Liberia: ‘Guilty as Charged’: Ruling CDC Expels Minister, Day After Dismissal
Madam Wolokollie has defended her decision to step down, posting on her Facebook page Tuesday evening that if her dismissal was due to her stance exposing the wrongs in the ruling Coalition, then she has no regrets. Monrovia – Barely 24 hours after her dismissal as Deputy Minister of Commerce for Small Business, by President George Manneh Weah, the ruling Coalition for Democratic Change(CDC) has expelled Ms. Jemima Wolokollie from the party. The party said the expulsion comes after an earlier action of suspension for fraud, extortion, corruption, and her role in a fake loan scheme. Madam Wolokollie has defended her decision to step down, posting on her Facebook page Tuesday evening that if her dismissal was due to her stance exposing the wrongs in the ruling Coalition, then she has no regrets. Since announcing her intent to contest the senatorial seat for Montserrado County, Ms. Wolokollie who had been out of the public spectacle became vocal, especially on issues obtaining in the Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC).
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July 01, 2020 15:53 UTC
Liberia To Own Shares In Prestigious Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
Monrovia – Liberia’s quest to gain membership to the prestigious Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank has gained traction with both parties agreeing on terms and conditions. The AIIB is is multilateral development bank with a mission to improve social and economic development in the Asian-Pacific region and other parts of the world by investing in sustainable infrastructure and other productive sectors. The decision to accept Liberia’s membership into the powerful global institution will be formalized when the AIIB’s board of governors meets later this July, 2020. Under the terms of Liberia’s membership, the country will “subscribe to 50 shares of capital stock in AIIB, of which 10 shares shall be paid-in shares and 40 shall be callable shares”. Both parties also agreed that payments of the paid-in shares shall be made in five equal installments.
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July 01, 2020 15:19 UTC
Liberia: We Don’t Want ‘Big Boss Show’ At RIA; Everyone Must Submit To The Health Protocols
There were also accusations leveled against the National Public Health Institute of Liberia for being lackadaisical in thoroughly screening passengers for COVID-19 at the RIA. THEREFORE, we are calling on the Management of the Liberia Airport Authority, the Ministry of Health and all government agencies working to enforce the health protocol at the RIA to be robust, vigilant, and uncompromising. SCREENERS or health workers implementing health protocols at the RIA must do their job without fear or favor! ENSURING that we tighten our grip on the health protocols at the airport should be unswerving and should involve all those that have the privilege to travel via air. We cannot afford to allow any more case to slip through the cracks at the Robert International Airport.
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July 01, 2020 14:53 UTC
Liberia: Rep. Edwin Snowe Quits Unity Party
Rep. Snowe, has been in the House of Representative since January 2006, first as representative from District No. 6, Montserrado County and later, running as a representative from Bomi County where he has been since his victory in the 2017 presidential elections. Rep. Snowe, when contacted Tuesday, declined to confirm or deny the report but said he will provide clarity by end of business day Wednesday. Speculations have been in the air for months now that the lawmaker was pondering a run for the Senate for Bomi County. Rep. Snowe, in the October 11, 2005 elections ran as an independent candidate in the 5th district of Montserrado County and was elected to the House of Representatives.
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July 01, 2020 10:18 UTC
Liberia: Potential Void at Ministry of Foreign Foreign as Four Names Emerge for Possible Replacement of Gbezohnga Findley
Liberia: Potential Void at Ministry of Foreign Foreign as Four Names Emerge for Possible Replacement of Gbezohnga FindleyWhoever replaces Findley would be required to steer the direction of Liberia’s external direction and ease the lingering issue of diplomats and foreign service staffers overseas. Ambassador Kemayah also currently serves as the Political Leader and National Chairman of the Movement for Economic Empowerment (MOVEE), which contested the 2017 Representative and Presidential Elections. As Chairman of the LCM; Ambassador Kemayah served as Global Fund Representative to the Health Sector Pool Fund Steering Committee (HSPFSC). As Ambassador, Kemayah has upped his game in that department. LENN EUGENE NAGBEThe current minister of Information, Cultural Affairs and Tourism is one of the government’s most efficient communicators.
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July 01, 2020 03:22 UTC
Liberia: Pres. Weah Craves Legislature to Approve Declared State of Emergency Amid Surge in COVID-19 Cases
President Weah made the disclosure in a communication to the House of Representatives, stating the facts and circumstances behind his decision to extend the State of Emergency by additional one month. In a Presidential proclamation on June 22, 2020, the President declared that he took the decision in consultation with the Legislature to afford the government the opportunity to re-examine its COVID-19 response. If the two-thirds vote is not obtained, the emergency automatically shall be revoked. However, less than three weeks later, by June 1, 2020, after relaxing those restrictions, the numbers of cases had tripled from 100 to 300. As of June 27, 2020, less than four weeks later, those 300 cases have more than doubled to 738 cases of citizens infected by the disease.
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July 01, 2020 03:10 UTC
More Covid-19 Deaths in Liberia Predicted
It was licensed by the Liberia Medical and Dental Council (LMDC) to provide adequate respiratory training to would-be Respiratory Therapists in the nation. According to Mr. Moore, deaths and confirmed cases of Covid-19 will continue to rapidly increase in Liberia due to the ‘exclusion’ of respiratory therapists from the process. “We have a lot of breathing infection diseases before the virus (Covid-19) could even come around. “We decided to come to Liberia to train more Respiratory Therapists to cut back on this high infant mortality death rate. We opened the school in conjunction with the Liberia Medical and Dental Council.
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July 01, 2020 03:00 UTC
Liberia: House Summons Firestone Management Over Plan to Layoff 347 Workers
Representative Tarponweh further that it is not in the best interest of the Firestone management to abruptly announce a redundancy scheme without consulting the relevant government agencies or authorities, including the Liberia Legislature. The Committee’s meeting, which will also be attended by the Legislative Caucus of Margibi County, was prompted by the anticipated decision of Firestone Liberia to reduce her labor force by 374 employees from the Estates Department effective July 26, 2020. However, the Lawmaker has questioned the company’s reason for the anticipated redundancy, stating that the company’s first redundant workers were replaced with contractors. That deviates from Firestone Liberia Company recent reviewed and confirmed Concession Agreement. The reports of the anticipated redundancy have caused serious anxiety, limbo among workers within the concession area.
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July 01, 2020 02:48 UTC
Deputy Finance Minister for Fiscal Affairs Discusses Liberia’s Post Covid-19 Recovery Plan
“The Government of Liberia has drafted an economic recovery plan with the objective of ensuring that the fundamentals of the economy are strengthened. Samora P. Z. Wolokolie, Liberia’s Deputy Finance Minister for Fiscal AffairsHowever, plans to reopen the Roberts International Airport has gone ahead despite a one-week delay. “The Government of Liberia has drafted an economic recovery plan with the objective of ensuring that the fundamentals of the economy are strengthened. This recovery plan will touch every sector or the economy with the expectation that business will rebound from the effects of the pandemic.” – Samora P. Z. Wolokolie, Liberia’s Deputy Finance Minister for Fiscal Affairs. As part of a continental plan which includes Liberia, Minister Wolokolie said, “the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa is currently coordinating African finance ministers to mobilize US$100 billion financial support across Africa.”
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July 01, 2020 02:37 UTC
Labor Minister Craves American Government’s Support in Curbing Human Trafficking in Liberia
Monrovia – Labor Minister Moses Kollie has pleaded with the US Government to help Liberia improves its capacity to completely stop child labor and human trafficking in the country. “This government under the leadership of President Weah has developed special interest in stepping up the fight against trafficking-in-persons and today the administration has proven its preparedness,” Minister Kollie averred. In the latest human trafficking report by the US State Department, Liberia moves to Tier 2 after being the Tier 2 watch list for more than three years. She promised to continue working with the Ministry of Labor to ensure more awareness against human trafficking and child labor to sustain the gains. Madam Grunder furthered that the US government is willing to support Liberia in the training of law enforcement personnel, advising prosecutors and working with the Ministry of Labor to stop child labor.
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July 01, 2020 02:37 UTC
CBL Designates BICON To Liquidate International Insurance Company of Liberia
Monrovia – The Central Bank of Liberia (CBL) has designated BICON Inc. a certified public Accounting and forensic examination firm to institute compulsory liquidation proceeding of International Insurance Company of Liberia (IICL). It can be recalled, that the International Insurance Company of Liberia limited (IICL) was incorporated and licensed in 2007 as an insurance company to carry out non-banking services life and non-life insurance business in Liberia. The International Insurance Company of Liberia limited (IICL) was relicensed by the CBL in 2014 in line with CBL reform of the insurance sector. Prior to the supervisory role prescription, the International Insurance Company of Liberia Limited was a major asset of the First International Bank, the Central Bank dissolved the International Insurance Company of Liberia limited Board of Directors, dismissed the Managing Director and appointed an acting Managing Director. The CBL decision is in keeping with section 11.4 of the New Insurance Act of Liberia and appoints the petitioner CBL as liquidator pursuant to the notice dated June 15, 2017, concerning the International Insurance Company of Liberia (IICL).
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July 01, 2020 02:15 UTC
Liberia Private Sector Executive Committee Launches “Web Portal” to Track Donations Given to COVID-19 Response Team
Monrovia – Liberia Private Sector Executive Committee (LIPSEC) has launched the first “Web Portal” which aims at showing accountability and transparency for donations that the government will receive from donors during the coronavirus crisis. The web portal is going to track donations that would be giving to the government by development partners to help eradicate the coronavirus out of Liberia. Speaking during the launch of the Web Portal, the Information Ministry Lenn Eugene Nagbe said the web portal will make the public understand what the government will be receiving and how the government will spend the funding or donated items from its partners. MICAT Boss added: “The web portal will also help us in our planning process. “I can recall that it was the private sector and the government which led to the defeat of the Ebola Virus.
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July 01, 2020 02:15 UTC
Andersen Global Adds Presence in Liberia
MONROVIA – Andersen Global announces an added presence in Africa through a Collaboration Agreement with full-service accounting firm BICON Inc. in Liberia, continuing the organization’s efforts to drive growth across its global platform and add breadth to its presence on the continent. BICON Inc. is a Liberian own certified public accounting and Forensic Investigation firm, The Partners are member of several international bodies. The partners have over twenty years of public practices and the staff are recruited from various Universities. The Monrovia-based firm provides an array of accounting services to clients in various industries, including merchandising, manufacturing, mining and agriculture. Established in 2013 by U.S. member firm Andersen Tax LLC, Andersen Global now has more than 5,000 professionals worldwide and a presence in over 176 locations through its member firms and collaborating firms.
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July 01, 2020 02:15 UTC
Liberia: House of Representatives Summons Top Cabinet Ministers over ‘Failed’ Eton, EBOMAF Loan Agreements
Though the government has not officially declared that the agreements have failed, the senior official of the World Bank, Henry G. R. Kerali in Fbruary 2029 disclosed that the Government of Liberia has set aside the Eton and EBOMAF loan agreements because they were not beneficial to the country. Capitol Hill, Monrovia – The House of Representatives has invited the Minister of Finance and Development Planning (MFDP), Samuel Tweah along with the Ministers of Justice and Public Works, Cllr. Frank Musa Dean and Mobutu Nyenpan to appear this Thursday, July 2, 2020 to give the status of the Eton and EBOMAF loans. It also includes the 185km road from Zwedru in Grand Gedeh County to Greenville in Sinoe County. The road construction projects, according to the government were expected to be completed in the first term of this administration.
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July 01, 2020 01:52 UTC
Jemima Wolokollie Reacts to Her Dismissal
According to the Executive Mansion, Ms. Wolokollie’s dismissal was triggered by “a string of actions incompatible with Deputy Minister Wolokollie’s status as a senior government official.”MONROVIA – Ms. Jemima Wolokollie has broken silence over her dismissal as Deputy Commerce Minister for Small Business by President George Weah, claiming if her dismissal was due to her stance exposing the wrongs in the ruling Coalition, then she has no regrets. Madam Wolokollie reacted to her dismissal through a Facebook post where she stated:“If by expressing my views about the wrongs within our party, CONGRESS FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE, has warrant my dismissal, then so be it. According to the Executive Mansion, Ms. Wolokollie’s dismissal was triggered by “a string of actions incompatible with Deputy Minister Wolokollie’s status as a senior government official.”Since announcing her intent to contest the senatorial seat for Montserrado County, Ms. Wolokollie who had been out of the public spectacle became vocal, especially on issues obtaining in the Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC). She had earlier said in an interview on SKY FM that though she is a CDCian, she carries a different and better vision for the county. Appearing on OK FM in Monrovia on Monday, Ms. Wolokollie threw jibes at Rep. Thomas Fallah who would have contested against in the CDC primaries for the Montserrado County slot, stating that his recent distribution of motorbikes in the county was an act of deception to lure the poor voters.
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July 01, 2020 00:33 UTC