via the Free Port of Monrovia.
Most of the importers abandon
their consignments at the
Port due to the many alleged
illegal financial processes they

encounter during clearing and

forwarding.
Madam Gboima Bestman,
Executive Director of the
Gboima Bestman Foundation
told FPA that her foundation
brought in a 40ft container
with several items for mothers
and babies, but decided to
use the items to the fight
against the deadly Ebola virus.
Bestman says high storage
charges have delayed the
clearing of the container from
the Freeport of Monrovia.
Bestman has since attempted
to free her foundations
container, but to no avail.
High storage fees placed
on the container by APM
Terminals are causing serious
financial embarrassment to
her organization, she says.
Numerous communications
have been sent to the Ministry
of Health and the National
Port Authority but all efforts
to ascertain assistance from
the Ministry of Health have
failed as the container have
overstayed at the Freeport.
She told FPA that the she has
spent over USD$10,000 but
currently the container is still
languishing at the port.
Some of the brokers at the port
have complained of the too

many tips given to BIVAC and

Commerce staff. I have spent
30 years clearing at the Free
Port of Monrovia and I am very
unhappy with the forceful tips
but if you have to get clients
then you have to paid the tips
or else it might stay at the port
longer, Right now, what we are
faced with is before we process
any paper you must tip the
processors or else your paper
will be delayed, said Martin
Tallawally.
The renowned catholic prelate
who has served Liberia
diligently went to the United
States to plead with colleagues
to send him books and they
did so in a 40ft container but
the container is currently at
the port with accumulative
storage.
Speaking to FPA, Fr. Tikpor
said the books are to serve
as his legacy but pondered
on the delay by the Freeport
of Liberia and regulatory
agencies including the Ministry
of Commerce and Liberia
Regulatory Authority.
Sources of the port has
revealed that if a container
stays in the port with high
storage, workers of the port
distribute the items in the
container.

CASUALTIES CONFIRMED: 68 COMMUTERS; 30

HURT; 6 DEAD; 25 DISCHARGED; 7 UNHARMED

NTA SADDENED BY
HIGHWAY CRASH
We like to inform you that it is been confirmed that six of our fellow Liberian commuters died during the
accident and 55 commuters sustained injuries (major & minor) and were taken to Phebe Hospital. On the same
day, Phebe Hospital treated and discharged 30 commuters who experienced minor injuries. Currently, twenty-five
(25) commuters are being treated at Phebe Hospital in Suakoko, Bong County. Information on these commuters
will be released to the press and public as they unfold. - The Management, National Transit Authority

Friday, August 7, 2015

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Page 9

Invitation for Bids (IFB)

National Competitive Bidding
Supply of Non-Consulting Janitorial Services
IFB No. LRA/SBA/NCB/003/015-016
1. The Liberia Revenue Authority (LRA) intends to use funds from the Government of Liberia
through FY 2015/2016 budgetary allocation to fund eligible payments under a contract for
Supplying Non-Consulting Janitorial Services for the LRA.

2. The LRA now invites sealed bids in the form of proposals from eligible, qualified and
reputable Liberian Janitorial companies to provide non-consulting janitorial services for its
ELWA Headquarters, RIA and Freeport offices as indicated in the table below. These nonconsulting services shall cover only the LRA premises and buildings. Bids shall be based on
providing non-consulting services only with the LRA reserving the option to conduct a needs
assessment on other LRA offices not mention below.

Item
Description
1.
LRA Headquarters, ELWA Junction
2.
LRA Office located at RIA
3.
LRA Office located at Freeport

Services and Equipment

To be included in Bid
To be included in Bid
To be included in Bid

3. Bidding will be conducted through the National Competitive Bidding (NCB) procedures as
specified in the PPCA and approved by the PPCC, and is open to all eligible Liberian bidders as
enshrine in the PPCA and SBA.
4. Interested eligible bidders may obtain further information from the below address within
the hours of 9:30 am to 3:00 p.m. as follows:
Walter J. Dean,
Liberia Revenue Authority
LRA Headquarters
ELWA Junction-Paynesville, Liberia
Tel: 231-(0886) -517-891 Email: walter.dean@lra.gov.lr

4. A complete set of Bidding Documents in English may be obtained by interested Bidders

upon payment of a nonrefundable fee of Fifty United States Dollars (US$50.00) beginning 6th
August, 2015 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. daily.
5. Qualifications requirements: All bids must be accompanied by;

Bid security (Bank Managers Check)

Current tax clearance,

Current business registration,

Proof of Past Performance (similar services provided).

List of services and equipment to be provided during Award of Contract.

6. Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before September 3, 2015 at 12:00 pm.
Bids shall be valid for a period of Ninety (90) days after the deadline of bid submission.
7. Bids will be opened on September 3, 2015 at 12:00pm, in the presence of bidders
representatives who choose to attend, at the address below.
Liberia Revenue Authority
LRA Conference Room
LRA Headquarters
ELWA Junction-Paynesville, Liberia

8. All bids must be clearly marked with the address indicated below.

9. Electronic bids will not be accepted. Late bids will be rejected and returned unopened.
10. The address is:

Procurement of Non-Consulting Janitorial Services,

Ref: IFB No. LRA/SBA/NCB/003/015-016
Liberia Revenue Authority
LRA Headquarters
ELWA Junction-Paynesville, Liberia

Note: This IFB and other LRA related information are also available at www.lra.gov.lr and
Liberia Revenue Authority Facebook page.
Oliver N. Rogers, II
Deputy Commissioner General Administrative Affairs
Walter J. Dean
Procurement Manager

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PAGE

WORLD NEWS

Friday, August 7, 2015

SAFE HAVEN
RONT

Coffins, flowers as shipwreck survivors and dead arrive in Italy

MALAYSIA SAYS MATCHES

PROVE WING PART IS FROM
MISSING FLIGHT MH370

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) alaysia said on Thursday paint color and

maintenance-record matches proved that a piece of
wing found on the shore of an Indian Ocean island
was part of the wreckage of Malaysian Airlines
flight MH370, which vanished without trace last year.
Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lai said investigators on the
French island of Reunion had collected more aircraft debris,
including a plane window and aluminum foil, but there was no
confirmation they also belonged to the missing plane.
With the first trace of the plane confirmed, Malaysia has asked
the governments of neighboring Mauritius and Madagascar to
help widen the search area, he told reporters.
Earlier, Prime Minister Najib Razak confirmed that the piece
of debris was from the Boeing 777 airliner that was bound for
Beijing from Kuala Lumpur with 239 passengers and crew on
board when it went missing.

EXPLOSION IN GAZA STRIP KILLS FOUR,

WOUNDS 30; CAUSE UNKNOWN

GAZA (Reuters) n explosion killed four Palestinians and wounded

30 on Thursday in the southern Gaza town of Rafah
along the Egyptian border, medical officials and local
residents said.
Media outlets of the Hamas Islamist group that controls the
Gaza Strip blamed the blast on an unexploded Israeli missile
from last year's war.
The Hamas-run Interior Ministry said it was checking the cause
of the explosion, which destroyed the home of Ayman Abu
Nqeira, a Hamas member. He was wounded in the explosion and
his son and three other relatives were killed, witnesses said.

Palermo (Italy) (AFP) urvivors of a shipwreck

off the coast of Libya,
in which some 200
migrants were feared
drowned, arrived in Sicily
Thursday, as the Irish crew
that rescued them described
battling to save lives.
Flower-topped
coffins
containing the bodies of the
recovered dead were loaded
into black funeral vans. Save
the Children said three of those
who died were "very young"
children.
The fishing boat, believed to
have been carrying more than
600 people, ran into difficulty
about 15 nautical miles off
Libya on Wednesday and
tipped over when rescuers
neared, after frantic migrants
rushed to one side in their
desperation to be saved.

Irish patrol vessel Niamh, first

on the scene of the disaster,
arrived in Palermo with 367
survivors, including 12 women
and 13 children, as well as 25
bodies recovered. It is feared
over 100 people were trapped
in the hull and went down with
the boat.
Red Cross workers handed
out water and shoes to those
disembarking,
who
were
believed to hail from Sub
Saharan Africa, Syria and the
Indian subcontinent. Tents on
the portside provided shade
from the blazing sun and
privacy for health checks.
It is not the first time a boat
making the perilous journey
across the Mediterranean has
overturned because of sudden
movement onboard when help
is in sight.
Many migrants cannot swim,

KERRY SAYS U.S. WILL NOT ACCEPT

RESTRICTIONS IN SOUTH CHINA SEA

POPE SLAMS 'ATROCIOUS, INHUMAN'

PERSECUTION OF CHRISTIANS

Vatican City (AFP) ope Francis on Thursday slammed the "atrocious,

inhuman and inexplicable" persecution of Christians
and minorities, urging the international community not
to remain silent.
"May global public opinion be ever more attentive, sensitive and
active faced with the persecutions carried out against Christians,
and more generally, against religious minorities," the pontiff
said in a message to the Jordanian Catholic Church.
He denounced "the atrocious, inhuman and inexplicable
persecution of those in many parts of the world... who are
victims of fanaticism and intolerance."
"I renew my hope that the international community will not assist
mutely and inertly to such an unacceptable crime," he said in the
message, which will be delivered to the Jordanian Church by the
secretary of the Italian Bishops' Conference, Nunzio Galantino.
Galantino will be in Jordon from Thursday to Sunday to deliver
aid provided by the Italian church for the country's refugees.
Jordon sits on the front line of a refugee crisis in Syria, where
millions of people have been displaced by the war.

making it a race against time

for rescue workers trying to
pull them from the water.
This August 5, 2015 picture
from the Marina Militare
shows crew members of the
Italian navy destroye
Commander Ken Minihane said
his crew had done everything
to try and save a child plucked
from the sea, but could not
revive him.
"It was very upsetting to see
a mother and father grieving
for their young child, and our
personnel tried to resuscitate
him but unfortunately there
was nothing they could do," he
told journalists at the portside.
Earlier, Juan Matias, a project
coordinator
for
Doctors
Without
Borders
(MSF),
described the nightmare he
witnessed out at sea.
"It was a horrific sight, people

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) .S. Secretary of

State John Kerry on
Thursday accused
China of restricting
navigation and overflights in
the disputed South China Sea,
despite giving assurances
that such movements would
not be impeded.
Addressing
a
regional
meeting in Kuala Lumpur
that has been dominated by
the South China Sea, Kerry
said China's construction
of facilities for "military
purposes" on man-made
islands was raising tensions
and risked "militarization" by
other claimant states.
Kerry's blunt criticism of
Beijing, in front of his Chinese
counterpart Wang Yi, is likely
to lift the South China Sea
up the agenda when Chinese
President Xi Jinping visits
Washington next month,
some experts said.
"Freedom of navigation

and overflight are among

the essential pillars of
international maritime law,"
Kerry told the East Asia
Summit attended by foreign
ministers from around the
region.
"Despite assurances that
these
freedoms
would
be respected, we have
seen warnings issued and
restrictions attempted in
recent months," Kerry said.
"Let me be clear: The United
States will not accept
restrictions on freedom of
navigation and overflight, or
other lawful uses of the sea."
China has repeatedly warned
Philippine military aircraft
away from the artificial
islands in the Spratly
archipelago of the South
China Sea, Philippine military
officials have said.
The Chinese navy also issued
eight warnings to the crew
of a U.S. P8-A Poseidon
surveillance aircraft when

it conducted overflights in
the area in May, according to
CNN, which was aboard the
U.S. aircraft.
China claims most of the
South China Sea, through
which $5 trillion in shipborne trade passes every year.
The Philippines, Vietnam,
Malaysia, Taiwan and Brunei
also have overlapping claims.
There was no immediate
reaction
from
Chinese
officials to Kerry's criticism,
some of his strongest yet
over the issue.
Ruan Zongze, a former
Chinese
diplomat
with
the China Institute of
International
Studies,
a
think-tank affiliated with the
Foreign Ministry, said China
and the United States would
not allow the South China Sea
spat to overshadow Xi's trip.
"There's so much else to
discuss. It's in neither
country's interests to allow
this to affect the broader
picture," Ruan said.
COMMITMENT
NOT
"FULSOME"
China says the outposts in the
Spratlys will have undefined
military purposes, as well as
help with maritime search
and rescue, disaster relief
and navigation.
Wang said on Wednesday
that Beijing had halted land
reclamation and that the
Association of Southeast

desperately
clinging
to
lifebelts, boats and anything
they could, fighting for their
lives, amidst people drowning,
and those who had already
died," he said.
The MSF boat Dignity One was
the second vessel on the scene
and helped rescue panicking
children and adults from the
water. It was delayed, however,
by being diverted en route to
help another boat in trouble
with 94 people aboard.
- 'Disappeared underwater' An Italian navy helicopter
flies over the site where a
boat carrying more than 600
migrants capsized
"The fact that we were first
called to assist this boat and
then shortly afterwards sent
to another one highlights
the severe lack of resources
available
for
rescue
operations," Matias said.
More than 2,000 people have
already died trying to cross the
Mediterranean to Europe this
year, according to IOM.
The government in Italy, one
of the countries bearing the
brunt of the crisis, has pleaded
repeatedly for more resources
to deal with the unremitting
wave of boats from the coast of
North Africa.
Italy's coast guard on Thursday
said it had saved 381 migrants
on another boat, which then
sank 30 nautical miles off the
Libyan coast.
The MSF comments were
echoed by the deputy director
of the European Borders
Agency Frontex, Gil AriasFernandez, who told El
Mundo daily that there was
a shortage of resources to
prevent disasters, because
countries were reluctant to
lend equipment.

Asian
Nations
(ASEAN)
and China shared a desire
to resolve the thorny issue
through dialogue.
In June, China said it would
soon complete some of its
reclamation, while adding
it would continue to build
facilities on the man-made
islands.
Kerry said he hoped China
had stopped island building,
but that what was needed was
an end to "militarization".
He added that Wang's
commitment to resolving
the South China Sea issue
had not been as "fulsome" as
some had hoped.
"In my meeting with ... Wang
Yi, he indicated I think a
different readiness of China
to try to resolve some of this,
though I think it was still not
as fulsome as many of us
would like to see," Kerry later
told reporters.
"But it's a beginning, and
it may open up some
opportunity for conversation
on this in months ahead.
Well have to wait and see."
Kerry said he had urged
all claimants to make a
joint commitment to halt
further land reclamation and
construction of new facilities
or militarization on disputed
features.
Carl Thayer, a South China
Sea expert at Canberra's
Australian Defence Force
Academy,
said
while
Washington was "upping the
ante", Kerry's words had to
be followed through with
actions.

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Sports

FIFA GLITCH FOR BILITY

Confederation of African Football(CAF) Hears Appeal from Liberia Football Chief
Looking to Succeed Sepp Blatter but Decides Against giving its support

M
CAIRO

usa Bilitys quest

to succeed Sepp
Blatter suffered
a major glitch
Thursday as the continents
sports government body,
the Confederation of African
Football(CAF) declined to
throw its backing behind the
head of the Liberia Football
Association.
Bility,
flanked
by
Representative
Edwin
Melvin Snowe, a former LFA
President, made a passionate
plea to CAF at its Executive
Meeting in Cairo Thursday
but failed to win the backing
as CAF decided against
supporting him to succeed
Blatter.
Bility told the body Thursday
that he was seeking its
mandate not in its own name
but in the name of Africa
which has demonstrated
under the leadership of
President Hayatou that it has
the ability to lead and not
follow, as people in some parts
of the world feel about the
continent. Your endorsement
will be of great help to not only
to our campaign but to Africas
push to take its rightful place
in World football. It is only
when the rest of the World see
Africa as a unit can the World
know that this is Africa's time
to lead.
Bility told the CAF body that he
was seeking its support also to
set a course of transformation
for FIFA, injecting a new
blood of dynamism into this
global body and making it
responsive to the growing and
diverse needs of the football
community. That is why
we consider our presence
here today to address you
as a matter of pride and
privilege and for this, we

are extremely honored and

will remain grateful. During
the last few years, we have
learnt a lot about sincerity,
modesty, sense of belonging,
team spirit, sense of pride
working under the approving
eyes of not only President
Hayatou but you able leaders
of African Football. We trust
that this Executive Committee
shall view our humble and
just appeal with a favorable
consideration.
Despite his passionate appeal,
CAF rejected Bilitys plea
unanimously after a meeting
"full of sincerity and warmth"
and having been wished good
luck, CAF said in a statement.
Bility
announced
his

intentions to seek the sports

governing body post on
June 18 without apparent
encouragement from CAF
President
Issa
Hayatou.
If Africa doesn't put up a
candidate it says a lot about
us," Bility said then. He later
added he would step aside if
Hayatou entered the race.
The CAF statement, which
was issued after an executive
meeting in Cairo, made
no mention of possible
contenders from Africa or
elsewhere it might support.
Hayatou, the FIFA senior vice
president from Cameroon, lost
to Blatter in 2002 and has not
suggested he would run again
in the Feb. 26 ballot.

LFA KNOCKOUT SECOND

ROUND KICKOFF TODAY

Rep.
Snowe
told
FrontPageAfrica
Thursday
that
the
vote
against
Bility was expected while
acknowledging the Bilitys
bid could be difficult without
CAFs backing. We did
not get CAF endorsement.
Balancing competing interest
and the belief that Hayatou
is exploring the possibility of
running and speculations that
a businessman from South
Africa is also seeking CAF
endorsement. As of now, no
change of mind but Hayatou
is proposing a meeting first
week of September.
Some observers say CAFs
rejection of the Liberian
candidate may have been

driven by speculations that

South African businessman
Tokyo Sexwale, a member
of
FIFA's
discrimination
task force, could throw his
hat in the race. Sexwale was
promoted by Blatter in May
to broker better relations
between the Israeli and
Palestinian football bodies.
Bility faces strong competition
from the likes of the
Frenchman Michel Platini and
current UEFA President; and
former Argentine Great Diego
Maradona.
Platini is publicly backed
by the English, Italian and
German FA chiefs. South
Korean Chung Mong Joon has
also declared his intentions to
stand along with former Brazil
great Zico. Prince Ali bin Al
Hussein of Jordan -- Blatter's
only opponent last time
around -- is also considering
another bid.
UEFA has cited support for
Platini from other regions,
though not from Africa. The
54 CAF member federations
have traditionally been mostly
loyal to Blatter, including in
his 133-73 win over Prince
Ali bin al-Hussein in May.
The Jordanian prince has
been considering a second
challenge for the presidency.
CAF said Thursday that its
executive committee wants
time to study all options.
The panel will next meet on
Oct. 27, the day after FIFA's
deadline for applications.
Contenders need to be
nominated by five of FIFA's
209 member federations to be
considered as candidates.
Rep. Snowe said Bility
expected the CAF rejection but
feels good that he was given
the opportunity to address
the CAF committee and put
forward his case. It is going to
be difficult, he said.

Mighty Dragon engage Watanga in opening game

A. Macaulay Sombai, sombaifrontpageafricaonline.com 077721748

Monroviahe second round

of Liberia Football
Association
(LFA)
knockout or FA Cup
competition gets underway
today at the ATS.
Second division side Mighty
Dragon FC comes head to
head with first division side
Watanga FC in the opening
match.
First division group (b)
leaders LISCR FC will rub
shoulders with Aries in the
day last encounter.
LISCR advanced to the
second round of the knockout

competition through a 4-2

victory in penalty kicks
against second division side
FC Sesay after the 90 minutes
ended 0-0
As for Aries, her only hope in
the entire LFA national league
now is the knockout title. She
needs to do all she can in order
to win against LISCR and to
continue winning until she
reach that competition grand
finale because she is seated
at the bottom of her groups
(b) table in the first division
league and there is no way she
could escape relegation at the
end of the season.

Aries made it to the second

round of the k knockout or FA
Cup competition with a 3-2
victory in penalty shootout
against IE after both teams
settled to a 1-1 draw during
full time.
In
tomorrows
clashes,
defending champions FC
Fassell and Nimba United will
meet in the early kickoff while
Keitrace will engage Monrovia
Club Breweries.
The Head Coach of Nimba
United described his side
clash with FC Fassell as tough
but nevertheless he is of the
hope of winning at the end of

the day due to what he called

his boys preparedness for the
battle against their opponents.
To you my players as you all
know Fassell is the defending
champions of the knockout
competition and just as
you want to be crowned
champions for the first time
they also want to maintain the
championship so you have to
engage them with all of your
talents and strength and all
of the strategies in football if
we are to advance to the third

round of the competition. And

I wish you all success in your
endeavor.
NPA Anchors who ended first
division defending champions
Barrack Young Controllers
(BYC) participation in the
knockout competition will
tackle BYC II in Sunday early
kickoff while Holders FC who
overpowered Nimba FC in
the first phase battles against
Jubilee FC in the day last
battle.

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SPORTS

ARSENAL ARE ONE SIGNING

AWAY FROM CHAMPIONS
LEAGUE GLORY'

rsenal are one

marquee signing
away
from
challenging for the
Champions League, according
to
shareholder
Alisher
Usmanov.
Arsene Wenger has bolstered
his squad for the signing of
goalkeeper Petr Cech from
Chelsea for 11 million, while
the club have not given up on
a move for Real Madrid striker
Karim Benzema.

MESSI, SUAREZ & NEYMAR

SHOULD BE BALLON D'OR
TRIO' - BARTOMEU

arcelona president
Josep
Maria
Bartomeu believes
forwards Lionel
Messi, Luis Suarez and
Neymar should be 2015's
Ballon d'Or top three.
The attacking trio played an
integral role in the Catalans'
treble triumph last season,
scoring a record-breaking 122
goals between them.
Cristiano Ronaldo has won
the last two Ballon d'Or
awards but Bartomeu does
not think the Real Madrid
ace should even make the
shortlist for 2015.

DE BRUYNE: THERE IS
NO MAN CITY OFFER

evin De Bruyne
has
rejected
rumours
that
Manchester City
have lodged a 48 million bid
with Wolfsburg.
The Belgium international
was named Bundesliga Player
of the Year for his attacking
exploits as the Volkswagen
Arena side finished second
behind Bayern Munich and
won the DFB-Pokal.
Since joining Wolfsburg 18
months ago, De Bruyne's
reputation has rocketed and
the 24-year-old has attracted
reported interest from the
likes of Paris Saint-Germain
and Man City.
The Premier League side are
now believed to be pursuing
the former Chelsea winger as
their final summer signing,
but De Bruyne has insisted
that he is in the dark about
where he will call home at the
end of the transfer window.

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Friday, August 7, 2015

PRESIDENT SIRLEAF RECEIVES DRS. PAUL FARMER AND

GARY GOTTLIEB OF PARTNERS IN HEALTH IN MONROVIA

Monrovia
resident Ellen Johnson
Sirleaf received in
audience Dr. Paul
Farmer and Dr. Gary
Gottlieb of an international
social justice and health
organization,
Partners
in
Health.
Dr. Farmer, an American
anthropologist and physician
who is best known for
his humanitarian work, is

Monrovia -resident
Ellen
Johnson
Sirleaf
says
community
ownership
and
effective mobilization emerged
as the
fulcrum of Liberias unique
experience in dealing squarely
with an unknown enemy.
According to an Executive
Mansion release, the Liberian
leader made the remarks
yesterday in the cabinet room
at her temporary office at the
Foreign Ministry when she
hosted the United Nations High
Level Panel (HLP) on the Global
Response to Health Crises
established by UN Secretary
General in April 2015.
The HLP visiting delegation
led by the former President of
Switzerland, H.E. Ms. Micheline
Calmy-Rey; former Minister of
Foreign Affairs of Indonesia,
H.E. Ms. Marty Natalegawa;
Executive Secretary of the
African
Leaders
Malaria
Alliance, H.E. Joy Phumaphi;
former Administrator of the

providing suitable healthcare

to rural and under resourced
areas in developing countries,
beginning in Haiti and is cofounder of Partners in Health;
while Dr. Gary Gottlieb is its
Executive Director.
According to an Executive
Mansion release, the Liberian
leader thanked Dr. Farmers
and Partners in Health for
working in Liberia, particularly
during the most difficult

period of the Ebola outbreak

and for the services they have
rendered Liberians, especially
rural dwellers in southeastern
Liberia where their operations
are focused.
She said the country took up
a new window of opportunity
and victory over Ebola until
the most recent cases which
are being contained. The
country now has a strong
capacity in combatting the

virus and so the response to

the new cases was very good
and a second countdown is
now on. We are now working
on the institutionalization of
the response capability and
capacity, President Sirleaf
pointed out.
For their part, Drs. Farmer and
Gottlieb provided updates to
the Liberian leader on their
organizations operation in
Liberia, especially Maryland,

Grand Kru, Rivercess and

Grand Gedeh where over 200
community health worker
are busy servicing these
communities.
They also briefed President
Sirleaf about work currently
being done at the J.J. Dossen
Hospital
in
Maryland
County
where
staffing,
health education as well as
the provision of an X-ray
machine and other laboratory
equipment
have
been
provided.
There are plans to transform
the J.J. Dossen Hospital in
Maryland County into a
regional referral hospital with
Partners in Health serving as
the implementing partner. This
selection is consistent with
the seven-year Health Plan
of the Ministry of Health that
particularly targets the John F.
Kennedy Hospital, Redemption
Hospital,
Phebe
Hospital
and the J.J. Dossen Hospital
which Partners in Health
will implement, Dr. Farmer
indicated.
He said the regional referral
hospital will be modeled
after an over US$4 million
district referral hospital in

for partnership to build viable

response mechanisms at the
community level, train health
care workers that would be
available to professionally
manage mainly rural health
facilities and provide quality
service delivery to the people.
She however underscored
the urgency to train health
care workers who would
serve as first responders

not necessarily in the event

of an outbreak but with the
capacity to provide health care
for preventable and treatable
cases at the community level.
She said it was important to
forge regional and continental
collaboration for experience
sharing and learning.
She
praised the vibrancy of
the community as well as
the overall leadership and
technical
expertise
the
Incident Management System
(IMS) brought to bear that
culminated into improved
coordination in the collective
fight against the outbreak.
Earlier, the head of UN
High Level Panel visiting
delegation
and
former
President of Switzerland,
H.E. Ms. Micheline Calmy-Rey
informed the meeting that
three critical priority areas
namely Financing, Surveillance

Rwanda that incorporates

all of the major services that
are generally offered by a
standard referral hospital and
will serve the people of the
southeastern region of Liberia.
He stressed that it will also
serve as a teaching hospital
for the training of healthcare
workers that are required for
an effective and functional
healthcare system in Liberia
following years of civil war and
the deadly Ebola crisis.
Dr. Farmer and Gottlieb
indicated that the overall work
of Partners in Health in Liberia
targets the deployment of over
11,000 community health
services workers in the entire
country with about 400 of
those currently involved with
their work in Maryland County
where Dr. Gary Gottlieb himself
is based.
They thanked President Sirleaf
for the opportunity of meeting
with them and for allowing
them to work in Liberia and
thus being of service to the
county and its people. They
also commended President
Sirleaf, her government and the
people of Liberia for effectively
combatting and containing
the deadly Ebola virus disease
that threatened the progress of
Liberia.

COMMUNITY OWNERSHIP AND MOBILIZATION INSPIRED THE FIGHT AGAINST

EBOLA, PRESIDENT SIRLEAF TELLS HLP ON GLOBAL RESPONSE TO HEALTH CARE

United States Agency for

International
Development
(USAID), H.E. Dr. Rajiv Shah;
and UN Resident CoordinatorOIC-UNMIL,
Mr.
Antonio
Vigilante held the bilateral
meeting with President Ellen
Johnson Sirleaf.
The Liberia leader noted that
although some gains have
been in the area reducing
infant mortality and other

LAWMAKER WANTS
UNMIL HANG ON
Henry Karmo (0886522495) - FPA Staff Writer

infectious diseases such as TB,

the outbreak revealed critical
gaps that need to be urgently
addressed. She said our own
capacity
was
centralized
coupled with the lack of
knowledge and stressed the
significance of restructuring
the level or coordination and
mechanism to ensure the
desired results.
President Sirleaf then called

n the wake on ongoing

drawdown of UNMILs
drawdown from Liberia,
a member of the Liberian
national
Legislature
is
requesting the UN to reserve a
huge presence of its troops in
Liberia.
Representative
Bhofal
Chambers
(CDC-District
#2 Maryland County) in
his communication to the
plenary of the House of
Representatives
Thursday
craved the indulgence of
his colleagues to have the
United Nations, through the
special Representatives of the
secretary General, written
to ensure that a sizeable
component of its security force
is kept in Liberia.
At least 10,000 should be
kept on the ground, during
and after the 2017 elections,
when affecting its draw-down
on the United Nations Security

personnel. My request is based

on the fact that the United
Nations has done excellently
well in ensuring and fostering
peace in Liberia and the
sub-region, and the need
exists now more than ever
before, for the maintenance
of such peaceful atmosphere
to void its derailment, his
communication noted.
UNMIL DRAWDOWN
The UN Security Council on
April 2 2015 authorized the
resumption of drawdown for
the United Nations Mission
in
Liberia
(UNMIL)

suspended since September

due to the Ebola outbreak
and narrowed its mandate
to exclude assistance for
senatorial elections that were
held in December 2014.
Through
the
unanimous
adoption
of
resolution
2215 (2015) under United

Nations
Charter
Chapter
VII, the Council endorsed
the Secretary-Generals 15
March 2015 recommendation
on the drawdown of UNMIL
uniformed
personnel,
authorizing him to carry
out the drawdowns third
phase to arrive at a military
ceiling of 3,590 personnel,
and reduce the police ceiling
to 1,515 personnel both
by September 2015.
The
Missions mandate would no
longer include support for
senatorial elections, outlined
in resolution 2190 (2014).
By other terms, the Council
reaffirmed its expectation that
the Government would fully
assume its complete security
responsibilities
no
later
than 30 June 2016, as well
as its intention to consider
the
Missions
continued
reconfiguration. It requested
the
Secretary-General
to

- with emphasis on the

community and national levels
and affordability as well as
accessibility informed the HLP
mission to the worst affected
region Guinea, Liberia and
Sierra Leone.
Chaired by the President of the
United Republic of Tanzania,
His Excellency, Jakaya Mrisho
Kikwete the Panel is expected
to make recommendations
with a view to strengthening
national international systems
to prevent and manage future
health crisis, taking into
account lessons learnt from
the response to the outbreak of
the Ebola virus.
Meanwhile, the visiting HLP
delegation met the United
Nations Mission in Liberia
(UNMIL), the private sector,
civil society and international
partners.
continue
to
streamline
UNMIL activities across its
civilian, police and military
components and to consolidate
its presence in line with the
security transition.
In that context, the Council
called on Liberia and Cte
dIvoire to continue reinforcing
cooperation, particularly on
the border area, and on United
Nations entities in those
countries to support those
authorities.
(Resolution 2190 (2014)
had requested the SecretaryGeneral to provide an update
no later than 15 March 2015
on the situation in Liberia,
especially an assessment of the
impact of the Ebola outbreak
on the stability of Liberia
and options for resuming the
drawdown of UNMILs military
strength, in line with the goal
of completing the security
transition.)

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NO LEGITIMACY

NATIONAL ELECTIONS COMMISSION DECIDES IN NPP CONFLICT

Monrovia he National Elections Commission (NEC) has ruled that
the two conflicting groups within the National Patriotic
Party (NPP) have no legitimacy to steer the affairs of the
party.
The Board of Commissioners of the NEC at a meeting with the
conflicting parties Wednesday in Monrovia said in concert
with the constitution of the National Patriotic Party, Councilor
Theophilus Gould was no longer qualified to serve as chairman of
the party because his tenure expired since March this year.
The Randolph Cooper faction on the other hand, was rendered
illegal because it has no legitimacy under the constitution of the
NPP to steer the affairs of the party.
The Commission believes that all activities of the NPP should be
conducted in line with its constitution.
In order to resolve the long standing conflict within the NPP,
the Commission recommended that the two conflicting sides
nominate five persons each from which six individuals would
be selected to serve as members of the interim leadership of the
party.
The interim leadership of the party, according to the NEC decision,
would be chaired by a neutral partisan who would be elected by
both sides.
The Commissions decision further noted that in the event that the
two sides fail to agree on any neutral partisan to serve as Chairman
of the seven-member interim committee, the Commission will
nominate a list of between three to five prominent Liberians who
are not partisans of the NPP, from which the two sides would be
required to choose a Chairman.
The seven member interim committee would be required to take
the NPP to convention in December this year in line with the
partys constitution.

NGAFUAN ORDERS FULLSCALE FORENSIC AUDIT

Following Project Managers Abrupt Departure from Liberia

Monrovia he Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Liberia,

Augustine Kpehe Ngafuan, has instructed the Internal
Audit Section of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to conduct
a full-scale forensic audit and investigation to ascertain
the nature, scale, amount and probable participants to a fraud
relating to the management of a capacity-building project fund
under the Department of International Cooperation & Economic
Integration of the Ministry.
The Internal Audit Section, comprising auditors from the Internal
Audit Agency (IAA), is expected to present the report not later
than Monday, August 10, 2015.
According to a Foreign Ministry release, the commission of the
forensic audit was prompted by the abrupt and unannounced
departure from the country of Mr. Augustine Nah Nyanplu,
Senior Desk Officer & Project Manager, after vendors issued
checks against the project account at the Afriland Bank alerted
the Ministry to difficulties in encashing their checks due to
insufficiency of funds.
The Ministry has therefore contacted the International Criminal
Police Organization (INTERPOL) to assist in apprehending Mr.
Nyanplu, who is currently believed to be on the run in the United
States of America.
Meanwhile, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has been duly
apprised of the unfolding developments as the Internal Audit
Section of the Ministry conducts the investigation, which report
will inform the basis for a subsequent full-scale investigation by
the Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission (LACC).

SOLAR POWERED TABLET

DEVICES FOR EDUCATION
Akon Lighting Africa unveils its strategy in Benin

COTONOU, Benin, August

6,
2015/African
Press
Organization (APO)/ -kon Lighting Africa
(http://www.
akonlightingafrica.
com/)
concluded
its African road show last
night in Benin. The three cofounders, Akon, Thione Niang
and Samba Bathily inspected
the new street lamps installed
in the district of Pahou, near
to the capital Cotonou with
Prime Minister, Mr. Lionel
Zinsou. Benin is the last
stop on this two-week road
show during which the cofounders unveiled their longterm objective to use solar
activities to drive education by
introducing connected tablet
devices.
The solar power we are
providing can be used to
connect all sorts of devices telephones to communicate,
fridges to keep food so why
not to power computers too.
We presented the outline of a
new project we hope to launch
within the next few months
to supply learning devices
and to set up smart schools
explained Akon.
Akon
Lighting Africa is an initiative
that puts top priority on
African development. Access
to energy will drive rapid
transformations in Africa.
Electrification first, education
next added Thione Niang.

This stopover in Benin was

also an opportunity to review
progress on the solar project
to date in this country. Solektra
International, the main partner
of Akon Lighting Africa, is just
installing the last of the 1500
solar powered street lamps
and 2200 solar kits agreed
under the tender it won a few
months ago and targeting 124
localities. We have already
installed over 75% of the
equipment and the authorities
are most satisfied by the work
done by our teams in the field.
explained Samba Bathily,
CEO of Solektra. Benin is a
strategic country. By winning
this tender, we have been able
to show that our approach is
both solid and involves high
quality solutions. We would

like to thank the authorities

for the confidence they have
shown in us.
Cotonou was the last stopover
of a road show that started with
the Global Entrepreneurship
Summit on July 24th and
which toured Kenya, Rwanda,
Congo-Brazzaville,
Nigeria,
Niger and Benin. It was an
opportunity to have productive
discussions, in particular with
local agencies responsible for
rural electrification, to identify
opportunities for deploying
the solar solutions proposed
by Solektra international.
Various
authorities
have
shown interest in this initiative
and its proposed prefinancing
business model. By multiplying
the number of pilot schemes or
participating in tenders, Akon
Lighting Africa and Solektra
International is hoping to
quickly achieve its objective
to establish a presence in 25
countries by the end of 2016.
Akon Lighting Africa aims to
provide tangible solutions to
the African energy crisis and
create a future for Africa. This
initiative launched in February
2014 by international music
star Akon, youth leader Thione
Niang and entrepreneur Samba
Bathily has one clear objective:
to use innovative solar
solutions to provide villages

throughout Africa with access

to clean electricity. Thanks to
its public-private partnership
model and network of world
class partners, in under a
year, this initiative has driven
a series of high quality solar
developments including the
installation of street lamps,
domestic and community kits
in 14 countries throughout
Africa.
Incorporated in New York,
United States, and with
offices in a number of
African countries, Solektra
International is focusing on two
business strategies to promote
African development: the
use of solar power to provide
access to clean water and
electricity. Founded by Samba
Bathily, Akon and Thione
Niang, Solektra International
is one of a new generation of
African businesses that are
investing in driving growth and
employment throughout Africa
in association with numerous
leading international partners.
Solektra
International
currently has a presence in 14
countries - Mali, Senegal, Niger,
Benin, Sierra Leone, BurkinaFaso, the Republic of Guinea,
Equatorial Guinea, Gabon,
Congo-Brazzaville,
Nigeria,
Madagascar, Namibia and
Kenya.

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