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VOL 8 NO.593
TUESDAY, MAY 13, 2014
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Politics pg. 6
ARCELORMITTAL SETS THE
RECORD STRAIGHT OVER
HALTING OF ORE SHIPMENT
BY NIMBAIANS
CURBING
JUDICIARY
CORRUPTION
POLITICKING WITH CRUCIAL ISSUE, LAWMAKERS
UNDERMINE PUBLIC EXPLANATION BY CBL GOVERNOR

WHO STALLED JONES
HEARING?
The hearing for the CBL governor was postponed because the two committees decided that there
were technical issues that needed to be sorted out by them. Under our rules the committee has the
right to postpone a hearing based on technical difficulties, Senator Isaac W. Nyenabo.
JUDGE WANTS
MORE BUDGETARY
ALLOTMENT
POLICE OFFICERS
STOLE MY MARKET
CELLCOMS PARIS 10
RETURN FROM LUXURY TRIP
STREET SELLERS RAGE
BUSINESS
Winners say Cellcom has transformed their lives
News Extra
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Tuesday, May 13, 2014
Rodney D. Sieh, rodney.sieh@frontpageafricaonline.com
Freetown, Sierra Leone-
T
raffc on the Lumney Police Road in downtown
Freetown was bustling on a recent Monday
morning as Ousseynou Ndiaye, Project
manager for the Compagnie Sahellienne
Dentreprises(CSE) in Freetown, who is overseeing
the project, gives instructions to construction workers
rehabilitating the 7 km road.
Even when this road is completed, Njie says, traffc
will still be a challenge.
Liberias next-door neighbors, Sierra Leone under Ernest
Ba Koroma is undergoing what most Sierra Leoneans
conclude is a massive transformation of city and urban
roads in the countrys history.
Today, many credit the Koroma government for efforts
made to resurface key roads like the Makeni Matotoka
Highway and the Bo Kenema Highway.
The Masiaka Bo Highway has already been completed
and rehabilitation of 600km of feeder roads in Port
Loko, Kambia, Pujehun and Kenema Districts and
rehabilitation of 25 km of selected streets in Freetown
including: Mends Street, Duke Street, Victoria Street,
Dundas Street, Caulker Street and widening of Wilkinson
Road and Spur Road are also in the works.
But while many are trumpeting inroads made by Koroma,
funding, contractual glitches and delays, similar to what
Liberia experiences has kept most projects on hold.
Inaugurating his governments latest achievements,
the Lumley Beach Road last week, President Koroma
trumpeted his governments infrastructural achievements,
particularly another undertaking on the horizon, the
paving and refurbishing of the crucial Bandajuma-
Liberian border road, linking Sierra Leone to Liberia.
Said Koroma: We will go through the procurement
process so that we can get the Bandajuma-Liberia road
project underway. The EU has been instrumental in
helping us(Sierra Leone) connect to Guinea now they are
helping us link to Liberia.
Procurement has been a key dilemma for Liberia where
both the International Monetary Fund and the World
Bank have expressed concerns over how the government
has been managing the resources, particularly several
road constructions valued at more than US$80 million
dollars.
A visit to Liberia last week of a joint team of
representatives from both the International Monetary
Fund (IMF) and the World Bank early this year raised
eyebrows and drew attention to a number of unfnished
road projects in Liberia.
The dilemma has put scores of contractors in a state of
confusion because they are indebted to banks from whom
they took loans to undertake projects in hopes that they
would be reimbursed when the government pays them
but that has not been the case.
Sierra Leone has not been without its own procurement
issues.
The countrys auditing commission recently reported
that withdrawals totalling Le177,857,000 were made
from the Emergency Works account No. 1100709 held at
the Bank of Sierra Leone under the guise of Emergency
works for which procurement procedures were not
followed and payments totalling Le930,802,000 were
made for the rehabilitation of District Offces without
Requests for Quotations.
Also in 2010 the African Development bank
commissioned an independent accountant to audit
the accounts of all funded road construction projects
in the country. The results of the audit have never been
published.
Koroma responded to the concerns with the dismissal of
his minister of works and close friend Alimamy Petito
Koroma, and the Director of the countrys road transport
authority Munda Rogers.
While Sierra Leone under Koroma has rehabilitated
a combined total of 250km of streets in the entire 12
district headquarter towns and Lunsar township; and the
reconstruction of the Freetown Conakry Highway,
Where Liberia has fallen short, Sierra Leone appears to
have made in roads but owes much of transformation in
Sierra Leone today to the European Commission, which
has in the past fve years provided funding of over $200
million for infrastructure development.
The EU road programme remains the largest donor
intervention in the road sector, focusing on emergency
needs to rehabilitate damaged infrastructure, laying the
groundwork for a sustainable maintenance system and
contributing to institutional strengthening. The ongoing
10th EDF (2008 2013) allocates 81 M to the road
sector and in addition another 91M are under execution
from the previous 8th EDF and 9th EDF. The EU is
funding technical assistance to the Sierra Leone Roads
Authority (SLRA) for introduction of road maintenance
management, systematization of procurement procedures
and contract management, installation of a fnancial
management system, staff reductions and training of
personnel. Since 2003 and up to 2009 a total of 406 km
of roads have been improved and/or resurfaced with EU
funding.
When completed the road will increase the West Africa
sub-regional economic activity and connectivity to
reduce poverty in the concerned areas as well as reduce
vehicle operating costs, travel time and accidents.
Despite the mirroring similarities, both countries share
the inevitable reality that roads are a driving factor for
economic development and regional integration, which
is why the revelation that the EU has sealed the deal for
the refurbishing of the Bandajuma-Liberian border road
linking Sierra Leone to Liberia will come as a relief to
both.
Ambassador Peter Versteeg, Head of Delegation of the
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Tuesday, May 13, 2014 Page 3

European Union to the Republic of Sierra Leone used
the occasion of the 64th anniversary of Europe Day
Friday which coincided with the inauguration of the once
rugged Lumley Beach Road to herald the importance of
such a major undertaking. This program aims to support
the rehabilitation of some 100 kilometers of highway
and key bridges. The entire project entails a fnancial
contribution of 107 million Euros. This new project
which will soon be send to tender aims to boost West
African activities, reintegration and trade between Sierra
Leone and Liberia.
The economies of both Sierra Leone and economy are
dependent on the transport of people and commodities by
road. Thus, a road network of such proportion is expected
to go a long way in alleviating some of the problem.
The EU believes that rehabilitating the core road network
and to enhance national and regional integration is,
therefore, the main sector priority and contributing to
national integration by facilitating communications
between the North and South of the country, the Masiaka-
Bo is a key link within Sierra Leone. As a component of
the Conakry-Freetown-Monrovia road, it also contributes
to the interconnection of West Africa.
When completed the Bandajuma-Liberia border road
will improve the living standards and to reduce poverty
for the people living in the region giving access to basic
social services because, according to the EU, the access
will facilitate trade and economic integration of the West
African region and in particular between the North and
South of Sierra Leone.
Accessibility to roads remains a key agenda for Koroma
who boasted recently: If it cost my government to cut
the hill or bring more contractors to bring comfort for the
people we will do it. Taking aim at his critics, Koroma
says while certain people doubted have his government
since he took power much impossibility have become
possible especially in the development direction.
But like Liberia, Sierra Leone under Koroma is also
facing criticisms that most of the roads, especially those
undertaken by the Chinese are cosmetics and have short
lifespan as well as potential for environmental hazards.
Some of the presidents critics say the unexplained
reflling and resurfacing of the pothholes in some of
the city roads pose long-term problems for commuters
using the roads. Sierra Leoneans, similarly have also
expressed grave concern over the manner in which the
roads in Freetown are being rehabilitated by the Sierra
Leone Roads Authority (SLRA) in the same vein that
Liberians are complaining about city roads, especially
those currently being worked on behind adjacent streets
of Tubman Boulevard.
Even more troubling is the challenge of getting squatters
on land to vacate areas designated for construction.
Millions of Leones have reportedly been spent to get
residents to give way for development, similar to what
Liberian authorities have been dealing with in getting the
Somalia Drive project up and running.
For three years now we have been trying to get people
to vacate these areas but it has not been easy, says
Ousseynou Ndiaye, Site Manager for the Tokeh Lumley
road in Freetown.

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Musa V. SHERIFF, haidaramv@yahoo.com , Contributing Writer
TAXATION AND DEVELOPMENT
- PUBLIC AWARENESS
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EDITORIAL
OVER THE LAST few weeks there has been bitter
sentiments expressed by the families of former
National Transitional Government of Liberia
(NTGL) Chairman Charles Gyude Bryant towards
the Government of Liberia, based on what the
family termed as a wish by the former statesman
that the state should not be involved in his burial.
GOVERNMENT AT FIRST took challenging
trend, with the usual Ministry of Information,
Culture and Tourism Chorus challenging the
authenticity of the Bryants will.
LIBERIANS ACROSS the divide expressed diverse
views over the situation with some supporting the
Bryant families for their stance while others were
of the view that the family should let bygone be
bygone in order to lay the former leader to rest in
a unique style.
POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS including the
opposition Liberty Party all called for calm in the
process and it seems the dust is settling with the
family opening a book of condolence which has
already been signed by President Ellen Johnson
Sirleaf and scores of Government offcials including
Vice President Joseph N. Boakai, Speaker of the
House of Representative, Alex Tyler and members
of the House of Representatives.
THE OPENING and subsequent signing of the
book of condolence for the fallen statesman is a
good sign of the reconciliation process Liberians
have envisaged since the end of the 15 years of
civil war.
NO MATTER the form of treatment the former
leader might have been subjected to, the best way
forward is giving the dead his last honor. The
stance by the Bryant family is just a good wakeup
call to National government to begin putting into
measures that will ensure that our leaders are
cared for whenever their tenure of national service
expires.
LIKE BRYANT, other past leaders faced similar
fate and succumbed to death in the same manner
and form as the late Bryant but we believe, shunning
the state at the burial of the former leader will only
further divide the already complex Liberian nation
with segments having beef with each other but
create a fresh mar of hatred along family lines.
IN MANY INSTANCES public condemnation of
any action is the best deterrence to prevent future
occurrence and as such the Bryants families have
made history by declaring that the state should not
partake in burial ceremonies regarding the late
NTGL Chairman.
WE BELIEVE THE Bryant families have made a
point which has been sent out resounding message
to the state to exercise care for other past leaders
in time to come and therefore believe that enough
is enough as it is now time for all Liberians to be
provided an opportunity to give the former leader
a beftting burial.
BRYANT IS A fallen hero, the man who led out
COMMENTARY
HONORING A
DAUGHTER OF
THE SOIL
I
n Liberia there is little information or debate
on the importance of tax. Tax is barely
debated in political elections. Often, political
bureaucrats and wealthy people evade tax,
and public attitudes to taxation are overwhelmingly
negative. A body of research shows that taxation is
essential for sustainable developments. This means
that governments depend on taxpayers for revenue,
which make them more accountable and responsive
to citizens. But if taxpayers see governments wasting
their money or believe that others are avoiding tax,
they will be reluctant to pay. This seems to be true in
most developing nations including Liberia. In fact, this
is a sound argument. So we need to build an effective
tax system. Because without domestic source(s) of
revenue there will be no sustainable development.
In order to build an effective Tax System, government
should demonstrate high level of responsibility,
accountability, and transparency in its operation(s).
For example, making sure that political bureaucrats
and wealthy people are paying their 'fair share' of tax.
We also need a continuous public awareness campaign
to educate Liberians about the link between taxation
and development. Because 'change' in any society
requires three important elements: communication,
commitment and culture.
Clearly, if we do not pay tax there will be no resources
to implement development projects in the long run. To
be honest, not many people like to hear about taxes.
Therefore, public education about what the government
does with tax money should be encouraged on a grand
scale. For example, taxpayers should be reminded
that the services that are provided at JFK hospital, the
construction of roads, and schools are all as a result of
tax money. But the public is always reminded of big
Foreign Aid with colourful headlines in newspapers:
"Liberia and China sign $13. Million Economic and
Technical Cooperation Agreement" or Japan Donates
$20 Million for X road construction, while ignoring
local taxpayers' contributions. I am a big proponent
of foreign aid. But the diffculty with this approach
is that it creates negative public perception about tax
collection in countries where illiteracy rates are high.
Simply because you fail to explain how much of our
tax dollars will go into projects - X, Y, and Z. So
the question that comes to most people minds is: why
should I pay tax if foreign donors are giving 100%
funding for government projects?
Most people have limited knowledge about "Foreign
Aid or Budget Support". In order to understand
Foreign Aid or Budget Support, it requires some
readings or research. In fact, due to the global
fnancial slowdown in 2008, there has been massive
reduction in Foreign Aid. Therefore, we need to
develop a sustainable fnancial management plan to
support our development projects. This means we need
regular taxpayers in Liberia. Similarly, we also need
good and sincere tax-managers - government offcials.
By this I mean, if you pay your tax regularly, then
you are a good citizen. Likewise, if you honestly and
openly manage our tax money, then you are a good
government offcial.
The good news is that the next presidential election is
not too far away - 2017. I think it's time to challenge
Political leaders to develop a strong and sustainable
tax policy (platform) that will beneft Liberians. By
this I mean, 'Tax' should be a key component of our
political debates. And I hope journalists, students, and
political analysts will set the pace for more debates on
the importance of tax in the next presidential election.
Musa V. SHERIFF
Master Candidate, Project Management
Curtin University - Perth, Australia
haidaramv@yahoo.com
country to civility, when the bullets were raging
in streets corners; he accepted the offer to lead a
divided state with rebels launching bullet from the
Freeport of to central Monrovia and another group
of rebels in Buchanan, Grand Bassa County heading
for the City.
DURING HIS brief two years reign, he is recorded as
one of the most tolerant leaders in Liberias history
as people call him all sorts of names, the big nose
man, the big head man but he still could not get
angry and take decisions that could jeopardize the
peace of Liberia.
INDIVIDUALS nominated to the NTGL by
belligerent groupings did not respect him as their
leader but yet he managed to control a complex
arrangement which led to disarmament and
demobilization of fghters.
IN POWER greed world, Bryant did not create any
condition to prolong his stay in power but assisted
the international community, he helped to organize
democratic elections what ushered Liberias frst
democratically elected government.
WHAT MORE can a leader do to save a nation of
over three million people to be given a beftting
burial? If there is no leader in Liberias history
that was buried like Kin John Un of North Korea
on the positive note whose burial was a wonder to
see, where Korean mourned for week, it is time for
Liberians to do same for Bryant.
WE SAY GOODBYE to this fallen hero and it is
now time for Liberians to return the favor he has
done for his country by turning out in mass to give
him a benefting burial.
GOODBYE Mr. Bryant, Liberia and the world will
remember you, rest in peace.
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DITORIAL TEAM
WHAT READERS ARE SAYING
ABOUT OUR STORIES ON THE
WORLDWIDE WEB
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT FOR
EMBEZZLEMENT AND BRIBERY
A BUNCH OF HOT AIR FROM
EMMANUEL DOLO
ROBERT SIRLEAF FOR SENATOR
The Reader's Page
WEAH KARPEH NATIONAL PROFESSIONAL
INFORMATION OFFICER AT UNITED NATIONS MISSION
IN LIBERIA (UNMIL)
Great thoughts, Wade. They fairly present the problems the media
and their practitioners face hoping your projecting would lead to
solving them.
MUSTERPHA FOFANA TOP COMMENTER OWNER
AND CEO AT SELF EMPLOYED AND LOVING IT!
you know i think this sister is Excited, overjoyed, and gone of
track. i can'tf say exactly the reason why but if I can take a guess,
is probably because this could her frst visit to the UN and maybe
her fst time in New York City as well. No don't judge me yet..
I have not read her entire released and i don't have the courage to,
because I think her statement is what I will call glittering generality
propaganda. From the introduction statement she gave one can tell
what the body and supporting statement would be like. Is obvious
that she will not say anything good about the freedom journalists in
Liberia enjoy, but rather she will probably go into something about
how her boss or some members of her entity have been targeted.
My dear, please don't think that you are trying to speak for all the
journalist in Liberia. We urge you not to contradict the very good
report which you spoke about as being a herald in the transition
process. Remember that other good journalists have worked hard
toward that transition process to make it a success. And I like to ask
what's your own story that you will like the world to read? Please
do something that the Liberian people can be proud of you madam.
Please do us the favor.
PATRICK EMERSON PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA
While journalists may be watchdogs of society, they are not and
should never be above the law. Individual rights and governance
can only be protected from unscrupulous and sometimes untrained
journalists through judicial recourse. To seek presidential
intervention in judicial matters only because journalists feel
aggrieved, is tantamount to constitutional violation of the
separation of the three branches of government. The statements
made at the UN by Wade Williams were unintellectual, partisan
and unpatriotic.
CHRISTOPHER HARRY LUKE ST. PETER CLAVER'S
HIGH SCHOOL
Emerson, tell me which journalists has claimed to be above the
law in Liberia and I will tell you how many Government offcials,
including the President, and the whole judiciary system that are
above the law in Liberia. As for seeking presidential intervention in
judicial matters, frst of all, we all know that is not right, and neither
is it healthy for a functioning democracy or governance. But, the
whole judiciary system in Liberia is corrupt. If the judiciary was
not corrupt as in the case of the FPA saga, there would have been no
imprisonment of Rodney. Did you see the whole confict of interest
in that case......judges....government offcials? It is due to those
unscrupulous behavior, hence the intervention of the President
are sometimes necessary, in order to save face to the International
community due to her incompetent... offcials and corrupt judges.
Where in the world have you been to even mention "Constitutional
violation of the separation of the three branches of Government in
Liberia"? We all know that there's no genuine separation of power
in Liberia among the three branches of Government. It is only on
papers my brother but when it comes to governance implementation
and enforcement, they all overlap, do the same functions or don't
know what the heck they are supposed to do.
I do not see any statement made by Wade Williams at the UN that
was partisan, neither was it unintellectual or unpatriotic. You and I
know what's going on in Liberia.....I means the daily intimidation
of journalist in Liberia. Did you want Wade to defend the UP
government for the wrongs they are doing to Liberians? Did you
want her not to speak the truth due to blind patriotism as a lot of
gravy seekers are doing? If anything, we should applaud her for
speaking the truth. When EJS was in the diaspora saying all kinds
of things against Doe and Taylor as a Liberian, was that being
unpatriotic?
JOHN WILLIAMS TOP COMMENTER EASTERN
UNIVERSITY, ST. DAVIDS, PA
Wade and FPA have taken the battle to the turf of the oppressors
and have won acceptance and sympathy. The myth/propaganda
that certain people enjoy exclusive privileged access to important
people/organizations has been shattered! The playing feld is
becoming level! Congratulations!
The Editor,
T
his commentary is straight forward and to the point. No
big words, just a frm statement by a native Liberian. For
the past eight years of Ellens rule we have been given
vast sums of money to assist the nation in rebuilding.
Loans have been forfeited by the major super-nations to assist in
this matter. These are my concerns:
1. Why has not one offcial been indicted, jailed, and stripped of
their ill gotten gains of wealth?
2. How can one person get access to the millions of dollars we
have received without a series of checks and balances?
3. What are the consequences for theft?
4. Who controls the large transfers of wealth out of Liberia?
5. Is there a whistleblower policy to encourage citizens to report
embezzlement?
6. Where are offcials getting money from to build houses and
buying new cars?
Liberia needs to demand that all government offcials become
responsible for their activities and respect that which will make
The Editor,
H
aving unwillingly suffered , for nine years, the
effectuation of a scattered legislative agenda for
Montserrado County in the House of Senate - birthed,
nursed, and sustained by CDCs elected legislators;
regretting the exploitation and misinterpretation of our LOVE and
loyalty we showed the Congress for Democratic Change in three
successive senatorial elections, realizing the inability of the party
to develop, promote and achieve a constituent centered legislative
agenda tide around the needs of the people of Montserrado, sadden
by the catalepsy of the partys to its nine years underrepresentation
of Montserrado in the house of senate; convinced that Montserrado
needs redemption and CDC deserves a punishment ; wethe members
of the Montserrado Redemption Squad (R- SQUAD),persuaded
byour overreaching aspiration for the enhancement of the Masses
livelihood, have conceived a strong and uncompromising intention
to petition Hon. Robert A.Sirelaf, a man with concrete grassroots
credential and selfess life style to recapitalize the over eight years of
leadership defcit created by CDC in the Liberian senate. Convinced
that the formulation, promotion, legislation and uncompromising
implementation oversight of a constituent centered legislative
agenda will redeem Montserrado, we come with a doable character
since CDC could not do it in nine years.
We have come with this intention fully inclined to its associated
challenges, but equally resolved to defeating them; we come
with this intention in full knowledge of the consequence of false
propaganda & lies; but we have chosen silence over confrontation
and have left the never dying truth to saturate the lies. We come
with an intention to petition a humble character of international
respectability and local approbation; a character that have chosen
immeasurable tolerance over anger & intimidation; a character
devoted to giving hope to hopeless and sharing the burdens of the
less fortunate; a character devoted to bringing smiles to the faces of
once hopeless people. Finally, we come with an intention to petition
a character embodied with a legislative agenda best suited to redeem
Montserrado.
JoweAma-Hansford
protectionalist2014@gmail.com
0886985724
The Editor,
Responding to your reporter's (Stephen Kollie) question about
the current youth employment rate, Dr. Emmanuel Dolo loudly
proclaimed that We can drive again to the offce to tell you precisely
the percentage of young people working out of the Liberian Youth
Employment Program. We will give you precise numbers"........
Oh really?? But Dolo failed to produced those "precise numbers"!
(Re "Dolo Flops (fbs) at MICAT Briefng")
Instead, after Dolo got to his offce, he sent Kollie an email saying
that "Gathering labor statistics is the responsibility of the Ministry
of Labor. The Offce of the National Youth Policy Advisor may
have a slice of the information, but to evolve a composite picture,
including statistics of the youth working across a broad spectrum
of sectors in government and the private sector requires collecting
and collating the data and not speaking on mere whims to satisfy a
journalistic inquiry"
In other words, Dolo don't know the current youth employment rate,
but he's too pompous to admit it, so he gets on his high horse and
changes the subject to "Gathering labor statistics is the responsibility
of the Ministry of Labor. The Offce of the National Youth Policy
Adviser may a slice of the information...blah, blah, blah."!
Hey Dr. Dolo, nobody ask you about who's responsible for
gathering labor statistics. The question is: What's the current youth
employment rate?
Instead of giving an honest answer to the reporter's (Stephen Kollie)
question, you responded with a bunch of hot air!
By the way, we all know that gathering labor statistics is the
responsibility of the Ministry of Labor, but don't our National Youth
Pompous Adviser, oops, I meant to say Policy Adviser, have access
to vast amount of statistical data from international organizations
and the Ministry of Labor??? That was rhetorical a question, Dolo.
No need to go to your for the answer!)
Look. Dolo is a damn liar. Ellen should keep an eye on him before
his pants catches fre! (liar liar pants on fre!)
Martin Scott
martyretire@yahoo.com
Atlanta, Georgia
I WANT TO FACE HIM:
COURT VERDICT IN LAND
CASE DRAWS IRE ON DR. TOE
INTENTION TO PETITION HON. ROBERT ALLEN SIRLEAF
Liberia a better country. There should be swift and immediate
action to rid the Liberian people of these rogues. They should not
be allowed to be recycled back into the government to continue the
path of theft and roguish behavior. I am sick and tired of hearing
about the theft of resources. How can a nation with vast resources
of iron ore, rubber, gold, diamonds and mineral resources be such a
poor place to live? The answer is that theft is destroying this nation.
We are allowing foreigners to rape our forests and our mountains
and giving us what? A Clinic, a small school, and a frivolous road.
They bribe our offcials and get away with murder. Who suffers?
The poor people.
There needs to be another war: the people versus the corrupt offcials.
We must enact a law that would make it capital punishment to
embezzle government funds.
When embezzlement occurs, the poor people suffer and die of
diseases that could easily be cured if funds were available. So
embezzlement defnitely should be a capital offense. Hang one
Liberian offcial and you will see a change in philosophy among
these thieves.
John Weah,
johnweah1@yahoo.com
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A. Macaulay Sombai, sombai121@gmail.com
Henry Karmo (0886522495) henrykarmo47@gmail.com
POLITICKING WITH CRUCIAL ISSUE, LAWMAKERS UNDERMINE
PUBLIC EXPLANATION BY CBL GOVERNOR
WHO STALLED JONES HEARING?
Monrovia:
A
mid growing
infation
characterized by
depreciation of
the Liberian dollars against
the United Dollars resulting
to increase in the prices of
basic commodities on the
Liberian market, economists
and other Liberians have been
giving their own meaning to
the current quagmire but the
Central Bank of Liberia is yet
to make a public comment
explaining the causes of the
current situation.
In economics, fnance and
other disciplines, there
are several factors for the
depreciation of currencies
and high prices but specifc
variables are responsible at
given time intervals and as
such institutions responsible
for managing the fscal affairs
of a particular country are best
suited to provide explanations.
For the Central Bank of Liberia
and the Ministry of Finance,
they have both remained mute
on the issue prompting the
National Legislature to cite
CBL Governor Dr. J. Mills
Jones to provide information
on the current economic
predicament affecting the
country.
Last week, the lawmakers
announced that Governor
Dr. Jones will appear before
the body to provide detailed
explanation for the unfolding
developments but to the

disbelief of many, a public
hearing for Dr. Jones that
should have taken place
Monday did not materialize
as a result of the failure of the
committees on Banking and
Currency at both the Liberian
Senate and the House of
Representatives to boycott the
hearing.
According to one Senator, the
planned hearing was intended
to seek inquiry from the CBL
governor on several issues
including; the Continuous
and/or alarming increase in
the exchange rate (Liberian
Dollars versus United States
Dollars), the impact as it
relates to the Economy,
Dollarization versus Dual
Currency in the Liberian
Economy and the Central
Bank of Liberia response to
the debate and the demand
side (the Monetary Policy) as
it relates to continuous budget
defcits or shortfalls.
Despite the importance of
these issues as they relate to
Liberias current economic
status the lawmakers for
unknown reasons stayed away
from the process.
Seen in the corridors of the
Capitol, Dr. Jones appeared
to tell the Liberian people
what was resulting into
the downward trend of the
countrys economy and what
is causing the value of the
Liberian dollars to depreciate
to that of the Unite states
dollars but according to
legislative sources, one group
of lawmakers had some
reservations though such has
not been made public.
The joint chambers was
occupied by members of the
public who were anxious to
know some of the causes
of the current hardship they
are facing because of hike in
prices of basic commodities
and the continuous story of
a budget shortfall that has
resulted into stalling of many
development projects in the
country.
Like those Liberians who
turned out in their numbers
in the chambers of the
Legislature others glued to
their radios to hear what their
bank governor was about to
say and what can be done to
address the economic situation
as the hearing was expected
to be broadcast on two local
radio stations paid for by the
CBL.
Dr. Jones appearance at the
Capitol Building was requested
by the both committees in a
communication dated may
7, 2014 but he had to wait
in the offce of Senator Isaac
Nyenabo (NDPL-Grand
Gedeh County) Chairman
for the Senate Committee
on Banking and Currency
because the two committees
(Senate and House of
Representatives) failed to
agree on their differences.
In an interview with reporters,
Senator Nyenabo defended
his colleagues by saying; the
hearing for the CBL governor
was postponed because the
two committees decided that
there were technical issues
that needed to be sorted out by
them.
Nyenabo said: Under our
rules the committee has the
right to postpone a hearing
base on technical diffculties.
The joint committee needed
close awareness of situation
the CBL has lots to explain
including shortfalls or the
defcit as well as the continuous
and persistent devaluation of
the Liberian dollars to the $
USD we needed reaction from
the CBL.
On the question of why was
the hearing postponed at the
eleventh hour and when did
the two committees realize that
they had those technical issues
that needed to be sorted out,
Senator Nyenabo said; I am
not the only person working it
is a joint committee assuming
that the house committee
claimed not to be comfortable
to carry out the hearing, I
cannot force it if it was only
the senate I could force it as a
chair of the committee.
He expressed his
disappointment in his
colleagues from the lower
house for failing to attend the
process accusing the House
Chair on Banking and Currency
Julius Berrian (CDCDistrict
10 Montserrado County) of
deliberately switching of his
phones.
All attempts to contact
Representative Berrian
through text and call did not
materialize as his phone was
switched off.
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EDUCATION
Monrovia:
I
n Liberia preparing
students in science courses
is diffcult as even the state
run University of Liberia
and other private universities
lack well equipped laboratories
to prepare students desirous of
seeking career in the sciences.
The situation has led to infux of
students in courses in business
and social sciences since
acquiring a University degree
in science courses including
Biology, Chemistry and others
means doing more theory
than practical, which does not
actually prepare one to pursue a
specialization either as Medical
Doctor or a Chemist.
One institution is attempting
to introduce young pupils to
laboratories to give them an early
knowledge of chemicals and
other laboratories experiments.
The Liberian-Turkish Light
International School has
taken the lead introducing
young students to laboratories
experiments.
Liberian students along with
other nationals were over the
YOUNG PUPILS GET LABORATORY EXPERIENCE
AT LIGHT INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
weekend seeing exploring their
practical knowledge on different
types of experiments at the
science laboratory in Sinkor.
Speaking to students during
the demonstration, Whitney
Okujagu a twelve grade student
said it is an annual event being
hosted every year, an exhibition
of different experiments but
some are only explaining
different phenomena, as in the
example of the periodic table.
Some of the experiments
included: Testing for Acids and
bases (Using indicators), Vivid
Description of the periodic table,
testing for glucose reducing
sugar, others were to show the
release of stored energy from
food, how to make yogurt (6A
XB), among others.
Providing vivid description
of the periodic table, Whitney
Okejagu said the periodic
table is an important discovery
in chemistry and is a tabular
arrangement of elements in the
increasing atomic numbers.
She expressed happiness in for
being a part of the program,
because according to her, these
experiments help students to
know more about science,
and other interesting things in
everydays life.
For example, if a student
learned this, it will help in
chemistry class to appreciate
what the elements can do and
what properties each of them
have, she said
Okujagu believes that most
schools in Liberia dont have
a lab for students to learn
about science; therefore,
she recommended that the
government of Liberia should
help increase the science
laboratory in schools to increase
students knowledge on how to
use chemicals.
In conclusion, Whitney said
doing so will help the government
and society adding that it will
bring up new technology that
will help the Liberian people.
At the program, students made a
symbolic presentation of mixed
chemicals that were taught in the
laboratory.
For his part, the Principal of
the Liberian- Turkish Light
International School Huseyin
Fath Baba said the project is
part of the schools annual yearly
festival, and is the fourth time
since the existence of the school
in Liberia.
According to Mr. Baba, the
project is a simple message of
bringing value to the science
environment with a quality
framework.
He believes that science is not
just reading and writing, but it
also needs a time to demonstrate
it practically.
Six and ninth graders of other
learning institutions were invited
to see our students demonstrating
scientifc experiments of what
they have learned, he said
Speaking further, he noted that
parents were very happy to see
their children doing science
experiment, and also encouraged
them to allow their children to
always participate in the project.
Mr. Baba said allowing students
to visit the laboratory will
contribute generously to the
development of the science
environment and Liberia as a
whole.
He said the school administration
will continue the program, and
hope to extend it to other schools
in the country, as compared to
other learning institutions.
However, he underscores the
need for the collaboration of
government to build the capacity
of science laboratories schools
and institutions in the country.

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Law & Order
Kennedy L. Yangian kennedylyangian@frontpageafricaonline.com 077296781
Henry Karmo (0886522495) henrykarmo47@gmail.com
Judge Nancy F. Sammy
CURBING JUDICIARY
CORRUPTION
JUDGE WANTS MORE BUDGETARY ALLOTMENT
Monrovia-
L
iberias judiciary
system has over the
years been a subject
of condemnations
from both national and
international human rights
organizations labeling the
countrys justice system as
corrupt and a system where
judges and court offcials
receive bribes to dispense
justice.
Such characterization of the
judiciary has been refected
in the manner in which cases
are adjudicated and jurors
handling of high profle cases.
President Ellen Johnson
Sirleaf has even publicly
stated that Liberians can
be jailed by others through
offering small money
to magistrates and other
individuals.
That means the Justice
Ministry working with the
court system, particularly
through the Supreme Court
need to fnd a way to stop a
system where somebody can
just go to a magistrate and
pay $25 and somebody gets
put into jail, and sometimes
you dont even know they
are there, the President
stated recently at one year
review of the governments
Agenda for Transformation,
the Government of Liberia
agenda to transforming the
country.
Whether there is corruption
in the justice system or not
in the face of these reports
the public that relies on the
countrys court system as
the last resort of justice have
been looking at the court
system with a great deed of
apprehension.
In the face of these numerous
negative international
publications and perceptions
by the public against the court
system a Judge has called on
the National Legislature to
increase budgetary support
to the Judiciary as the means
of curbing corruption and
making the system to work to
expectation.
Her Honor Nancy F, Sammy,
assigned Judge Criminal
Court B First Judicial
Circuit of Montserrado
County delivering her charge
at program marking the
opening of the May Term
of court held at the Temple
of justice Monday called on
the National Legislature to
increase budgetary support to
the Judiciary.
SINOE COUNTY
SENATORIAL ASPIRANT
DONATES POWER SAW
TO CITIZENS
Monrovia-
A
senatorial aspirant in the pending October
election in Sinoe County Mike Geeegbae Mueller
has denied rumors that he has withdrawn from
the senatorial race, as he donates power saw to
citizens of the county.
According to a group under the banner Task Force for Peace,
Unity and Reconciliation for More international support
of honorable Mike Geegbae Muller, the aspirant cannot
withdraw from the election in order to support another
candidate as claimed by some rumormongers based on tribal
sentiments.
In a statement issued Monday the group through its
head Nyanforh A Nyanforh said: kindly note that these
rumormongers and their sponsors already smelling their
defeat this early in this race so they have employed dirty
tricks like this one to confuse our supporters.
Nyanforh continued remember that Mike is in this race
so that he can work with all sons and daughters of Sinoe to
address the numerous political, social, and economic woes
of our county that have been abandoned for the past several
years. Mike will not withdraw from the race while the many
problems that pushed him into the race remain unresolved.
Speaking to reporters at the information Ministry where he
had gone to present a 070 Power Saw to the traditional council
of Jedepo District in Sinoe County he said, the presentation
of the Saw is part of a commitment made to the residents
of that area in Maryland County intended to enhance the
brushing of some of the feeder roads.
The power saw was received by the Chairman of the Jedebo
district traditional council.
In response to the presentation, Elder Saydee Koffa expressed
gratitude and said the people of Jedebo are grateful for the
gesture because according to him the machine is timely as
residents of the area have embarked on a self help project to
connect feeder roads to certain parts of the county which will
bring about development.
For his part Mr. Berdio Mccaculay, Superintendent of Jedebo
Statutory district said, the people of Jedepo do not believe in
tribalism and are prepared to work with anyone willing and
prepared to help develop the county.
Macculay said: Jedebo is a suffering district in Sinoe that
has not been able to serve the county executive and at the
legislature because of our low electoral population but we are
prepared to give our support to the people who are willing to
help develop our county.


She stated that the Judiciary
had noted with concern
that even though numerous
calls are being made
for the judiciary to be
independent and corruption
free; notwithstanding the
Legislature and Executive
Branches have failed to
increase the budget for the
Judiciary.
The Judiciary needs
adequate budgetary
appropriation in undertaking
measures of reform,
therefore for the Judiciary
to be totally independent,
we need adequate budgetary
appropriation to enhance its
work said Judge Sammy.
Judge Sammy said that
judges are government
offcials and are therefore
paid by the government
but Judicial Canon Six of
the rules of Court forbids
the judges to engage in any
business for economic gain
and as such it is the obligation
and responsibility of the
government to provide basic
needs of judges throughout
the country so that they can
live decently.
She continued that regrettably
the Judiciary had also noted
that with concern that the
fnancial Act which gives
autonomy to the judiciary
is being circumvented by
the Executive Branch of
government by the reduction
in the proposed budgetary
allotment to the Judiciary,
which has been submitted to
the National Legislature.
Ladies and gentlemen,
how can we achieve judicial
reform, or how can we have
a strong and independent
judiciary then, when we
do not have adequate and
suffcient budgetary support
to effectively enhance
judicial reform, we must take
into account that judicial
account that judicial reform is
so expensive that it requires
suffcient and adequate
budgetary appropriation
said Judge Sammy.
On the issue of fairly
dispensing justice without
fear or favor Judge Sammy
urged her colleagues to
resist outside infuence in all
manner and form and that
they should remain robust to
reject any intimidation.
If we are to build confdence
in our courts and roll
back some of the negative
perceptions and permeate the
minds of some members of
the public about our courts,
we must all live up to the
challenge and eradicate these
negative procedural mishaps
by tackling issues head on
she stated.
Jurors tempering another
problem of concern to the
court, Judge Nancy called on
the prospective jurors present
that they have come to the
court to perform a civic duty
and warned adding that you
have not come to the court
with a mind set to render
verdicts that are contrary
to the evidence and the
applicable laws before them
for reward or hope of reward.
She also called on court
offcers in the habit of
collecting money from
individuals in order to place
on the jury list to desist
warring that if they are caught
in this unlawful behavior they
will face the wrath of the
court.
According to Judge Sammy
based on the crowded court
docket, during this May Term
of court she shall rise to the
challenge and endeavor to
dispose of the cases on the
trial dockets and if need be
may assign some of the cases
that are on the courts docket
for trial if the request is made
by the party litigants to have
them advanced to the trial
docket.
The May Term of Court
which comes following the
end of the February Term of
Court will run for the next 42
days as required by law.
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Al-Varney Rogers alrogers2008@gmail.com
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NEWS EXTRA

Frank Mulbah with his mother,
Sarah Samuka. Mulbah, a
refugee from Liberia, will
graduate from Cheyney
University with a degree in
political science. He has plans
to go to law school. (Michael S.
Wirtz / Staff Photographer)
The Philadelphia Inquirer
W
hen he travels
there, it will
be for the frst
time since his
mother grabbed him by the
hand as they fed rebels in the
then-war-torn country and
began their lives as refugees.
Mulbah was 5, but, he said, he
remembers.
"You remember when you are
running over dead bodies,"
Mulbah said, sitting at the dining
room table of his modest Upper
Darby home. "You remember
when you drink water from a
creek and then you walk up the
hill and see a body foating in the
water."
The war has ended, and the
country has elected Africa's frst
woman president. But Liberia
still is plagued with corruption
and human-rights abuses,
according to the Department of
State's 2012 human rights report.
That's why Mulbah wants to go
back, and that's why his mother
doesn't want him to.
"Sometimes the ones who want
to bring change that benefts the
people, overnight, people come
for them. They disappear," said
Sarah Samuka, 53. "I'm scared
for him."
Mulbah, who plans to attend an
LIBERIAN IMMIGRANT, ABOUT TO GRADUATE
FROM CHEYNEY, WANTS TO GO BACK
SHOWCASING LIBERIA'S ARTS AND CRAFTS
area law school eventually, said
he is not afraid. He wants to be
an activist, teacher, and political
leader. He believes it is his
calling.
"The people in power are not
willing to invest in education or
create jobs," Mulbah said. "They
want to make sure their friends
and relatives have jobs, and keep
the people ignorant so they won't
question what they are doing."
Mulbah and his mother discuss
his plans daily. They agree to
disagree.
In 1990, mother and son walked
about 105 miles when rebels
struck their town in Bong
County.
They walked and ran from village
to village, often within earshot
of rebel gunshots. They crawled
in the dirt to hide under brush,
walked, and then hid again until
they reached a refugee camp in
Guinea. They later traveled by
bus to another camp in Ghana.
There, Mulbah and Samuka
built a hut of branches, mud, and
plastic, where they lived together
until 2003, when an application
for Samuka to immigrate to the
United States was approved. Her
stepdaughter, who was living
in Philadelphia, had made the
request.
"When I went for the interview,
they told me [Frank's] name was
not on the paper," Samuka said.
Her son had been left off the
application. He couldn't go.
He was 17.
"I felt bad," Samuka said. "But
I had hope that I could fle
a request for him to come. I
promised him."
She asked a family friend to
watch out for her son.
"It was a diffcult moment for
me. My mother was leaving me,"
Mulbah said. "But that meant I
had someone overseas who could
bring me to [the United States].
That was a reason to rejoice."
Mulbah focused on his studies.
He had worked hard to go to
school.
Mulbah and his mother had been
unable to afford the $50 tuition
for the refugee-camp school.
So Mulbah secured a large patch
in the refugee camp's garden
and began growing greens and
cabbage.
"I would harvest on Friday and
sell at the market on Saturday
morning. Then harvest Saturday
night and sell on Sunday and
Monday," Mulbah said.
When he had saved $50, he paid
the tuition. His frst day of class
at the refugee camp was the frst
time he had attended a school.
He remained there until his
mother found work as a certifed
nursing assistant in the United
States and was able to send
enough money for tuition so that
Mulbah could attend a nearby
boarding school. There, he
earned his high school diploma.
Then one day, Mulbah was
called for an interview on his
application to immigrate. After
four years, it was his turn.
On Nov. 13, 2007, Mulbah's
mother met him at Philadelphia
International Airport.
"I was so happy," Samuka said.
"He didn't look too healthy to
me, but I thanked God he was
here."
Mulbah soon enrolled in English
classes at Delaware County
Community College, but he
wanted to study for a bachelor's
degree. Friends from his church,
students at Cheyney, encouraged
him to apply to the school.
They brought Mulbah on campus
to meet professors and students.
He enrolled and earned a place
in Cheyney's Keystone Honors
Academy scholarship program.
He said his experience at
Cheyney has been invaluable.
In the classroom, Mulbah has
shared his insights about life in
Africa, said Clyde Ledbetter,
who teaches African politics,
but sometimes holds back on the
details of his personal story.
"When I refect, it puts me in a
mood of seriousness," Mulbah
said. "It's about going back and
trying to get people out of the
situation I went through - out
of what they are going through
now."
Monrovia:
L
iberians involved in
Arts and Crafts had
the opportunity to
exhibit their work
at the 9th Biannual Arts and
Crafts fair at the United States
Embassy in Monrovia.
The Arts and Crafts fair was a
colorful event with a sale of
quilts, dresses, shoulder bags
made from lappa, blouses
stitched from country cloth,
woven baskets, beaded jewelry
made from recycled glasses,
wood logs carved into chairs,
chest or African animal fgurines
and detailed painting of life in
Liberia.
The made in Liberia products
were mostly purchased by
White expatriates as the prices
seen too high for an average
Liberian.
A maker of wooden chairs
and table Sarah Karngar said
the Arts and Crafts fair is an
opportunity for Liberians artists
to showcase their talents.
"You see these wooden chairs
and table they were made in
Liberia and not anywhere,
Karngar said.
Karngar added that with more
support, Liberians artists can
move from their current status
to another level by competing in
regional trade.
According to Karngar, the
Government of Liberia has
already begun improving
Liberians businesses through
capacity building and loans.
Karngar continued: "I was
just in an SME training which
has organized by the Ministry
of Commerce and last week
I participated in a trade fair,"
so I think the government
is gradually beginning to
recognize Liberians owned
businesses."
Karngar added, that she has been
involved in making wooden
chairs and tables she adds
that Liberians should began
supporting and promoting their
own product.
A vendor, Richard Sumo
thanked the U.S. Embassy for
organizing such an event adding
that he is disappointed over the
government agency responsible
for Arts and Crafts.
"My brother we have the
Ministry of Information Culture
and Tourism, please tell when
last they have organized such
event for Liberians arts and
crafts work to be showcased,"
Sumo said.
American EMBASSY HOSTs 9TH BIANNUAL ARTS AND CRATFS FAIR
Sumo insisted that the arts and
crafts fair organized by U.S.
Embassy should have been a
government initiative. "Should
we wait on the U.S. government
before over is appreciated, what
is that Ministry doing."
He urged the government of
Liberia to follow the U.S.
Embassy example so as to
organize national arts and crafts
fair.
Charge d' Affaires of U.S.
Embassy Sheila Paskman
said, the arts and crafts fair
is a "proud" tradition of the
Embassy adding that it started
fve years ago.
"This event, which brings us
together, is a proud Embassy
tradition. It started fve years
ago, with the sale of arts and
crafts by some thirty Liberians.
Since then, it has grown to
record 121 vendors, Paskman
said.
Paskman Continues: "This event
supports Liberian creative arts
in two ways; the artists often
make more money at the arts
and crafts fairs than what they
earn during the rest of the year."
Paskman said, Liberian Artists
during such fair learn from each
other about quality control,
packaging, displaying, and
marketing their products.
Paskman praised the artist and
performers for their tremendous
effort in preserving and
developing Liberian arts and
crafts.
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Mae Azango maeazango@frontpageafricaonline.com
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News Extra
Winners say Cellcom has
transformed their lives
Street Sellers rage
Monrovia -
F
ive lucky winners of Cellcoms oh la la trip to
Paris raffe campaign along with their partners have
returned to Liberia after a weeklong all-expense paid
trip to Abidjan, Ivory Coast and later to the romantic
capital of the world Paris, France.
The couples departed Liberia via the Roberts International
Airport (RIA) on Wednesday, April 23rdand traveled frst to
Abidjan, Ivory Coast to seek a visa for France. Although not
originally promoted as part of the winners package, Cellcom
not only provided world class hotel accommodations in
Abidjan and also increased the monies the winners received
from $1,000 per couple to $2,000 per couple.
Speaking to journalists after their arrival during a press
conference, Cellcoms Chief Corporate Communications
Strategist Dr. Kimmie Weeks noted that because of the high
level nature of the delegation, the winners were greeted
personally by the French Ambassador to the Ivory Coast who
issued visas to the entire delegation.
Kimmie Weeks said that Cellcom was proud to again give
more Liberians the chance to travel abroad. He highlighted
that the winners of the New York promotion had already
traveled to Casablanca and New York and returned safely to
Liberia. Weve already sent the frst group and they enjoyed
an extraordinary stay in Casablanca and New York. We are
happy that the next group has also gone to France and have all
returned. Addressing the winners, Weeks said: I hope you
had a great time in Paris and I hope you enjoyed all the historic
sites including the Eiffel Towel.
Kimmie Weeks admonished other Liberians not to lose hope if
they had not been winners of the New York or Paris trips stating
that Cellcom had an ongoing raffe offering a trip to Israel (also
known as the Holy Land). If you did not win the trip to
New York, and if you never went totrip to Paris, there is still
hope that you can be on our next trip to the Holy Land where
you will have the opportunity to see and experience all of the
historical and Biblical sites that weve been hearing about for
a long time, said Dr. Weeks. To enter the promotion, an
individual simply needs to purchase Cellcoms dual SIM phone
for $15 to enter for a chance to win the trip.
Each of the winners expressed gratitude to Cellcom and said
that the company had truly transformed their lives. In remarks,
each winner said that they would become new Ambassadors for
the company they referred to as Liberias number one and best
GSM Corporation.
CELLCOMS
PARIS 10
RETURN FROM
LUXURY TRIP
POLICE OFFICERS
STOLE MY MARKET

I regret the hour and

minute I voted for Ma
Ellen, because she
does not have human
feeling. We are the same
people who ran campaign for
her and voted for her to win,
but now she has send executive
order to run behind us and
beat us, for our own market,
Elizabeth Gbabo, a petit trader
says she and others have been
persistently chased by police
offcer with the goods taken
away.
Ms. Gbabo, was one of several
petit traders who besieged the
Monrovia City Corporation,
UN Drive Branch, in demand
of their goods allegedly seized
by the Monrovia City Police in
collaboration with the Liberian
National Police (LNP).
Elizabeth Gbabo who sells
biscuits and juices in a wheel
barrow, narrated that the City
police took her US$90.00 dollars
worth of goods over a week ago
and took it away to the MCC
head offce.
They took two and a half
cartoons of biscuits from me, fve
cartoons of juices; half cartoon
of corn fakes, I only saw less
than two cartoons of biscuits and
fve packs of corn fakes when
they took me upstairs and to
write my name on my cartoons,
she tells FrontPageAfrica.
I have baby and no husband,
because my husband left me so
my market is my husband that
supports me and my children.
My son is in the 9th grade and
is sitting the WAEC, so how
will I survive, what will he eat
when he comes from school?
Because since this week I have
not been cooking in the house,
but running after my goods.
The baby mother said that the
police offcers usually take
their goods and share among
themselves and she is afraid that
she might not be able to get all of
her goods even after she pays the
Government fne of US$25.00 at
the City Corporations offce.
How sure am I that I will get
my same amount of goods back
because after seizing my goods,
a police offcer took my peanut
butter that I sell US$5.00 and
opened it right in front of me
and started eating it If I do not
sell, how will I survive? Or does
the government want me to do
prostitution to survive?
Charles Yanley, is a petit trader
who sells scratch cards, cell
phones and pens on Broad Street,
in Monrovia, and he claims that
the LNP and the Monrovia City
police confscated his goods
since two weeks and brought it
to City Corporation branch on
UN Drive.
My whole box of scratch cards
worth US $200.00 and six
pieces of cell phones worth over
US$250.00 was seized from me.
We are telling the government to
address our plight because there
is no job in this country and
we are managing to make ends
meet, says Yanley
I am a university student of the
UMU and pay my own tuition
which is US15.00 per credit,
because I am not on scholarship
and I live wholly and solely on
this market to survive. I have
not been selling for the past two
weeks but come here every day
to wait for my goods to be freed.
I sell water and soft drink on
the street, says another vender.
I want Ma Ellen to leave us
the young girls who are doing
market to live, because she told
us to go to school and leave the
streets. This is the reason we go
on the street, because they can
frustrate us when we are selling
to help ourselves. I voted for her
and I am regretting why I voted
for her in the frst place.
Lily Soncaley, an elderly woman
who sells water and soft drink in
a big tub, said her goods worth
LD9, 200 was taken from her.
I sell this market to support
my two children, so I want Ma
Ellen to tell her people to give
me back my market. They say
we must pay US$25.00 fne for
selling on the street and we are
not making US so how can we
pay fne in U.S dollars? If they
dont free my goods, I will bring
my children in front of the gate
until they can address my issue.
Lily also feels bad about the
president not wanting speak
on their behalf and said she is
disappointed in President Sirleaf.
I am regretting why I voted for
Ma Ellen because we who are
from Nimba, give her the highest
vote.
Alphonso Nagbe, does Foreign
exchange business and he was
arrested and put in jail.
The City police took my whole
changing box with US$50.00 and
US$3.00 dollars worth of scratch
cards. They took my box from
Clara Town. I only told them to
allow calculation of my money
to be done but they told me that
I was inciting and educating
people, so they took me and lock
me up in the City prison, until
my uncle freed me, says Nagbe.
Also accusing the police of
taking some of his good just as
other petit traders, Nagbe said he
does not know if he will get his
money back, because his money
changing box was cracked on the
side and raw cash tempts people.
A police offcer in my
community was seen selling over
fve packs of my scratch cards,
because why is it when they
arrest my cards, should he sell
cards, when he was never selling
cards before.
During the frst term of President
Sirleafs administration
beginning in 2006, the
government gave street sellers
including women, unlimited time
to fnd suitable places to sell.
It was said that because of the
women massive support during
President Sirleafs campaign
they were being rewarded for
their efforts.
But just before the end of Madam
Sirleafs frst term, Monrovia
Acting City Mayor Mary Broh,
known as General Broh at the
time, broke and burned down
unft market stalls in the city and
chased street vendors from the
main streets.
Again, before the start of political
campaign for the General and
Presidential Elections in 2011,
Madam Broh was believed to
have been instructed by President
Sirleaf to go slow on breaking
and burning down markets stalls
and stop chasing street sellers,
because elections was nearing
and she needed to soften the
women hearts, who had turned
angry with her, in order to get
their votes.
There is a city ordinance law
that prevents street selling, and
there are fees attached to the
violation, so if you are caught,
your goods will be confscated
and then you pay to the bank
before you get your goods back,
says Nynepan Jalateh, MCC
Head of Communication.
Addressing the issue of street
sellers allegations of police
taking their goods and diverting
to personal use, Mr. Jelateh
said there are some people who
complained that their goods
confscated were short landed,
because of violence.
Some of the sellers tried to
fght the police offcers, and
when you fght over your goods,
some goods may get damage
in the process. And those who
said the police ate some of their
goods in their presence; it is not
true, because the police takes
inventory on goods confscated.
Those who cooperated with the
raiding process, goods were
turned over to them intact. Street
vending is totally outlawed,
says Jelateh.
The side walk is intended for
citizens to walk and not to be used
as selling place. You cannot open
market on side walk because
you will be infringing on other
peoples rights. We declared a
market district on Front Street
for them to sell but they still
want come Broad and Benson
Streets to cut greens on the car
road, which is unacceptable.
Police Spokesman Sam Collins
says the Liberian National
Police does not take goods to
the police headquarters but
rather accompany City Police to
remove vendors from the street
and all confscated goods are
taken to the MCC.
The police go in to help the
City Police order in the city but
we do not take goods to our
headquarters we only help the
City police, said Collins.
Complaints from street vendors
about police confscating their
goods are aged old and it seems
it is not going anywhere soon as
many unemployed Liberians see
street selling as their only means
of livelihood.
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ARCELORMITTAL SETS THE RECORD STRAIGHT OVER
HALTING OF ORE SHIPMENT BY NIMBAIANS
Company Says it informed the Liberia National Police (LNP) who, together with ArcelorMittal Liberia security, intervened
through dialogue and non-violent means, bringing the situation to a peaceful ending, with the group leaving the tracks.
F
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NEWS EXTRA
Monrovia -
O
n the morning of April 29, 2014 ArcelorMittal Liberia
received reports that some persons, identifed as
Concerned Nimbaians, were sitting and standing on
the railway track operated by ArcelorMittal Liberia.
We immediately halted all train movement to and from Tokadeh
for their safety.
The Company informed the Liberia National Police (LNP) who,
together with ArcelorMittal Liberia security, intervened through
dialogue and non-violent means, bringing the situation to a
peaceful ending, with the group leaving the tracks.
Since then, we have engaged in peaceful talks with the group to
understand all of their concerns and needs. We will continue to
engage the Concerned Nimbaians, and all other civil groups within
the affected communities in the Counties where we operate.
ArcelorMittal Liberia remains committed to its corporate
responsibilities in Liberia, and all areas in which we operate.
The Company has contributed signifcantly to Liberias job
creation, economy, communities, education, healthcare, and
more. Moreover, it will continue to work closely with the affected
communities in a socially responsible manner for their sustainable
growth and development, as well as Liberia as a whole.
In September 2013, the Liberian government ratifed the MDA
after carefully reviewing the Companys work and progress.
ArcelorMittal Liberia is committed to abiding by the terms of the
MDA. The National Bureau of Concessions recently applauded
the work being done in Nimba and other Counties where the
AML operates, and reiterated the Companys compliance with the
MDA.
As a key investor in Liberia, we go beyond the MDA, looking
for great opportunities for transforming Liberia and the lives of
Liberians, and will continue to do so. ArcelorMittal Liberia is
one of Liberias largest contributors to the economy through tax
revenues, levies, import duties, permits, royalties, and more.
In response to recent media reports and allegations from
Concerned Nimbaians, the Company believes it is necessary to
make the following clarifcations.
Hospital lacks basic drugs for common Liberia illnesses
Drugs are available, including drugs that relate to common
Liberian illnesses such as typhoid and malaria.
Renovations of the once destroyed hospital remains ongoing with
recent work completed at the pediatric and maternal wards.
Currently our public health team has embarked on a malaria
campaign in preparation for the rainy season, and is providing
free mosquito nets throughout the concession to employees
and community dwellers. We have also embarked on mosquito
spraying campaigns throughout the concession areas.
Our hospitals are equipped with the following standards and
facilities:
A well-equipped medical laboratory;
X-ray facility;
Two operation theaters;
Outpatient emergency rooms;
Trauma room;
Medical airlifts to other hospitals;
Occupational health, with pre-employment medical checks;
Free public health with medical outreach;
Ministry of Health public health and medical activities;
Inpatient services;
60-bed capacity;
Anti-retroviral treatment, including free AIDS treatment, drugs,
and counseling;
Two ambulances
We believe that all employees and community dwellers should
have access to quality healthcare and are dedicated to ensuring
our hospitals provide the best care. Recent improvements at the
hospital also include the improvement of the maternal and pediatric
wards since it was some years since the original renovation in
2008, and the construction of an Ebola quarantine center.
Sediments from the mine are destroying the local communities
It is true that in the 2012 rainy season there was an uncontrolled
discharge of sediments on to some farms. As a responsible mining
company, we sympathize with the affected farmers and families.
Sediment seepage due to heavy rains is common in tropical zones
like Liberia. However, in reaction to the spillages, we paid full
compensation, amounting to several hundred thousand US dollars
for the damages, and stopped the seepage from reoccurring.
Accordingly, we built a sediment dam near Gbapa, which collects
all of our runoff water.
The dam causes the sediment to settle, leaving clean water to
fow out into the Madayea Creek. The opencast slopes of the
mining areas near Zolowee were also stabilized, and re-vegetated
to ensure reduced fow of sediment to the lower lying areas.
Sediment fows are controlled, and monitored by the Mining and
Environmental Teams at the mine. At Tokadeh Mine, we use a
Storm Water Management Plan to prevent sediment fows to

farms in the surrounding areas.
Designed by specialist engineers and checked for stability under
different conditions, the dams foundation reaches frm rock. It
was constructed with specially selected laterite compacted in
layers, with said construction overseen by geotechnical engineers
from the global consultancy company, AMEC. There is constant
monitoring at the dam to ensure its structural integrity, with weekly
surveys by engineering staff from the Projects offce to see if there
is any settlement of the earth dam. The design consultants are
writing a full Operation, Maintenance and Surveillance Manual to
guide us after the end of the construction phase.
To ensure the effectiveness of the dam, we take water samples
from the spillway and the Madayea Creek downstream from the
dam; some are sampled for cleanliness on site while some go to
specialist laboratories in UK. Air quality is not monitored at the
dam because the water makes the air clean. If there is a danger
of dust, we monitor air quality at the mine and in the townships
areas.
There have been three sediment allegations once in Zolowee for
the frst payment made to 34 farms and a second payment for rice
loss at $12,870 made to each. A further 7 sediment claims were
added from Gbapa to the second group, totaling an extra $6,100
for these farms, for which we paid compensation. A third claim
was from Makinto for which we paid valid claims of between
$42,000 - $57,872, and submitted 42 letters of refusal for those
unaffected, which were delivered at a public meeting.
Further allegations by 126 farms for alleged damaged by sediment
at Sekimpah were rejected after professional investigation proved
otherwise. We are currently investigating another sediment
allegation in Zolowee, for which the initial allegations was for
uncounted crops, but was later blamed on sediment spillage
although the sites are not in a location that could be affected by
our work. Senior Environmental offcers from our Environmental
Department submitted a report to the EPA about these fndings.
We have billboards around the Country fattering ourselves
We utilize our advertising budgets in a responsible corporate
strategy to educate, empower and promote key issues. Last year,
our billboards focused on road and rail safety, promoting Drive
Safely and Trains can kill campaigns. We also focused on the
motorbike market, pushing the message of safe riding. In 2014,
we used our advertising budget to promote education and career
thinking to children between the ages of 8 and 14. Our billboards
are designed to promote development, not to fatter the company.
We (Concerned Nimbaians) will totally obstruct ArcelorMittals
operation in two weeks if there is no response or engagement as
promised at Duo meeting
While our external stakeholder engagement policy encourages
dialogue with all stakeholders, we do not encourage threats on the
operation. We will have a joint meeting with the Nimba Caucus,
Nimba local government and the group within the next couple of
weeks, as promised to discuss the operation, and their concerns.
Indian people are running the show when there are qualifed
Liberians
While we have reduced our expatriate staff, the current number
of expatriates is not exclusively Indians. We have people from
Mexico, South Africa, Canada, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast,
Zimbabwe, Australia, Great Britain, Tanzania, Nigeria, Ghana,
Botswana and India. ArcelorMittal is a global company operating
in 60 countries and diversity is one of our key characteristics.
In all areas where ArcelorMittal operates, there is a variety of
nationalities within the operation. In fact Liberia has a higher
proportion of local staff than many of our other locations.
Within the organisation, Liberian employees can apply for work
in Company divisions in other countries. This is the nature of
globalisation.
People are living in containers
This statement is FALSE! There is no one living in containers;
however, we do have prefabricated buildings and sleepers that
are characteristic of mining companies all over the world. These
sleepers are air-conditioned and comfortable, and they provide
short-term accommodation for expatriate contractors who spend
relatively short time carrying out their contracts. Sub-contractors,
not ArcelorMittal Liberia staff, use these buildings.
ArcelorMittal Liberia, per employment contract, provides housing
to all its employees. Since we are still in the process of renovating
homes that were destroyed, we provide housing allowances for
those employees that are awaiting homes. Those employees use
their allowance for their housing. More houses are currently under
renovation with a July completion date.
People are dying at GW Harley hospital because of the rails
proximity to hospital
This statement is FALSE! The noise from trains is noticeable at
the hospital, but it is not suffcient to kill anyone. Our modern
locomotives are not as loud as the old LAMCO locomotives.
Nevertheless, the EPA formally instructed us to build a sound
barrier between the track and the current hospital; however,
the county requested that the money for the sound barrier be
used for the relocation of the hospital. Our policy requires that
such an action be formally communicated, accompanied by a
sustainability plan.
National Bureau of Concession has failed because Ciata Bishop
is holding secret meetings with ArcelorMittal
A fve-person delegation from the NBC (National Bureau of
Concessions) visited ArcelorMittal Liberia and conducted a
tour of the concession and mines. A meeting was held in which
they asked questions relating to our compliance to the MDA, the
current mining operation, and the upcoming Phase II. The team
expressed satisfaction with the progress made so far.
ArcelorMittal is robbing the people; people are locally exploited
These allegations are FALSE, as ArcelorMittal has gone beyond
the MDA through community-based projects such as VOSIEDA,
ARS and RICCE, local scholarships to the NCCC, building and
renovation of clinics, community schools, markets, and hand
pumps. Additionally we have exceeded all of our Liberian
employment targets. We have paid compensations to farmers,
with a recent $4.2 million dollars payment made to local farmers
in Gbapa and Zolowee.
People in government are being pulled by their nose and not
helping their people
This allegation is FALSE as our engagement with the government
remains open and transparent, through our government affairs
department. The government is a shareholder in the ArcelorMittal
Liberia operations, and remains objective in its engagements with
ArcelorMittal. We are guided by the MDA and are committed to
meeting the obligations set forth by this document.
Name is now ArcelorMittal because ArcelorMittal had eliminated
steel component
ArcelorMittal is currently the worlds leading steel and mining
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Tuesday, May 13, 2014 Page 11
company, and the name change is a result of a merger between
Arcelor, a Luxembourg based steel company, and Mittal Steel.
The name ArcelorMittal represents the merger that took place in
2006.
3,000 jobs were promised; where are they?
Currently our workforce stands at 3,480 with 2,000 additional
employees expected during Phase II of our operation.
No smelting plant and ArcelorMittal will just export and create
jobs in other countries.
As the worlds leading steel manufacturer, we have steel plants
set up at various sites around the world. Operation of a steel plant
requires very large amounts of energy, and Liberia does not have
the capacity to generate such power. Currently, we are building the
concentrator plant in Yekepa, which will also require additional
staffng for the Buchanan operation. Together, we will hire an
estimated 2,000 employees within the next couple of years.
Yekepa today is a shell of the old LAMCO. ArcelorMittal has
done nothing. There are poorly re-conditioned homes
After studying the layout of LAMCOs facility, we have noticed
that the new township will include many new additions to meet
modern standards. All of the homes in Area EA, EB, EU, R, and
D had to undergo complete renovation. Our model is now looking
at how our employees can go beyond being tenants and becoming
owners instead.
Phase I work included renovation to 433 homes in Yekepa;
renovation of the Area B and the ArcelorMittal High school,
which now accommodates 1200 students; Area C School is
currently under renovation. Renovation work was also done at the
hospital, Open Door Theater, to allow for cultural activities, the
new head offce in Yekepa, a clubhouse, and guesthouses. As we
look into the new housing developments, additional renovations
continue to meet the needs of our employees.
Scholarships
As per the MDA, ArcelorMittal Liberia established an Advanced
Academic Scholarship Program to the tune of US$ 200,000 per
annum for scholarship opportunities so that Liberians can pursue
graduate degrees at universities in Ghana, Kenya, Nairobi, South
Africa, Australia and China. In 2014, ArcelorMittal Liberia
extended the scholarships to undergraduate students majoring
in the natural sciences, geology and mining. Additionally, the
Biodiversity Conservation Program (BCP) of the company
currently provides full scholarships to 40 students attending the
Nimba County Community College. The BCP has also paid for
two Liberians to study in Germany and is supporting research by
two others studying overseas.
The MDA provides that ArcelorMittal Liberia will provide an
aggregate amount of $200,000 per year to fund the Advanced
Academic Studies Scholarship Program. However, the scholarship
guidelines and procedures revised and approved 15 October 2013,
states that 50% of the total number of scholarships awarded in any
year will go to candidates living in or originating from the counties
where ArcelorMittal Liberia operates (Nimba, Bassa, and Bong),
with the remaining 50% going to candidates elsewhere in Liberia.
Under the new guidelines, the countries of Ghana, Kenya and
South Africa have been selected for students to study in schools
like: University of Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science
and Technology (KNUST), Ghana University of Mines, Nairobi
University and North West University, South Africa. To date, 13
students are currently studying, including one female. The rest
are studying in Kenya, China, Ghana and Australia. Beginning
academic year 2014/2015, the program will extend to students
who wish to pursue undergraduate degrees in mining, geology and
mechanical engineering.
The program has successfully completed two cycles since 2012.
Application process for the third cycle of students is ongoing.
Successful candidates are expected to begin studies in September
2014. The scholarship program will run in line with the duration
of the MDA between ArcelorMittal Liberia and the Government
of Liberia.
These 13 students are pursuing Masters degrees in various
disciplines at six universities in China, Australia, Kenya and
Ghana. More students will receive scholarships in the coming
years under the ArcelorMittal Advanced Academic Scholarship
Program.
Currently, 1,335 students are enrolled at the ArcelorMittal Liberia
School System in Yekepa.
16. Yekepa Vocational Training Center (VTC)
Rehabilitation of the Vocational Training Center (VTC)
commenced in September 2013, and is near completion. We
made excellent progress on refurbishment of the four workshops;
administration building; mess hall; teachers residences; and
dorms.
The Company is also in the fnal stages of purchasing equipment
and tooling, and is actively recruiting trainers. When opened, the
Center will deliver a three-year technical vocational education
program with a comprehensive three step program including
theoretical, practical and on the job training. Theoretical training,
which is scheduled to begin in July 2014 will cover numeracy
training. Practicals will commence in September 2014, and
will cover boiler making; welding; mechanical ftting; diesel
mechanics; electrical; and instrumentation mechanics. On the job
training will be done in the mine, concentrator plant and other
related areas. The program is aligned with ArcelorMittal Liberia
Phase II operation, ensuring that the students will qualify for work
in the Company, upon completion. There will be four intakes over
the next three years, with 96 students making the frst intake.
Recruitment is being done in the communities and Company.
More exciting is the fact that all 96 students will be given full
scholarships, including tuition, dorms (in the newly built
dormitories), and afforded three meals a day. The facility will be a
state of the art facility with top notch modern equipment. Students
graduating from the program will qualify for work anywhere in
the world. Currently, a recruitment process through internal and
external advertisements has begun, with the internal adverts frst
going out in the Company.
17. Employee training and capacity building
We are glad to inform you that in collaboration with USAID
in Monrovia, we are now ready to launch the Adult Literacy
and Numeracy Program for our employees who did not get an
opportunity to attend formal schooling for one reason or the other.
During 2013 and the frst quarter of 2014, 34,020 hours were
dedicated towards capacity building of our employees, from
technical skills to offce and workplace organizational training.
Some of the training programs offered and still ongoing to our
workforce include Workplace Organization, which includes
5S, 5Whys and the 8 Wastes; Basic and Advanced Microsoft
Offce Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc); various e-Learning
programs through the ArcelorMittal University; Senior Leadership
Development Program (Performance Management/GEDP &
Employee Engagement); and fast tracking Liberians through our
Localization and Succession Planning programs.
We are committed to complying with the MDA but we also
believe it is our responsibility to go beyond the MDA to transform
Liberia and the lives of Liberians, says Antonio Carlos Maria,
CEO.
About ArcelorMittal
ArcelorMittal is the world's leading steel and mining company,
with a presence in more than 60 countries and an industrial
footprint in over 20 countries. Guided by a philosophy to produce
safe, sustainable steel, we are the leading supplier of quality
steel in the major global steel markets including automotive,
construction, household appliances and packaging, with world-
class research and development and outstanding distribution
networks.
Through our core values of sustainability, quality and leadership,
we operate responsibly with respect to the health, safety and
wellbeing of our employees, contractors and the communities in
which we operate.
For us, steel is the fabric of life, as it is at the heart of the modern
world from railways to cars and washing machines. We are
actively researching and producing steel-based technologies and
solutions that make many of the products and components we use
in our everyday lives more energy-effcient.
We are one of the worlds fve largest producers of iron ore and
metallurgical coal and our mining business is an essential part of
our growth strategy. With a geographically diversifed portfolio of
iron ore and coal assets, we are strategically positioned to serve
our network of steel plants and the external global market. While
our steel operations are important customers, our supply to the
external market is increasing as we grow.
In 2012, ArcelorMittal had revenues of $84.2 billion and crude
steel production of 88.2 million tonnes, while iron ore production
reached 55.9 million tonnes.
ArcelorMittal is listed on the stock exchanges of New York
(MT), Amsterdam (MT), Paris (MT), Luxembourg (MT) and on
the Spanish stock exchanges of Barcelona, Bilbao, Madrid and
Valencia (MTS).




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Member Countries").

2. The AfDB intends to shortlist vendors eligible for supply of goods and provision of services and works for its
Country Office based at Sophie Community, Old Congo Town Monrovia, Liberia.

3. The Bank will transact business with vendors that have expressed interest and have been shortlisted through this bid
ADB/EOI/LRFO/2014/0001, for the next three years. New vendors could however qualify for inclusion in the
shortlist throughout the relevant period by demonstrating and providing proof of meeting the same eligibility and
qualification criteria as listed below. Interested vendors are now hereby invited to express their interests for one or
several of the following categories of goods, works and services. Bidders should note that some of the tenders will
result on call off and framework contract. The works, goods and services requirements are herewith classified into
categories and lots for ease of reference ;

CATEGORY 1. SUPPLY, DELIVERY, INSTALLATION & MAINTENANCE OF GOODS
Lot No. 1- Supply of office equipment and maintenance of (photocopiers/printers) etc.;
Lot No. 2 - Supply of office stationery, office sundries and computer stationery (toner cartridges printing paper,
pens, staplers, paper punches etc.);
Lot No. 3 - Supply and maintenance of radio communication, PABX and other telephone and mobile services);
Lot No. 4 - Supply of computer hardware and accessories (hard disks, monitors ,mouse, keyboards, I pads
,laptops, laptop docks, computer adapters) and Maintenance of computer hardware and IT equipment;
Lot No. 5 - Supply and maintenance of Generators;
Lot No. 6 - Supply and maintenance of indoor plants, fresh flowers floral arrangements;
Lot No. 7- Supply of general printing products, publications(including designing services) for example business
cards, calendars, banners, branded stationery, publications, flyers, etc.;
Lot No. 8 - Supply of magazines, newspapers and periodicals.

CATEGORY 2. PROVISION OF WORKS AND SERVICES
Lot No. 9 - Provision of photocopy, printing and binding services and video production;
Lot No. 10 -Maintenance of Air-conditioning equipment;
Lot No. 11- Maintenance of office premises, repairs and renovation services, partitioning and fit out;
Lot No. 12 - Provision of indoor and outdoor catering services;
Lot No. 13 - Provision of Event Management, conference planning and Hospitality;
Lot No. 14 - Provision of hotel and accommodation services;
Lot No. 15-Provision of IT equipment rentals(laptops, projectors, cameras;
Lot No. 16 - Provision of cleaning, janitorial, fumigation and sanitation services;
Lot No. 17 - Provision of Motor vehicle maintenance, repairs, tyres and general services authorized dealers
only;
LotNo.18 - Provision of Broadband Services(Fiber Optic, VSAT Connectivity);
Lot No. 19 - Provision of Car Hire, Car Rental and shuttle Services;
Lot No. 20 - Provision of local mail courier services and other logistics needs within the Province;
Lot No. 21- Removal of office furniture, equipment, other assets and provision of casual labour, storage and
auctioning services;
Lot No. 22- Provision of waste management and recycling of papers, cartridges and other items;
Lot No. 23 Restaurant and associated services.

2

SELECTION CRITERIA (all the criteria should be complied with, failure to provide one of these
requirements will disqualify the Applicants / Bidders)

1. Interested Bidders should emanate from member states and the link is http://www.afdb.org/en/about-
us/members ;
Provide certified copy of the original Certificate of Incorporation and a certified copy of Directors
and shareholders certificates;

2. Indicate experience in the requested domain(s) at least minimum three years in the industry, an added
advantage will be with the companies working with International Organizations, Financial Institutions,
National and Government Institutions, Large public or private companies;

3. Tax clearance certificate or exemption and proof of compliance to social security requirements, if this is
a requirement in the country. The Bank will establish if this is a requirement in the country.

4. References, at least list three most important clients, including the contact name, title, e-mail address, the
length of contract and contract value;

5. CVs of the relevant key personnel, such as the Managing Director or the Project Manager who will be
supervising the project, with experience of at least three years in their areas of specialization especially
for the provision of maintenance services.

6. Three years audited financial statements, for 2011, 2012 and 2013 and or line of credit from the Bank,
which will be more than USD 100,000 per annum.

SUBMISSION OF EXPRESSION OF INTEREST

Bidders should submit a cover letter indicating the number of lot(s) for which they are expressing their interest.
Should Bidders have questions and or concerns, they should not hesitate to send an enquiry to e.g.
tender@afdb.org or tenders.sarc@afdb.org o citing the reference of this procurement notice.

The response should be addressed to and as follows;

Response to the Request for Expressions of Interest

Ref: ADB/EOI/LRFO/2014/0001
The Administrative & Finance Officer
African Development Bank (AfDB)
Liberia Country Office
Sophie Community, Old Congo Town
P O Box 1844
Monrovia
LIBERIA

Interested vendors / potential bidders are invited to attend a meeting on How to do Business with the African
Development Bank on 21
st
May 2014 at 10:00hrs.

The Closing date for this Expression of Interest is 22
nd
May 2014 at 15.00 hours. Only qualified bidders will be
notified.

The Bank will not accept late applications.
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Commission on Higher Education Director General long Corruption tale
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Agriculture
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GOVERNMENT NEWS
CHALLENGING WOMEN
ORGANIZATIONS TO KEEP UP
THEIR ADVOCACY
GETTING BACK TO THE SOIL
President Sirleaf in Gender Ministrys
Programming Donor Roundtable Dialogue
President Sirleaf Urges Liberians to Engage in Agriculture and Food Production
Monrovia,:
T
he President of the Republic
of Liberia, Her Excellency
Madam Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
has by Proclamation declared
Wednesday, May 14, 2014 as National
Unifcation Day to be observed throughout
the Republic as a National Holiday.
The Proclamation further orders all public
buildings and business houses closed
during the observance.
The observance is in consonance with
an Act of Legislation enacted in 1960,
declaring the 14th of May of each year as a
National Unifcation Day of Liberia.
The release recounted that since the
Unifcation and Integration Policy
became an integrated part of the National
Development Plan, the Nation has seen
marked progress and improvement
in all spheres of national endeavor,
particularly in the economic, educational,
communication and social felds.
The Proclamation also recalled that the
wisdom of the Unifcation Policy has
found expression in the national fabric
through the representation of all sections
of the country in the Legislature and
every other branch of government thereby
prompting conditions of peace and unity in
the country.
According to the Proclamation, the
Government of Liberia adheres to the
principles of justice, fair-play and equal
opportunities for all regardless of tribe
or clan, section, creed or economic status
so that Liberians might be united in a
consolidated whole.
WEDNESDAY IS NATIONAL UNIFICATION DAY, A NATIONAL HOLIDAY
Monrovia
P
resident Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is encouraging Liberians
to go back to the soil and engage in agriculture and
food production as the rewards are immense. Though
farming is hard work, when you work hard and you can
see the results of your labor, it makes you feel proud of yourself,
the Liberian leader said.
According to an Executive Mansion release, President Sirleaf
made the statement at the weekend when she was invited to begin
the harvesting of three hectares swamp rice (Narica L-19) farm
undertaken by the Community of Hope in Zubah Town, Duport
Road.
President Sirleaf, herself a farmer, said Liberians can try to fght
hunger in many ways including supporting farmers, providing
funding, through technical assistance; but most especially, by
themselves getting back to the soil.
She challenged Liberians to use the uninhabited parcels of land
around their communities to make small gardens and farms as this
will help us (Liberians) address the problem of food suffciency.
President Sirleaf applauded the Community of Hope Agriculture
Project (CHAP) for continuing to grow. She said many times
people come up with brilliant ideas and begin projects but they
never last. CHAP has been doing this year after year, so lets
commend them for that, she urged the audience, adding that
sustainability is continuing to improve and expand on what one
does to make it bigger and better; noting that this is how people
excel and become successful.
She pointed out that there are many Liberians who stand around,
criticize and fnd fault while there are others who are quietly
working and they are the ones making progress, moving ahead.
They are the ones that will make Liberia a better country.
Making remarks earlier, Agriculture Minister, Dr. Florence
Chenoweth praised CHAP as one of the Ministrys success stories,
but noted that they are not there yet.
She noted that the introduction of the System of Rice Intensifcation
(SRI) is one of the many methods the Ministry has employed in
the country to increase rice production and CHAP has been the
institution that has been using this method very successfully.
Montserrado County District No. 4 Representative Henry B.
Fahnbulleh, stating his role at the level of the National Legislature,
promised that once a bill comes to them regarding anything that
has to do with Agriculture he will advocate that it is passed
immediately.
Im not on the Houses Committee on Agriculture, but Im on
that of leadership. It is our responsibility to provide leadership
in areas where we know our peoples lives will be enhanced and
improved and agriculture is the surest way that we can ensure the
stability of this country. It is our duty to make sure that we support
her vision and those in the front yard so that all of us here will be
self-suffcient in food production, he said.
For his part, a representative of the Farmers Union Network
reiterated that agriculture strengthens and sustains democracy
because a country that is unable to feed itself may likely bow to
the dictates of anyone that will feed her people. Why farmers are
so important, he quizzed, is because they produce food to feed
the nation.
He registered the Networks thanks and appreciation to President
Sirleaf and her government for its continued support to this sector
of the economy and called on all the farmers to continue the work
theyre doing to produce food until they reach the point of mass
production where its available and affordable.
Also speaking on behalf of the Women Farmers, Ms. Mariama
Wilson appealed to President Sirleaf for assistance. We need
help and your cooperation if you want us to fght hunger in this
country.
The representative of the West Africa Agriculture Productivity
Program (WAAPP) assured CHAP of its support in all its
endeavors. Our intervention in Grand Gedeh and River Gee is
not the end. We will support you in the western region, the eastern
region and all of our counties of intervention, he said.
The Community of Hope Agriculture Project (CHAP), a faith-
based entity established in 2008, is working in urban and rural
communities with the aim at training local farmers, women
and youth and to provide them with basic farming tools and
equipment to increase their productivity and provide them with
job opportunities. CHAP, the development arm of Abide in the
Vine Fellowship Incorporated, which seeks to reduce hunger in
the country.



Monrovia
P
resident Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has challenged women
organizations to keep up their advocacy to uplift women
and their works in Liberia.
She said women are still great partners in all aspects of life
and only needed to be tapped in order to experience their potential.
According to an Executive Mansion release, the Liberian leader was
speaking at the C. Cecil Dennis Auditorium where she participated
in the Ministry of Gender and Development Programming Donor
Roundtable Dialogue at the weekend.
She said government sees the protection of woman as a primary
responsibility and informed the audience that signifcant progress is
being made in that direction; but at the same time called on Liberias
partners to assist government.
President Sirleaf said despite the challenges women face, they are still
the largest actors in the agricultural sector. She pledged governments
commitment to further create the enabling environment for the
sustenance of their livelihood.
She hoped the interactive dialogue will not be the end and
admonished the Ministry of Gender and Development to do follow-
up engagements with partners on how they can buttress governments
effort to improving the lives of women.
The Liberian leader also challenged the private sector to get involved in
informing them on how women have begun investing in poultry farms
which the President said could be of help to women. The President
said though Liberia supports free market system, government was
planning to increase the import tariff on eggs in an effort to protect
Liberian egg producers.
On education, President Sirleaf said there were still challenges
especially in schools about assault on girls. According to her,
government was considering lots of options for girls who have been
assaulted by teachers to report these cases without being afraid of
repercussion from the assaulter.
Madam President also expressed concern about lack of parental care
which she said should claim the attention of all parents in instilling
moral values in their children. The lack of parental care, she said,
has greatly led to prostitution.
Speaking earlier, Gender and Development Minister, Mrs. Julia
Duncan Cassell, outlined a number of interventions by government
namely the Empowerment Program for Adolescent Girls (EPAG)
and the recently launched: Girls Behind Wheels Program.
EPAG afford girls and young women the opportunity to be trained
in life skills management that has over the years paid off for lot of
Liberian girls and young women.
Under the Girls Behind Wheels Program, women are being trained
as heavy duty drivers which Minister Cassell said women are now
being employed as heavy duty drivers by the National Transit
Authority (NTA).
Some of the women who have been under this training have begun
grouping themselves into a cooperative and are now planning to own
and manage a feet of commercial taxis to transport passengers around
town.
Minister Cassell used the roundtable dialogue to appeal to donors and
partners to help Liberian women realize their dreams as they have
demonstrated a great potential for bigger investments.
The roundtable dialogue was attended by partners including the
United Nations Development Fund for Women, (UNIFEM), United
States Agency for International Development (USAID), and the
United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL), among others.

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Tuesday, May 13, 2014
IN BRIEF
IS OSCAR PISTORIUS
CRAZY? STATE
WANTS TESTS
SOUTH KOREA SAYS
NORTH KOREA "MUST
DISAPPEAR SOON"
Pretoria, South Africa (CNN)
--
O
scar Pistorius
prosecutor
Gerrie Nel
wants the South
African track star sent for
independent psychiatric
evaluation, he said Monday,
in a move that could delay
the athlete's murder trial for
a month or more.
A psychiatrist testifed Monday
that Pistorius has an anxiety
disorder stemming from his
double amputation as an infant
and his unstable parents.
He's depressed now and feeling
guilt from having killed his
girlfriend,Reeva Steenkamp,
defense witness Dr. Meryl
Vorster said on the stand.
Nel responded by comparing
the athlete's mental state to
post-traumatic stress disorder
and saying the law required
psychiatric observation.
The prosecutor's extremely
unusual move is essentially an
effort to maneuver the court
into considering an insanity
or "capacity" defense even
though the athlete's legal team
is not mounting one, CNN
legal analyst Kelly Phelps said.
Phelps, a criminologist and law
lecturer at the University of
Cape Town, said she had never
seen this done before.
Pistorius' lead defense lawyer,
Barry Roux, is fghting back,
saying Nel is oversimplifying
the law.
The question was left
unresolved when court
adjourned for the day. Nel is
due to submit his application
on Tuesday after both sides
have fnished questioning
Vorster.
The psychiatrist took the
stand Monday morning for the
defense, going all the way back
to when the disabled sprinter
was 11 months old.
SEOUL, South Korea (AP)
A
rhetorical battle
between the rival
Koreas intensifed
Monday with a
South Korean offcial saying
North Korea "must disappear
soon."
The comments, which will likely
draw a furious response from
Pyongyang, followed a series of
sexist and racist slurs by North
Korea against the leaders of South
Korea and the United States.
Pyongyang's state media likened
South Korean President Park
Geun-hye to an "old prostitute"
and U.S. President Barack Obama
to a "monkey" in recent dispatches.
South Korean Defense Ministry
spokesman Kim Min-seok told
reporters at a briefng in Seoul that
North Korea isn't a real country
and exists for the beneft of only
one person, a reference to dictator
Kim Jong Un. He said the North
has no human rights or public
freedoms.
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WORLD NEWS
SCARED BUT ALIVE
(CNN) --
T
he girls sit quietly on
the ground, dressed
in traditional Islamic
garb, barely moving,
clearly scared.
"Praise be to Allah, the lord of
the world," they chant.
The video, released by French
news agency Agence France-
Presse, purports to show about
100 of the 276 girls kidnapped
byBoko Haram fghters nearly
a month ago. It's the frst time
they've been seen since their
abduction April 14.
In separate shots included in the
27-minute video, the group's
leader says he would release
the girls only after imprisoned
members of Boko Haram are
freed, according to AFP. But
Nigerian offcials insisted
Monday that the man in the
video can't be Boko Haram
leader Abubakar Shekau.
He's dead, they said, although
experts doubt the claim, and
videos going back to last year
show the same man calling
himself Shekau.
Whoever he is, Nigeria's interior
minister said, the country isn't
interested in negotiating a swap
anyway, according to AFP.
But at a later briefng, the director
of the National Orientation
Agency, a government
information ministry, said
negotiations could be an option
when it comes to rescuing the
kidnapped girls.
"All options are on the table,"
Director Mike Omeri said.
Experts reviewing video
If authentic, the video released
Monday is the frst glimpse
of the girls since Boko Haram
fghters snatched them from a
boarding school in the northern
Nigerian town of Chibok.
A senior administration offcial
Video purports to show abducted Nigerian girls
told CNN that U.S. offcials
have no reason to question its
authenticity.
"Our intelligence experts are
combing over every detail of
the video for clues that might
help in the ongoing efforts (to)
secure the release of the girls,"
the offcial said.
The abductions have resulted in
worldwide outrage directed at
the terror group and an infux
of Western counterterrorism and
law enforcement experts to help
Nigeria fght it.
Filmed in a nondescript clearing
surrounded by scrub and trees,
the girls appear dressed in
gray or black veils. Many look
nervous or under duress. In one
shot, a girl almost whispers a
line from the Quran.
In separate shots flmed against
a green backdrop, the man
who claims to be Shekau says
the girls -- who come from a
Christian stronghold -- have
converted to Islam.
Shekau appeared to open a
window to the possibility of
negotiating a swap: the girls for
Boko Haram prisoners held by
Nigeria.
"By Allah, these girls will not
leave our hands until you release
our brothers in your prison," he
said. "You took our brothers
four or fve years ago, and now
they are in your prisons. You do
many things, and now you talk
of these girls. We will not let
them go until you release our
brothers. We will not let them go
until you release our brothers."
But he also said he still plans to
sell them into slavery.
Who's the man on the tape?
Government offcials disputed
Monday that the man in the tape
is Shekau.
Security forces have confrmed
and are sure Shekau is dead, said
Marilyn Ogar, deputy director
of State Security Services
in Nigeria. "So whoever is
speaking as Abubakar Shekau is
not Abubakar Shekau."
The same man appears in Boko
Haram videos claiming to be
Shekau at least as far back as
August. And at least one expert
doubted Ogar's claim.
Jacob Zenn, an expert on
Boko Haram at the Jamestown
Foundation, a policy center
based in Washington, said he is
skeptical of the Nigerian claim
unless it can be backed up with
hard evidence.
He said Nigerian authorities
have said Shekau was dead
several times, only for him to
resurface and for the Nigerian
military subsequently to
acknowledge that he was alive.
"The two recent videos after
the abduction of the girls look
similar to most of the images,
voice and mannerisms of
Shekau in almost all Boko
Haram videos, including videos
when he was a local imam in
northeastern Nigeria before
2010," Zenn said.
CNN EXCLUSIVE: NIGERIAN GIRL WHO ESCAPED BOKO
HARAM SAYS SHE STILL FEELS AFRAID
Chibok, Nigeria (CNN) --
T
he terrifying news
began to spread
before the gun-
wielding Islamist
militants made it into Chibok
last month. Villagers began
to receive cell phone calls
that the feared extremist
group Boko Haram was on
the way.
No one knew what the
attack would entail, that it
would mean hundreds of
schoolgirls plucked from
their beds by a group of
extremists who would later
threaten to sell them.
"It's like they were coming
for a shopping trip," a
villager who witnessed the
attack told CNN.
Some lucky girls managed
to escape that night when,
after they were loaded into
cargo trucks, they made a
dash for freedom.
"We would rather die than
go," one of the girls told
CNN. "We ran into the bush.
We ran and we ran."
With fear in her eyes and
voice, the young woman,
who asked not to be
identifed, described the
experience to a CNN crew
that made the long, dangerous
trip to her village.
She said she and two friends
who had also escaped saw
something on fre and headed
in that direction, presuming
it was building in the village
that had been set ablaze.
Normally, Chibok is pitch
black at night.
Offcials have said that Boko
Haram militants abducted
276 girls from the boarding
school on April 14 and that
some escaped into a forest.
Villagers said they passed
along warnings to local
police that the terrorists were
on their way that night. They
said they received phone
calls from family and friends
from surrounding villages
and were told that there was
a convoy of cargo trucks,
pickups and motorcycles
heading their way.
One villager said he was told,
"They are coming for you.
Run!"
The villagers said police
called for reinforcements,
but none came. Everyone,
including the police, fed into
the bush during the attack.
But the girls were asleep in
their dorms.
The stories appear to confrm
an Amnesty International
report that the government
couldn't put together enough
troops to head off the attack.
The girl who described her
escape to CNN was still
shaken up by the events.
When asked to describe what
her kidnappers wore, she
responded: "I feel afraid."
Her school is closed, but if
it were open, she says, she
wouldn't go back.
Diffcult journey
There are many checkpoints
on the roads from the capital
of Abuja to Chibok. Some
of these are manned by
the military. Others have
local vigilantes, armed with
machetes, posted there.
The stops are too many to
count and have turned what
should be an eight- to 10-hour
trip into a journey that took
CNN's crew four days.
At each checkpoint, someone
will ask where you are
headed, poke his head in the
vehicle and look around.
Sometimes, he will ask to
check passports.
The absence of a security stop
is noticeable when cars turn
off the main, paved road onto
the clay-topped, pothole-
flled path to Chibok. There
are no checkpoints for the
last hour.
The village is home to
hundreds of people, and
despite the abduction, life
appears to be almost normal.
Children play in the streets;
men and women go to work.
The primary place of business
in town, the open-air market,
is busy even after nightfall,
though not for long. At the
stands, villagers try to charge
their mobile phones through
power strips attached to
gasoline-powered generators.
Rarely does electricity fow
through the grid. Solar-
powered streetlights never
work.
When the women, children
and elderly go to sleep, the
young men station themselves
throughout the village. Every
group has its own area of
operation where the men --
who work during the day and
must get very little sleep -- do
security patrols throughout
the night. Each of them
carries a machete, a poisoned
bow and arrow or, in some
cases, a homemade gun.
Many in the village said
they hope this will help put
pressure on the government
to do more to fnd their girls.
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Tuesday, May 13, 2014 Page 15
Sports
SPORT BRIEF
ETO'O TO EQUAL
CAMEROON WORLD
CUP FINALS RECORD
NO SURPRISES IN GHANA'S
PROVISIONAL WORLD CUP SQUAD
S
amuel Eto'o is
poised to play in
his fourth World
Cup for Cameroon,
after being named in Volker
Finke's provisional squad for
Brazil 2014.
The Chelsea striker has
previously represented
the Indomitable Lions
on the game's grandest
stage in 1998, 2002 and
2010, meaning should he
feature in this summer's
tournament, the 33-year-
old will draw level with
Rigobert Song and Jacques
Songo'o, both of whom
partook in a Cameroonian
record four tournaments.
Eto'o, who performed a
dramatic u-turn on his
decision to retire from
international football last
year, will also have his eye
on Roger Milla's national
goals record at the fnals.
The iconic forward netted
fve times across three
World Cups, but Eto'o is
just two goals in arrears.
LUIS ENRIQUE SET TO
COACH BARCELONA
EXCLUSIVE:
T
he Celta Vigo
boss is close to an
agreement with the
Catalan club after a
meeting with sporting director
Andoni Zubizarreta at his
house last week
Celta Vigo coach Luis Enrique
is on the verge of a summer
switch to Barcelona and is
keen to make Lionel Messi
the central piece in the Catalan
club's new sporting project.
The former Barca B boss,
who played for the Blaugrana
between 1996 and 2004, met
with sporting director Andoni
Zubizarreta last week at his
house in the seaside town of
Gava and Goal understands he
is now in pole position to take
over at Camp Nou at the end of
the season.
Current coach Gerardo Martino
is set on leaving Barcelona
following a season blighted
by problems off the pitch,
including the controversy
surrounding Neymar's move
to the club, Sandro Rosell's
resignation and the tragic
passing of former boss Tito
Vilanova late last month.

Liberia secure late win over Ivory Coast in Caf under-20 qualifes
L
iberia left it late
to break through a
compact Ivory Coast
in the preliminaries
of the 2015 Caf under-20
qualifers at the Antoinette
Tubman Stadium (ATS) in
Monrovia on Sunday.
Barrack Young Controllers
(BYC) striker Blamo Nimle
converted an 88th minute
penalty when Sunnyboy Dolo
was tripped in the six-yard
box.
Dolo, who was brought on in
the 56th minute, had escaped
two markers on the goal line
before he was prevented by
Ishmael Diallo.
And Togolese referee Kokou
Hougnumon wasted no time
in pointing to the spot for a
penalty, which as nicely taken
by Nimely.
Liberia struggled for much
of the match to break down
their stubborn opponents and
it means the second leg could
be much more diffcult with
the visitors set to recall some
of their foreign based players.
Sylvanus Nimelys 38th
minute volley was Liberias
only real attempt on goal in
the frst half.
The visitors had two real
attempts and Mette Vakou
was unlucky when his in
swinger shot defected-off the
leg of Raymond Fanciah, who
was the man of the match, for
a corner that resulted to two
corners.
Although the Monrovia Club
Breweries defender needed
a bandage to his head for a
minor cut in the frst half, that
didnt stop him from head-
butting or destroying all the
set pieces by the Ivorians.
And the combination of
Dolos solo effort and
Nimles goal means coach
Robert Lartey is poised to
make another history.
But Lartey will be weary
of Abidjan, Ivory Coast on
May 25. That was where
SLENDER LEAD
Danesius Marteh, danesius.marteh@frontpageafricaonline.com
A
samoah Gyan,
Michael Essien
and Sulley Muntari
all feature in the
Black Stars' 26-strong panel,
which will be reduced to 23
after the May 31 meeting with
Netherlands
Ghana coach Kwesi Appiah
has named his provisional
squad for this summer's World
Cup campaign in Brazil.
Sewe Sport ended BYCs
Caf Champions League third
round dream on March 9.
But Lartey, who took over
from Kaetu Smith after
Gambias disqualifcation,
wants to take it one at a time.
The three points is the
most important thing for us,
Danesius. I am happy we held
on [until the end] and didnt
concede a goal. In these kinds
of
competitions, your home
win is valuable and the away
goals count a lot.
If they beat us 2-1, then we
are through to the next round.
We [the technical staff] will
design a compact midfeld
and defense, which I hope the
players will stick to, Lartey
said.
Apparently enraged about the
penalty, Ivory Coast coach
refused to speak to journalists,
who had waited on him for
more than 30 minutes.
But all this should force the
Liberia Football Association
to organize a mandatory
pre and post-match news
conference as it traditional
down worldwide.
Line ups
Liberia: 1-Koulibaly
Abdullai, 2-Boakai Molu,
3-Benjamin Gbamy,
6-Nimely Nyanti, 8-Varney
Fofana, 9-Van Dave Harmon,
12-Sporo Somah (4-Blamo
Nimle 65), 14-Sylvanus
Nimely (10-Sunnyboy
Dolo 56), 15-Raymond
Fanciah, 17-Prince Saydee
(11-Murphy Dorley 42) and
18-Seamah Stephen.
Unused substitutes:
5- Solomon Vahweah,
6-Jeremiah Sickey, 7-Jarteh
Benjamin Sackor and
13-Melvin Brapoh.
Ivory Coast: 1-Dlabag
Seck, 2-Kessie Dibo Habie,
3-Britto Dahoh, 4-Diallo
Ishmael, 6-Ibrahim Sangare
(5-Koudme Koff 90+4),
10-Kessie Vannue, 11-Mette
Vakou, 12-Guiza Diezze
(7-Abissan Lansry 46),
14-Jumoh Soherif (13-Traore
Baba 46), 17-Nguesson
Bijvoel and 18-Siaby
Ibrahim.
Unused substitutes: 8-Iabi
Willy, 15-Konafe Sifollah
and 16-Dante El Hadji.
Match offcials: Queutin
Toussaint Bewon, match
commissioner (Benin);
Kokou Hougnumon, center
referee; Kokou Avisse,
assistant referee #1; Cheriff
Mullah Bannai, assistant
referee #2 and fourth offcial
Yanisso Beubou (all from
Togo).
There are no big surprises
in the 26-strong panel, as
old guards Asamoah Gyan,
Michael Essien and Sulley
Muntari all made the cut,
while Stephen Adams is
the only home-based player
included.
However, German-born
Ghanaian Jeffrey Schlupp
of Leicester City and
Helsingborg striker David
Accam have both been
afforded opportunties to
impress Appiah before he
whittles his squad down to
23 after the May 31 friendly
against Netherlands.
The Black Stars have been
paired in the same group with
USA, Germany and Portugal.
Ghana's 26-man provisional
World Cup squad:
Goalkeepers:Adam Kwarasey,
Fatau Dauda, Stephen Adams.
Defenders: Samuel Inkoom,
Daniel Opare, Harrison Afful,
Jeffrey Schulp, John Boye,
Jonathan Mensah, Jerry
Akaminko, Rashid Sumaila.
Midfielders: Michael Essien,
Rabiu Mohammed, Agyemang
Badu, Kwadwo Asamoah,
Sulley Muntari, Albert
Adomah, Wakaso Mubarak,
Christian Atsu, David Accam,
Andre Ayew, Afriyie Acquah.
Strikers: Asamoah Gyan,
Kevin Prince Boateng, Abdul
Majeed Waris, Jordan Ayew.
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P
resident Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has led an
array of offcials of the Government of
Liberia to sign the Book of Condolence
for the former Chairman of the National
Transitional Government of Liberia (NTGL),
Charles Gyude Bryant.
According to an Executive Mansion release, the
solemn and mournful ceremony took place in the
Foyer of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Mon-
day, May 12th, 2014.
Others who signed the book were Vice President
Joseph N. Boakai, Speaker of the House of Rep-
resentative, Alex Tyler and members of the House
of Representatives; followed by the President Pro-
Tempore of the Liberian Senate, Gbehzohngar
Findley and members of the Senate.
This was followed by the Chief Justice, His Honor
Francis Korkpor and Associate Justices of the Su-
preme Court and other members of the Judiciary,
including the president and members of the Libe-
rian Bar Association.
Former Heads of State and former Vice Heads of
State of Liberia, the Doyen and members of the
Diplomatic Corps, Consular Corps, and the Spe-
cial Representative of the Secretary-General of
the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL)
as well as heads of international organizations
also signed the Book of Condolence.
The Clergy and Imams, other officials of Govern-
ment including Heads of Public Corporations, Au-
tonomous Agencies, Bureaus and Commissions,
former officials of Government, heads of political
parties and civil society organizations also signed
the Book of Condolence.
The general public will have an opportunity to
sign the Book of Condolence on Tuesday, May 13,
2014.
APPRECIATING GYUDE BRYANT
President Sirleaf Signs Book of Condolence for former NTGL Chairman, Charles Gyude Bryant;
Expresses Sorrow and Appreciation for the Role He Played in Promoting Peace and Reconciliation

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