On Last Friday, she was elected to head the National Civil Society Council of Liberia (NCSCL). The Council is the largest conglomerate of Liberian civil society organizations, community-based enterprises and grassroots groups across the country. Barley Togba of the Civil Society Council of Grand Bassa County and Benjamin Tarnue, a former treasurer of the Council—received 25 and seven votes, respectively. “Under my leadership, the Council will network to raise funds for civil society organizations and community-based organizations,” she told FrontPage Africa. “I want to bridge the gap between smaller institutions and big civil society organizations.

Source: Front Page Africa December 17, 2019 05:37 UTC