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Though Everything Suggests That
Provost Wede Brownell Keeps Her Swagger---and for Now, Her Sway
Students marching with a symbolic casket bearing an effgy (fgurine, doll) represent-
ing ULs Provost calling on Dr. Brownell to resign with immediate effect: We will
not stop until Dr. Brownell takes her leave.
By Joaquin Sendolo
T
o hear it from
the University
of Liberias
bel eaguer ed
(under pres-
sure, harassed,
struggling) Provost and Vice
President for Academic Af-
fairs, Wade Brownell, every-
thing at the U.L. remains nice
and rosy.
So, why shouldnt she re-
main unfappable (calm, col-
lected, cool as a cucumber)
as she always has, towering
above the fray while her un-
derlings go running amok (out
of control, confused)and for
no reason?
But for those who began run-
ning helter-skelter only a few
days before, when pandemoni-
um (confusion, a racket) broke
out, it was a whole different
Contd on pg. 18
Findley Became
Gbehzohngar in 2005
Senate Pro Tempore Gbehzohngar Milton Findley
See story
on Pg.18
Former Margibi
Lawmaker, Busi-
nessman, A Friend
of Tubman
Leroy E.
Francis
to Be
Laid to
Rest
The Late Leroy E.
Francis
See story
on Pg.18
Nigerian Arrested with US$50k
Value of Cocaine at RIA
-DEA Boss Discloses
By Alvin Worzi
A
N i g e r i a n
identifed as
Samuel Sun-
day Nweke
has been ar-
rested with
US$50,000 value of cocaine at
the Robert International Air-
port in Margibi County.
According to the Director of
the Drug Enforcement Agen-
cy, Anthony K. Souh said,
the situation occurred on No-
vember 18 and the Nigerian is
presently undergoing investi-
gation at the Drug Enforce-
ment Agency in Monrovia.
Mr. Souh said, Mr. Nweke
Contd on pg. 18
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DAILY OBSERVER Thursday, November 21, 2013
Friday, November 22, 2013
Foreign Brief s
Page 2
World News
LRA Leader Joseph Kony In
Surrender Talks with CAR
-As US Doubts Surrender Negotiation
(BBC) - The government of
the Central African Republic
(CAR) has said it is in talks with
Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony
with the aim of his surrender.
A CAR government
spokesman told the BBC
that Kony was in the country
but wanted his security to
be guaranteed before giving
himself up.
Kony, leader of the Lords
Resistance Army, is wanted by
the International Criminal Court
for alleged war crimes.
The US has offered up to $5m
(3.3m) for leads resulting in his
arrest.
His rebellion began in
northern Uganda more than
20 years ago and his fghters
became notorious for abducting
children to serve as sex slaves
and fghters.
The LRA was forced out of
Uganda in 2005 and since then
has wreaked havoc in CAR,
South Sudan and the Democratic
Republic of Congo.
He was on the verge of signing
a peace deal in 2008 but insisted
that the ICC frst drop its arrest
warrant, which it refused to do.
Also on Wednesday, the
African Unions special envoy
on the LRA, Francisco Madeira,
told the UN Security Council
he had seen reports that Kony
was suffering from a serious,
uncharacterized illness.
In April, the Ugandan army
suspended a search for Kony in
the CAR, blaming hostility
from the government formed
when rebel forces took power
there.
Several thousand African
troops, backed by 100 US
special forces, have been
hunting him and his fghters
across the region.
Mr Madeira said the military
pressure had kept Kony and the
LRA on the run.
Kony claims the LRAs mission
is to install a government in
Uganda based on the Biblical
Ten Commandments.
But he is wanted by the
International Criminal Court on
charges of rape, mutilation and
murder of civilians, as well as
forcibly recruiting children to
serve as soldiers and sex slaves.
Meanwhile, US offcials
have cast doubt on reports
that Ugandan rebel leader
Joseph Kony is negotiating his
surrender in the Central African
Republic.
CAR offcials have said that
Kony, wanted for war crimes
by the International Criminal
Court, has been in talks with
their government.
A US State Department
offcial told the BBC that some
rebels had been in contact but
Kony was not among them.
The US has offered up to $5m
(3.3m) for leads resulting in his
arrest.
Kony founded the Lords
Resistance Army in northern
Uganda more than 20 years ago,
and his fghters are notorious for
abducting children to serve as
sex slaves and child soldiers.
The US offcial also noted
that Kony had previously used
any and every pre-text to rest,
regroup, and rearm, ultimately
returning to kidnapping, killing,
displacing and otherwise
abusing civilian populations.
The LRA was forced out of
Uganda in 2005 and since then
has wreaked havoc in CAR,
South Sudan and the Democratic
Republic of Congo.
Kony was on the verge of
signing a peace deal in 2008
but insisted that the ICC frst
drop its arrest warrant, which it
refused to do.
On Wednesday, a CAR
government spokesman told
the BBC that Kony was in the
country but wanted his security
to be guaranteed before giving
himself up.
The State Department offcial
said the United States was aware
that CAR authorities have been
in contact for several months
with a small LRA group in CAR
that has expressed interest in
surrendering.
At this time, we have little
reason to believe that Joseph
Kony is part of this group, he
said.
Also on Wednesday, the
African Unions special envoy
on the LRA, Francisco Madeira,
told the UN Security Council
he had seen reports that Kony
was suffering from a serious,
uncharacterised illness.
In April, the Ugandan army
suspended a search for Kony in
the CAR, blaming hostility
from the government formed
when rebel forces took power
there.
Several thousand African
troops, backed by 100 US
special forces, have been
hunting him and his fghters
across the region.
Mr Madeira said the military
pressure had kept Kony and the
LRA on the run.
Kony claims the LRAs mission
is to install a government in
Uganda based on the Biblical
Ten Commandments.
But he is wanted by the
International Criminal Court on
charges of rape, mutilation and
murder of civilians, as well as
forcibly recruiting children to
serve as soldiers and sex slaves.
His global notoriety increased
when a US activist group called
Invisible Children released a
video, Kony 2012, which went
viral on the internet and was
viewed tens of millions of times
across the world.
The highly emotive video
profled Kony and the history of
the LRA, but Invisible Children
came in for criticism from some
for oversimplifying the confict
and for not spending enough of
the money raised on the LRAs
victims.
Kony is one of the worlds most infamous fugitives
Loya Jirga Debates US-Afghan Security Deal
(BBC) - Up to 15,000
foreign troops could remain
in Afghanistan after 2014 if a
security pact is agreed with the
US, Afghan President Hamid
Karzai has said.
He was speaking at the
opening of a Loya Jirga, or
grand assembly, of more than
2,000 Afghan elders, who have
gathered to discuss the deal.
One of the key sticking points
has been the circumstances
under which US troops could
enter Afghan homes.
Another is whether US troops
will be subject to US or Afghan
justice.
But a draft of the deal, released
by Kabul before the meeting
started, appeared to show that
Mr Karzai had conceded that
US troops would not be tried in
local courts.
Afghanistan authorises the
United States to hold trial in such
cases, or take other disciplinary
action, as appropriate, in the
territory of Afghanistan, the
document says.
According to the draft, the deal
will remain in force until the
end of 2024 and beyond.
Currently the multinational
Nato force is due to pull out of
Afghanistan from 2014.
President Karzais speech
was pitched precisely to appeal
to Afghan emotions as well
as hard-headed pragmatism:
the emotions drawing on the
shared stories of a land never
conquered; the pragmatism
looking ahead to the things that
will follow a security agreement
with the US - in particular
fnancial support.
He was assisted by a passionate
intervention from a woman
delegate who shouted that US
troops had split enough blood.
Passions run high on this issue.
After days of drama, after he
re-opened the issue of whether
US troops should be allowed
to enter Afghan homes, he
recounted how he had pushed
the Americans over, producing
a letter that he said had been
signed by President Obama
concerning the future behaviour
of US forces.
But the substance of the text is
as the Americans want it. With
a document that needs to satisfy
lawyers in three languages,
presented to delegates many of
whom are illiterate, the tone of
Mr Karzais speech was crucial
in whether the agreement will be
approved.
And despite the political
theatre at the start, there was
no doubt that Mr Karzai was
recommending acceptance.
US Secretary of State John
Kerry said on Wednesday his
team had agreed the text of the
agreement with Afghan offcials,
but it was not clear if the draft
published by Kabul was the one
to which he was referring.
Exceptional circumstances
Opening the four-day Loya
Jirga, President Hamid Karzai
said the only issue on the
table was whether the security
agreement would be signed.
I hope that no other agenda
will be discussed, he said.
He read from a letter he said
had received from President
Barack Obama, explaining why
US forces should be allowed
to enter Afghan homes under
exceptional circumstances to
save American lives.
A woman delegate shouted
from the foor that US troops
had spilt too much Afghan blood
and should be stopped.
Mr Karzai acknowledged there
were diffcult issues involved in
the deal, but according to the
BBCs Kabul correspondent
David Loyn, the tenor of the
presidents speech was to
advise delegates to accept the
agreement.
Hamid Karzai urged delegates to accept the security
agreement
Chinas Top
Court Bans
Police from
Torturing
Suspects
(BBC) - Chinese offcials must
stop using torture to extract
confessions from suspects, the
Supreme Court has ruled.
The court said on its offcial
microblog that using freezing,
starving, extreme heat, fre
branding or extreme exhaustion
to extract confessions was also
illegal.
It is the latest in a series of
moves aimed at reforming
the Chinese police and other
security agencies.
Last week, China said it
was abolishing re-education
through labour camps.
The system, which started in
the 1950s, allowed the police
to send anyone to prison for up
to four years without a trial. It
was almost impossible to appeal
against a sentence under the
system.
The new announcement comes
a week after Chinese offcials
concluded a four-day, closed-
door meeting in Beijing at
which a number of reforms were
agreed.
The Supreme Court has
ordered lower courts to exclude
evidence obtained by torture in
a bid to promote fair justice,
state-run Xinhua news agency
says.
Evidence must be valued,
Xinhua said, quoting a court
document.
The traditional concept and
practice of a testimony being
the most paramount should be
changed, and more attention
should be paid to examining and
using material evidence, the
document added.
The document also makes
clear that courts should remain
independent, must follow
legal procedure and should
not become involved in police
investigations, Xinhua says.
However, enforcing a ban on
this behaviour will be diffcult,
says the BBCs Celia Hatton in
Beijing.
For years, the countrys
judicial and law enforcement
agencies have issued joint
pledges to stop using torture
or accepting evidence obtained
through torture, but the practice
appears to be fairly common,
our correspondent adds.
In the judicial system in
China the public security
system is by far the most
powerful institution, and there
are effectively very few checks
and balances on how it exerts
its power, Nicholas Bequelin,
of rights group Human Rights
Watch, was quoted by Reuters
news agency as saying.
One of the more high-profle
recent cases involving torture
had to do with a Chinese offcial
who died during questioning by
Communist Party investigators
in April.
China is trying to reform
its police and other
security agencies
(BBC) Three women have
been rescued from a house
in south London as police
investigate claims they were
held as slaves for about 30 years.
Police arrested two suspects, a
67-year-old man and a 67-year-
old woman.
Last month offcers were
contacted by Freedom Charity
after it received a call from a
woman saying she had been held
against her will for decades.
A Malaysian woman, 69, an
Irish woman, 57, and a British
woman, 30, were all rescued
from the house, police said.
The women, who are said to
be highly traumatised, are
now in safe accommodation.
Great Britian
(BBC) - The EUs foreign
policy chief and Irans foreign
minister have resumed talks on
Tehrans nuclear programme.
Catherine Ashton and
Mohammad Javad Zarif are
meeting in Geneva following
what were described as
positive discussions on
Wednesday.
A number of sticking points
remain to be resolved, with the
US cautioning it will not rush
into any deal.
A senior Iranian negotiator
warned of a lack of trust
following the inconclusive talks
earlier this month.
Abbas Araqchi told Iranian
state TV as long as trust is not
restored, we cannot continue
constructive negotiations.
Iran
(BBC) - A woman has been
arrested in Somalias capital
after she alleged in a video
interview posted online that she
had been raped at gunpoint by
colleagues.
The journalist who interviewed
the 19-year-old has also been
detained in Mogadishu, but the
two men accused of rape have
not been arrested.
It has been reported that the
arrests came after those accused
of rape complained about
defamation.
The UN has called for a
proper investigation into the
case.
Earlier this year, another
alleged rape victim and the
reporter she had spoken to were
sentenced to a year in prison for
offending state institutions.
Somalia
(BBC) Rescue efforts
have resumed at the scene
of a collapsed South African
shopping centre, with heavy
machines trying to clear mounds
of rubble.
Sniffer dogs are trying to
locate any construction workers
who may have been trapped at
the site in Tongaat town.
One person has died and there
are fears that up to 40 workers
may have been caught under the
rubble.
The police have opened a case
of culpable homicide and say
more charges may follow.
South Africa
(BBC) - A court in Tanzania
has dismissed an appeal by
popular singer Nguza Viking,
known as Babu Seya, and his
son, sentenced to life in prison
for rape.
Judges said there was no
reason to doubt that the two had
raped 10 primary school girls in
2003.
Tanzania
DAILY OBSERVER Friday, November 22, 2013 Page 4 Tuesday, November 5, 2013
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USAID Equips ULs Faculty Research Center
By Joaquin Sendolo
T
he United States
Agency for Inter-
national Develop-
ment (USAID) has
fully equipped the University
of Liberias faculty resource
room with 14 computers. The
computers are also ftted with
an Internet capacity.
Several laboratory manu-
als were also provided along
with an unspecifed number of
laboratory equipment, in addi-
tion to tools that will aid stu-
dents and instructors in their
research.
Ms. Ansahta Garnett, Coun-
try Director for Center for
Excellence in Health and
Life Sciences, giving a back-
ground of the USAID dona-
tion, acknowledged that it
was the result of their afflia-
tion with USAID, the Univer-
sity of Massachusetts Medical
School and the Indiana State
University.
According to her, the part-
nership with USAID and oth-
ers is geared towards helping
to encourage the number of
people entering into the medi-
cal and science professions,
which includes public health
and other health-related stud-
ies.
She explained that the pur-
pose of the faculty resource
center is to train science-in-
structors in the use of modern
technology, like how to use an
overhead projector to present
lessons, and make use of the
internet to gather information
and put notes together for stu-
dents.
The world is moving ahead,
and technology is improv-
ing. The instructors have to
be taught the new way so that
they, in turn, can effectively
teach our children lessons that
will beneft them, Ms .Gar-
nett explained.
She furthered that the Uni-
versity of Liberia is beneft-
ting as a partner to the Univer-
sity of Indiana, which gave a
grant of US$2 million; from
this grant, they are also spon-
soring a public health certif-
cate program at the Ministry
of Health, and a nurses lead-
ership program, among other


VPAP Dr. Brownell displaying the key to the center as she shakes hands with Ms Garnett (left); view of the
computers at the resource center (right)
Liberian Heads ECOWAS
Mission to Mali
T
he Chairman of the
Governance Com-
mission, Prof. Amos
Sawyer, has been se-
lected by the Economic Com-
munity of West African States
(ECOWAS) to lead a 100-man
Mission to observe the legisla-
tive elections in Mali.
The legislative elections,
which follows the success-
ful and peaceful completion
of that West African nations
presidential elections, is
scheduled for 24 November
2013.
The legislative elections are
part of the election roadmap
for Mali in consolidating de-
mocracy.
According to a communi-
cation from the Governance
Commission, the ECOWAS
Observation in Mali is ex-
pected to be deployed in that
West African Country from
19 to 26 November 2013 and
consists of ECOWAS mem-
ber states, electoral commis-
sions, the ECOWAS Parlia-
ment, ECOWAS members of
the Council of the Wise, the
ECOWAS Community Court
of Justice, ECOWAS Ambas-
sadors, the Media, civil soci-
ety organizations and experts
from the West African region.
The Governance Commis-
sions communication indicat-
ed, Former Interim President
of the Republic of Liberia, Dr.
Amos C. Sawyer, who is also
the Chairman of the Gover-
nance Commission is leading
a 100 person-strong ECOWAS
Mission to Mali.
In designating Dr. Sawyer as
head of the Mission, the presi-
dent of the ECOWAS Com-
mission, Mr. KadreOuedraogo
said:In order to beneft from
your exemplary leadership
and vast experience, I have
the honor to invite Your Ex-
cellency to lead the ECOWAS
Observation Mission to the
legislative elections in Mali.
The ECOWAS technical
team supporting this mission
remains at Your Excellencys
disposal for any other useful
information for the success of
this mission.
Dr. Sawyer is a veteran Li-
berian diplomat and negotia-
tor who has served as head of
several diplomatic missions in
the African region, especially
in West Africa on electoral
and other bilateral matters.
He recently served as head
of ECOWAS Observers Mis-
sion during the Sierra Leonean
election.
Mali has been embroiled in
civil confict since January
2012 when a number of groups
fghting for independence took
Dr. Sawyer is heading the Ecowas Mission to Mali
projects.
Although installation of the
equipment in the resource
room brings some convenience
and learning opportunity to
instructors, most of whom do
not have computer knowledge,
Ms Garnett pointed out that
the room is leaking and does
not have the needed air cool-
ing system to help maintain the
machines.
She expressed hope that the
University of Liberias ad-
ministration will be able to
renovate the roof in order to
prevent water from dripping
on those machines and other
pieces of equipment.
Regarding the renovation of
the Science complex that was
badly destroyed during the
war, Ms Garnett said it is their
hope that USAID will provide
some funding to do some par-
tial renovation of the labs.
Presently, a single lab only
deals with the beginners level
105 Physics class. According
to Ms Garnett, it is not enough
for students studying at differ-
ent levels.
She stressed that they place
much emphasis on labs in the
Health program because with
lab students can understand
the subject matter better since
they are able to visually see
and handle the results of tests
they undertake.
In an exclusive interview, the
Vice President of International
Affairs of Indiana State Uni-
versity, Charles Reafsnyder,
said that they got the funds
from USAID with the purpose
of enhancing medical studies
in Biology and Chemistry.
Reafsnyder said the equip-
ment installed in the faculty
resource center was procured
and shipped from the same
fund, and they intend it to help
teach Science instructors at the
University of Liberia to be ac-
quainted with teaching of con-
temporary days.
He also assured that they are
seeking some funding from
USAID to renovate some parts
of the Science Complex.
Meanwhile, the Vice Presi-
dent for Academic Affairs
& Provost, Dr. Wede Elliot
Brownell, commended US-
AID and partners for what she
referred to as a new day at
the university.
She said the resource center
will now serve as a hub for in-
structors in the Science area to
learn and enjoy easy access to
information needed to prepare
students in line with present
day realities.
While many praise the im-
provement at the state run
university, there remains a ma-
jor challenge: getting the labs
ready for use.
The entire complex was
damaged during the war and
has remained that way since
the war ended in 2003.
As a result, students hardly
perform laboratory activities
in Biology and Chemistry.
Non-science students, who
do freshman courses in Phys-
ics, Biology, and Chemistry,
use charcoal to heat substanc-
es they want to test during lab
classes.
Save the Children Celebrates World Prematurity Day
-Calls for Efforts to Properly Care for Children Born Prematurely
By William Q. Harmon
S
ave the Children-
Liberia in collabora-
tion with the Govern-
ment of Liberia and
United Nations organizations,
celebrated World Prematurity
Day on November 19, with a
call for greater emphasis on
the proper care of premature
babies.
World Prematurity Day is a
globally celebrated event that
aims to advocate for the wel-
fare (well-being) of babies
born prematurely.
The occasion commemorat-
ing the event was held at the
Ministry of Health and So-
cial Welfare offces in Congo
Town.
Reading the Prematurity Day
message to the audience, As-
sistant Minister for Preventive
Services and Deputy Chief
Medical Offcer of Liberia,
Mr. Tolbert Nyenswah said
Liberia is one of few countries
that are on course to achieve
Millennium Development
Goals 4 and 5, with a child
mortality rate of 80/1,000, and
a live-birth and neonatal-rate
of 32/100.
However, Minister Nyen-
swah, noted, for us to be able
to sustain this progress, we
need to invest more into the
care of the newborn and pre-
mature babies. In Liberia, pre-
maturity is the most common
cause of newborn death, with
a nationwide prevalence of 14
percent, which constitutes 34
percent of all newborn death.
He noted that in order to ad-
dress this situation, the gov-
ernment made a commitment
to ensure that no newborn dies,
especially premature babies.
He added, In the last year, the
government has recorded sev-
eral achievements made by the
Ministry of Health and Social
Welfare in fulflling our man-
dates with support from part-
ners and donors.
The government through
MOH&SW has established
Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC)
in fve hospitals nationwide.
We have distributed chlorhexi-
dine (medicine for umbilical
cord healing) to over 1,000
newborns in fve hospitals and
nine clinics. We have trained
community health workers
on home-based maternal and
newborn care, and our plan for
the future is to scale up all the
ongoing interventions, the he
stated.
He appealed to all partners
and donors to support the ef-
forts of the government in
scaling up these interventions
so that no child in Liberia
will be born to die.
Also speaking at the occa-
sion was Liberias Ambassa-
dor for Maternal and Newborn
Health, Madam Miata Fahn-
bulleh, popularly known as
Aunty Miata.
Amb. Fahnbulleh stressed
how needless it was for new-
borns and their mothers to die
when there are simple mea-
sures that could easily be im-
plemented to keep them alive.
She lamented the fact that
the numbers of maternal and
newborn deaths are so high,
and called on the government
and its partners to ensure that
mechanisms are put in place to
end the loss of life.
(Flashback) Assistant
Minister for Preventive
Services, Tolbert Nyen-
swah Speaking at UNFPA
Program
Eugene Nagbe Launches ActionAids 5-Yr Strategy Document
By Alvin Worzi
T
he Minister of Youth
and Sports, Mr. Lenn
Eugene Nagbe, on
Tuesday, November
19, launched an ActionAid
document that it intends to use
for its development activities
in the coming years.
The international NGOs
fve-year countrys strategy
paper was launched in Paynes-
ville, outside Monrovia.
The 5-year strategy contains
elements that intend to deal
with woman and girl issue
throughout the country.
It will focus on eight coun-
ties.
Minister Nagbe stated that
the government was commit-
ted to the program as during
the formulation stages of the
document, ActionAid had
involved all the major stake-
holders, including the Minis-
tries of Youth and Sports and
Gender and Development.
He commended ActionAid-
Liberia for its development
initiatives in Liberias recov-
ery programs.
Speaking earlier, the Coun-
try Director of ActionAid-Li-
beria, Madam Korto Williams,
stated that the 5-year program
is based on her NGOs years of
experiences working in com-
munities in Liberia.
The works we do in the
communities are visible, she
stated, when she presented the
key areas of the 5-year plan to
the audience.
The implementation of the
document titled, People En-
gaging Power for Transforma-
tive Development, is expect-
ed to begin this year and run
up to 2017.
Other speakers at the pro-
gram, including UNFPA Resi-
dent Representative, Ms. Ra-
tidzai Ndhlovu, spoke of the
need to empower women and
girls.
over Northern Mali. The Ma-
lian Government was subse-
quently overthrown in March
2012, a month before presi-
dential election could be held.
In January this year the Mali-
an Government sought foreign
military help to end its civil
confict and Liberia is part of
the ECOWAS Military Mis-
sion in that Country.
It can be re-called that dur-
ing the Liberian civil confict,
Mali was among the West
African countries that par-
ticipated in ECOMOG (Eco-
nomic Community of West
African States Monitoring
Group). Senior military of-
fcials from Mali were part of
the ECOMOG high command.
Mali also accepted displaced
Liberians who sought refuge
in Mali.
DAILY OBSERVER Friday, November 22, 2013 Page 4 Tuesday, November 5, 2013
OBSERVER CARTOON WITH A. Leslie Lumeh E-mail: leslie@leslielumeh.com www.leslielumeh.com
Published by Liberian Observer Corporation
P.O. Box 1858, Monrovia
Liberias First Independent Daily
0886812888, 0886472772
www.liberianobserver.com
Friday, November 22, 2013
A Clear Constitutional
Violation!
Article 14 of the Constitution of the Republic of Liberia
states that All persons shall be entitled to freedom of thought,
conscience and religion and no person shall be hindered in the
enjoyment thereof except as may be required by law to protect
public safety, order, health or morals or the fundamental rights
and freedoms of others. All persons who, in the practice of their
religion, conduct themselves peaceably, not obstructing others and
conforming to the standards set out herein, shall be entitled to the
protection of the law . . .
We quote this part of the Liberian Constitution in connection
with yesterdays story, Government Mediates in Zoes-Christian
Confict in Lofa, which appeared on page one of yesterdays
Daily Observer newspaper. The story reported that Internal
Affairs Minister Morris Dukuly suspended until further notice all
church or Christian activities in the traditional village of Malawu,
near Zorzor in Lofa County.
Our reporter Judoemue Kollie, who travelled to Zorzor to cover
the meeting called to resolve the confict between the Christians
and the zoes, noted that Minister Dukulys ruling to ban churches
from Malawu had no effect on the zoes or traditional leaders. In
other words, the ruling could be interpreted as one sided, in favor
of the zoes.
Minister Dukuly hinted that the Christians were in the wrong
because he asked during the deliberations, Do you know what
it means to show a Bible to a zoe instead of a handshake? Mr.
Dukuly apparently concluded that that act on the part of Rev.
Dennis Aggrey, head of the Christian Revival Church, was a sign
of disrespect to the elders and zoes of Malawu.
Could the Internal Affairs Minister not have called on Rev.
Aggrey to either explain or apologize for the action and permitted
him and his church to continue worshipping in Malawu?
The Malawu elders also told the mediation conference that when
the Christians came to the town in 2008 they said they had come to
build schools. They also gave the townsfolk livestock to raise and
undertook water projects. But according to Rev. Aggrey, it was
made explicitly clear and welcomed that he and his team had come
to build a church, in which they have in fact been worshipping for
the last fve and a half years.
The problem started when the zoes and elders found out their
young people were paying more attention to the church than to
the traditions and that made the zoes angry. One Saturday while
the Christians were worshipping in their edifce, the zoes entered
the church, removed the cross on the wall, disrupted the entire
worship service, arrested several church members and subjected
some to beatings. Rev. Aggrey and another pastor, Rev. John
Kueunyoigee, on hearing of the incident, proceeded to Malawu;
and they, too, were arrested and tied to the very cross seized from
the church. This criminal act was immediately reported to the
central government, sparking the intervention of the Ministry of
Internal Affairs.
In his ruling at the mediation meeting on Tuesday, November 19,
2013, however, Internal Affairs Minister Morris Dukuly banned
only the Christian activities but, according to Reporter Kollie, left
the activities of the zoes intact.
We are constrained to ask the whereabouts of the Liberia Council
of Churches and the Christian community at large, and their
response to this issue. Why have they been silent all this time?
The Supreme Court of Liberia, when called to resolve such
matters, usually places an injunction on both parties until an
amicable resolution is found. This is because the Supreme Court
has its eye on the Constitution, which guarantees freedom of
conscience and of worship. We make this statement only on the
basis of experience, not because the high Court has had anything
so far to do with this matter.
Minister Morris Dukuly may have unwittingly contravened the
Constitution by suspending Christian activities in Malawu, while
allowing the very people who violated the Christians rights to go
scot-free and continue to practice their traditional customs.
The question then arises, where is the Liberian Constitution in
all this? When the Constitution speaks of freedom of worship,
it does not specify where this freedom should be exercised. But
Minister Dukuly questioned this very constitutional principle
when he asked at one point during the mediation conference, why
did the Christians choose to worship in Malawu. Why not Koenia
or other places? he asked.
Indeed, since the pastors were chained to their cross, no arrests
have been made. Instead, they have been made to apologize!
Upon his return from Zorzor, Rev. Aggrey told the Daily Observer
that last weekends meeting was not a mediation attempt but an
intimidation session in which even the mention of the Constitution
was completely sidelined. Rev. Aggrey told the Observer that he
has been warned not to set foot in Lofa again until further notice.
We see this as a clear contravention of the Liberian Constitution,
and call for the immediate intervention of the Liberian government,
the Justice Ministry in particular, to give justice where justice is
due.
The Dollar and Its Rivals
By Jeffrey Frankel (Courtesy of
project-syndicate.com)
Since 1976, the US dollars role as an
international currency has been slowly
waning. International use of the dol-
lar to hold foreign-exchange reserves,
denominate fnancial transactions,
invoice trade, and as a vehicle in cur-
rency markets is below its level during
the heyday of the Bretton Woods era,
from 1945 to 1971. But most people
would be surprised by what the most
recent numbers show.
There is an abundance of explana-
tions for the downward trend. Since
the Vietnam War, US budget defcits,
money creation, and current-account
defcits have often been high. Presum-
ably as a result, the dollar has lost val-
ue relative to other major currencies or
in terms of purchasing power. Mean-
while, the US share of global output
has declined. And, most recently, the
disturbing willingness of some mem-
bers of the US Congress to pursue a
strategy that would cause the Treasury
to default on legal obligations has un-
dermined global confdence in the dol-
lars privileged status.
Moreover, some emerging-market
currencies are joining the club of in-
ternational currencies for the frst time.
Indeed, some analysts have suggested
that the Chinese renminbi may rival
the dollar as the leading international
currency by the end of the decade.
But the dollars status as an inter-
national currency has not fallen uni-
formly. Interestingly, the periods when
the public is most concerned about the
issue do not coincide with the periods
when the dollars share in international
transactions is in fact falling.
By the criteria of international use
as a reserve currency among central
banks and as a vehicle in foreign-
exchange markets, the most rapid de-
clines took place from 1978 to 1991
and from 2001 to 2010. Between these
two intervals, from 1992 to 2000, there
was a clear reversal of the trend, not-
withstanding a popular orgy of dollar
declinism around the middle of that
decade. Central banks held only an es-
timated 46% of their foreign-exchange
reserves in dollars in 1992, but that
share rebounded to almost 70% by
2000.
Subsequently, the long-term down-
ward trend resumed. According to one
estimate, the dollars share in central-
banks foreign reserves declined from
about 70% in 2001 to barely 60% in
2010. During the same decade, its
share in the foreign-exchange market
also declined: the dollar constituted
one side or the other in 90% of for-
eign-exchange trades in 2001, but only
85% in 2010.
The International Monetary Funds
most recent statistics suggest,
unexpectedly,another pause in the dol-
lars long-term decline. According to
the IMF, the dollars share in foreign-
exchange reserves stopped falling in
2010 and has been fat since then. If
anything, the share is up slightly thus
far in 2013. Similarly, the Bank for In-
ternational Settlements (BIS) reported
in its recent triennial survey that the
dollars share in the worlds foreign-
exchange trades rose from 85% in
2010 to 87% in 2013.
Given dysfunctional US fscal policy,
the dollars resilience is surprising.
Or maybe we should no longer be
surprised. After all, when the global
fnancial crisis erupted in 2008 from
the bowels of the American subprime-
mortgage market, global investors
responded by feeing to the US, not
from it. They obviously still regard US
Treasury bills as a safe haven and the
dollar as the top international currency,
especially given the absence of good
alternatives.
In particular, the euro has its own
all-too-obvious problems. Indeed, the
euros share in reserve holdings and
foreign-exchange transactions have
both declined by several percentage
points in the most recent statistics.
At the same time, the IMFs data
indicate that the vaunted renminbi is
not yet among the top seven curren-
cies in terms of central-bank reserve
holdings. And, according to the BIS,
while the renminbi has fnally broken
into the top ten currencies in foreign-
exchange markets, it still accounts for
only 2.2% of all transactions, just be-
hind the Mexican pesos 2.5% share.
Despite recent moves by the Chinese
government, the renminbi still has a
long way to go.
To try to explain the recent stabiliza-
tion of the dollars status, one might
note something that the last three years
have in common with the previous pe-
riod of temporary reversal from 1992
to 2000: striking improvements in
the US budget defcit. By the end of
the 1990s, the record defcits of the
1980s had been transformed into re-
cord surpluses; today, the federal def-
cit is less than half its 2010 level.
Perhaps the fscal observation is a co-
incidence. After all, it would be fool-
ish to read too much into two histori-
cal data points. It would be even more
foolish to believe that just because
American politicians have failed to
dislodge the US dollar from its para-
mount status over the last 40 years,
they could not accomplish the job with
another few decades of effort.
It is not an eternal law of nature that
the dollar shall always be number one.
The pound sterling had the top spot
in the nineteenth century, only to be
surpassed by the dollar in the frst half
of the twentieth century. The day may
come when the dollar, too, succumbs
to a rival. But today is not that day.
About the Author
Jeffrey Frankel, a professor at Har-
vard Universitys Kennedy School of
Government, previously served as a
member of President Bill Clintons
Council of Economic Advisers. He
directs the Program in International
Finance and Macroeconomics at the
US National Bureau of Economic
Research, where he is a member of
the Business Cycle Dating Commit-
tee, the offcial US arbiter of reces-
sion and recovery.
DAILY OBSERVER Page 14 Friday, November 22, 2013 5
T
he City Government of Monrovia calls on all residents
in the City of Monrovia to paint the exterior houses and
businesses in accordance with City Ordinance #1 section
6.
City Ordinance #1 Section 6 sates: Owners or lessees of resi-
dences, businesses, schools, churches, government agencies
and mosque within the city limits of Monrovia are required
to the paint exterior of their properties by December 15, and
every 12 months thereafter.
The City Government of Monrovia expects strict compliance to
the City Ordinance as a Municipal fne not less than $100.00 and
not more than $250.00 will be levied on would be violator(s).
Let it be made emphatically cleared that the December 15
painting regulation has nothing to do with the observance of any
religious holiday.
City Hall, Tubman Boulevard
P.O. Box 9029
Sinkor, 1000 Monrovia, 10 Liberia
Municipal Bulletin 0127-11-19-2013
T
he Liberian Agricultural Company (LAC) located in District #3,
Grand Bassa County has vacancy for DIVISION TRAINEE
SUPERVISOR at its Plantation.
REQUIRED COMPETENCE:
1. Must have a B.Sc. Degree in any Science Discipline from a
recognized University. A B. Sc. Degree in Agriculture will be an
added advantage.
2. Technical knowledge in Rubber Culture will be an added advan-
tage.
3. Must have the ability to control, direct, check and correct daily
work of Overseers and Headmen.
4. Must be computer literate.
5. Must exhibit good human relations with employees and locals.
WORKING EXPERIENCE:
Prior working experience in similar capacity will be considered as
added advantage.
Application, Resume and Supporting Documents including contact cell
phone numbers should be submitted to the:
HUMAN RESOURCE ASSISTANT MANAGER
LIBERIAN AGRICULTURAL COMPANY (LAC)
LAC HEAD OFFICE, COMPOUND #3, DISTRICT #3, GRAND
BASSA COUNTY, LIBERIA
ONLY SHORT LISTED CANDIDATES WILL BE CONTACTED
FOR AN INTERVIEW OR OTHERWISE.
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF APPLICATION IS DECEM
BER 6, 2013.
JOB VACANCY
T
he First United Methodist Church
wishes to inform the public that due
to a schedule confict of the Chief
Patron, the date of the Beneft Dinner
has been changed from Saturday, November 23
to Saturday, November 30, 2013, at the same
venue.
With Leroy M. Sonpon III
Tamba: FLY Needs Proper
Management System
-As Nasser Rejects Re-election Bid Saga
By Leroy M. Sonpon, III
T
he Youth Employ-
ment Offcer at
the Federation of
Liberian Youth
(FLY), Mr. Augustine S. M.
Tamba, has disclosed that
the lack of proper manage-
ment system within the
Federation is affecting the
growth and development of
the institution.
Tamba, who also served
as an administrative offcer
under the George Wisners
administration argued that
FLY, as a broad-based, dem-
ocratic, pluralistic, nongov-
ernmental and non-partisan
youth organization, was
established to advocate for
and enhance the develop-
ment of youth and students
in Liberia, but administra-
tions were/and is defcient
in actualizing the vision
and mission of the organi-
zation.
FLY was known as the Ur-
ban Youth Council on 31st
May 1974, but later enacted
into law as the Federation
of Liberian Youth (FLY)
through an Act of the Na-
tional Legislature on 20th
September 1978. Follow-
ing years of civil crisis in
Liberia, FLY became non-
functional and in attempt to
ensure that the organization
fully served the youth popu-
lation of the country, it was
reorganized in 2002.
Tamba, a contender in the
ensuing January FLY presi-
dential elections told the
Daily Observer Thursday in
an exclusive interview, that
when elected he intends to
launch a proper manage-
ment system, where there
will be protocol and chain-
of-command from the
county-level to the execu-
tive committee.
The youth activist and
public administration poll-
ster said he also intends to
lobby to amend the Federa-
tions constitution in order
to professionalize the sec-
retariat, which according to
him is the nerve center of
FLY.
Tamba, 30, earned a BSc
degree from the University
of Liberia, in Public Admin-
istration and Sociology and
is a Masters degree candi-
date at the University of Li-
beria Ibrahim Badamasi Ba-
bangida Graduate Program.
He is a member of Voices
Against Corruption and
THINK AFRICA, and an
executive for Youth In Ac-
tion for the Promotion of
the Gospel of Christ (YA-
POGC).
Meanwhile, the president
of FLY, Mr. Mohammed
A. Nasser, has announced
that he would not seek a re-
election in fulfllment of his
campaigns promise.
Nasser, in an exclusive
telephone interview with
our reporter said he be-
lieved that he has served
the youth community well,
in his one-term of offce and
wished to step-aside for an-
other young person to com-
plete what he had started.
He termed Tambas poor
management system allega-
tion as unreasonable, but
said the over 200-member
organizations can attest of
his good leadership coupled
with his better management
system.
Concerning the elections,
we will do everything pos-
sible to have the elections
in January, Mr. Nasser as-
sured; adding: Even though
the [fnal] decision lies with
the National Executive
Council.
Meanwhile, positions to be
vied for are president; 1st,
2nd and 3rd vice presidents.
Others are secretary general,
deputy secretary generals
for Administration, Finance
and Program.
FLYs President Mohammed A. Nasser and Presidential Aspirant Augustine S. M.
Tamba
DAILY OBSERVER Page 12 Friday, November 22, 2013 6
NASSCORP Attends World Social Security Forum
A
n 11-member National Social Security and Welfare Corporation
(NASSCORP) delegation headed by Director-General Dewitt vonBallmoos
returned home recently after participating in the World Social Security
Forum and the 31st International Social Security Association (ISSA)
General Assembly in Doha, Qatar.
The Forum, hosted by the General Retirement and Social Insurance Authority of the
State of Qatar, which ran from November 10-15, 2013, brought together over one thou-
sand leaders and administrators of social security institutions, policy-makers, represen-
tatives of international organizations and civil society organizations. The last triennium
Forum of ISSA was held in Cape Town, South Africa, in 2010.
The Forum provided an exclusive opportunity to share knowledge, present new
guidelines and practical tools, and discussed innovative strategies for excellence in
social security administration.
Participants at the Forum also debated the essential role of social security in providing
protection to populations in a complex world with new and evolving social risks and
also considered how social security can optimize its roles as a key investment in human
capital and a positive factor for employment and growth.
In his Welcome Statement, ISSA President, Errol Frank Stoove, said social security
system in all regions were experiencing transformation, in a context of complex
social and economic change, noting that by continuously innovating and proactively
responding to opportunities and challenges, member institutions of ISSA had been key
actors in the positive development of social security systems.
He said the event was an opportunity for the rich diversity of the ISSAs membership to
take stock of the signifcant achievements that the Association had made over the last
three years.
The ISSA Boss intimated that the forum was also the occasion to launch a new phase
in the history of the ISSA, which will introduce a range of innovative products and
services that will make ISSA even more relevant for each and every member institution.
During the fve-day forum, participants discussed several topics, including Proactive
and Preventive Social Security, Excellence in Social Security Administration, and
Extension of Social Security Coverage, among others.
Under the topic, Proactive and Preventive Social Security, which was deliberated
upon on November 11, 2013, subtopics such as Shaping the Future by Investing in
People, the Present and Future Sustainability of Social Security, the Role of Social
Security in Investing in Health, the Contribution of Social Security to Employment,
Supporting Empowerment Towards a New Social Contract, and Current Strategies and
Future Challenges were presented by experts.
Discussed on November 12, 2013, Excellence in Social Security Administration dealt
with Subtopics like Excellence in Service QualityCurrent Strategies and Future
Challenges, A Key Enabler for Achieving Excellence in Information and Communication
Technology, among others.
The third topic, discussed on November 13, 2013, was Extension of Social Security
Coverage and dealt it with thematic areas like International Strategies and National
Innovations Towards Social Security Coverage for All, Establishing Social Protection
Floors for Growth, Decent Work and Social Justice under the Auspices of the International
Labour Organization (ILO), Making Social Security Accessible to Diffcult-to-cover
Groups, Adequacy of Social Security Benefts and Services, and Innovations in
Contribution and Compliance.
Other members of the NASSCORP delegation included Hon. Miata Beysolow, Chair-
man/NASSCORP Board of Directors; Dr. Kettehkumuehn E. Murray, Member/ NASS-
CORP Board of Directors; Gloria G. Dennis, Assistant Director-General for Adminis-
tration; Leroy D. Fleming, Assistant Director-General for Insurance; K. B. K. Sando,
Assistant Director-General Research and Actuarial; Eugene A. Neal, Assistant Director-
General, Public Information, Education and Training; Forkpa Gizzie, Assistant Director-
General Monitoring and Evaluation; Charles W. N. Davies, Assistant Director General/
Technical Assistant to the Director-General; D. Zoe Lake, Assistant Director-General,
Regional for Operations; and A. B. Kemokai, Assistant Director-General for Inspection.
Meanwhile, the National Social Security and Welfare Corporation (NASSCORP) has
been elected to the ISSA Bureau for a three-year period, representing the West African
Region. The ISSA Bureau, which has a three-year mandate, constitutes the governing
body of the ISSA. It is composed of the President, the Treasurer, the Secretary General,
and elected members representing the different geographical regions of the world.
The International Social Security Association (ISSA) is the worlds leading international
institution bringing together social security agencies and organizations. The ISSA
promotes technical cooperation and information exchange among its member institutions.
Founded in 1927, the ISSA has its headquarters at the International Labour Offce, in
Geneva.
NASSCORP Delegation: (l-r) D. Zoe Lake, Charles Davies, Director-General
vonBallmoos and Leroy Fleming
Director-General vonBallmoos confers with Board Chairman Miata Beysolow
A partial view of NASSCORP Delegation at the conference
NASSCORP Delegation poses for a photograph outside the World Social Security
Forum Conference Hall
-Elected to ISSA Bureau
DAILY OBSERVER Page 7 Friday, November 22, 2013
Hon. Theophilus Totee Bettie
DEPUTY GOVERNOR FOR ECONOMIC POLICY
CENTRAL BANK OF LIBERIA
REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA
T
he Board of Governors, Management and Staff of the
Central Bank of Liberia announce with profound regrets, the
sudden, tragic and grief stricken Death of Deputy Governor
for Economic Policy, Hon. Theophilus Totee Bettie, which
occurred on Friday, NOVEMBER 8, 2013, AT THE Saint Nicholas
Hospital in Lagos, Nigeria, while attending the Bi-annum Conference
of the West African Institute for Financial and Economic Management,
(Waifen).
BOOK OF CONDOLENCE
Book of condolence will be opened at the Central Bank of Liberia on
Wednesday, November 20, 2013, at 2 O Clock post meridian.
REMOVAL
On Friday, 22nd November 2013, at 5: O Clock post meridian, the
Body of the late Honorable Theophilus Totee Bettie will be removed
from the Samuel A. Stryker funeral parlors in Sinkor, Monrovia,
Montserrado County, Republic of Liberia and conveyed to the Saint
Simon Baptist Church, Horton Avenue, Capitol Bye Pass, Monrovia,
Montserrado County.
WAKE-KEEPING
Wake-keeping over his mortal remains will commence at 6 O Clock
to 9 O Clock post meridian.
FUNERAL SERVICES
On Saturday, 23rd of November, 2013, at the hour of ten O Clock ante
meridian, funeral rites over his remains will be held at the Saint Simon
Baptist Church.
INTERMENT
Interment follows thereafter at the Johnsonville Public Cemetery,
Montserrado County, Republic of Liberia
FUNERAL ANNOUNCEMENT
PROTOCOL ARRANGEMENTS FOR HIS REMOVAL,
WAKE-KEEPING AND BURIAL
DAILY OBSERVER Page 8 Friday, November 22, 2013
(Continued on page 13
T
he Government of Liberia in 2006 created via an Executive Order, the Liberia
National Commission on Small Arms,consistent with relevant international
protocols and treaties on arms control and in furtherance of its commitment to
promote and consolidate peace and stability. The Commission later in August
2012 gained permanent legal status through a Legislative Act which established the full
mandate and powers of the Commission to, among others, provide, as required, policy
guidance, research and monitoring of national efforts to control the fow of arms and
prevent, combat and eradicate the illicit trade and proliferation of Small arms and light
weapons (SALW) within and across the borders of Liberia.
Pursuant to Article VI, Sections (2) & (3) of the Act establishing the Commission and
which empowers the Commission through the Chairperson to set up a Technical Sec-
retariat to run the day-to-day affairs of the Commission, including a Coordinator and
other competent professional staff, through a recruitment process and on such terms
and conditions as the Commission may establish;
The Commission hereby invites applications from suitably qualifed Liberians to oc-
cupy various positions (as described below) within the Technical Secretariat of the
Liberia National Commission on Small Arms. Interested individuals are encouraged to
submit application letters with detailed curriculum vitae (CV), including telephone and
email contacts, copies of educational certifcates and names and contact details of three
references of high standing. All applications must be addressed to:
James M. Fromayan
Chairman
Liberia National Commission on Small Arms
Governance Commission Building
9th Street, Sinkor, Monrovia
Deadline for receipt of applications is Monday, 02 December, 2013 at 16:00 hours.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted to attend interviews .Previous title holders
under the Transitional Secretariat are encouraged to apply, if interested.
1. COORDINATOR
As head of the Technical Secretariat and working under the supervision of the Chair-
man of the Liberia National Commission on Small Arms, the Coordinator will be re-
sponsible for the day-to-day running of the Commission in such a manner to ensure
consistent achievement of the Commissions mission, goals and objectives.
Duties and responsibilities
Key duties include:
Ensure that the organization has a long-range strategy which achieves its mis-
sion, and toward which it makes consistent and timely progress;
Provide leadership in developing programs, organizational and fnancial plans
with theCommission and Technical Secretariat, and carry out plans and poli-
cies authorized by the Commission;
Promote active and broad participation of all stakeholders in all areas of the
organizations work, including relevant governmental actors, development
partners, the security sector, and civil society;
Maintain offcial records and documents, and ensure compliance with the
Commissions mandate, policies and all relevant regulations.
Maintain a working knowledge of signifcant developments and trends in the
feld of small arms and light weapons (SALW) and the control thereof;
Publicize the activities of the organization, its programs and goals with ap-
proval of the Commission through its Chairman.
Facilitate the holding of regular and called meetings of the Commission
through the preparation and circulation of citations, the preparation of agenda
for the Chairmans approval, and the preparation and distribution of minutes of
the meeting to all members;
Supervise the recruitment, employment and release of all personnel, both paid
staff and temporary.
Ensure that job descriptions are developed, that regular performance evalua-
tions are held, and that sound human resource practices are in place.
Perform other tasks as may be assigned by the Commission through its Chair-
man.
Required Education, Experience, and Skills/Knowledge
Education/Experience: An advanced University degree (Masters) in Management,
Vacancies Announcement
Public Administration, Peace and Security Studies or related feld. As much as 7 years
experience in a senior management position is desirable.
Skills/Knowledge:
Demonstrates strong leadership, interpersonal and team building skills, includ-
ing negotiation skills;
Knowledge and skill in applying the principles and practices of management;
Ability to plan, organize, coordinate and direct the activities of staff;
Ability to develop and administer budgets and uphold good value for money
principles;
Understanding of the institutions principles, practices and structure;
Ability to work effectively with stakeholders, staff and offcials, and others
with whom the commission is directly or indirectly related;
Excellent writing and spoken communication skills, including presentations.
2. DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMS
The Director of Programs serves as the principal deputy to the Coordinator and shall
assist the Coordinator in the day-to-day running of the Commission. He/She shall be
responsible for and oversee all aspects relating to program planning and management
functions, providing support for programs/projects designs and preparation of techni-
cal proposals including preparation of project budgets, project implementation, moni-
toring and evaluation and the development of technical reports and other documents
for the Commission.
Dutiesand Responsibilities
Key duties include:
Assist the Coordinator in providing leadership and strategic vision for the com-
mission;
Program planning and administration, including activities such as preparation
of annual work plans and budgets, design of technical assistance programs/
projects, national conferences, publications and research projects.
Preparing and managing grants and contracts, including development of grant
proposals and applications, project scheduling, project monitoring and evalu-
ation, and supervision of budgets.
Developing reports on the business and activities of the commission to include
corporate reports, grant reports, research documents, and position papers.
Maintain a working knowledge of signifcant developments and trends in the
feld of small arms and the control thereof;
Perform other tasks as may be required and assigned by the Coordinator.
Required Education, Experience, and Skills/Knowledge
Education/Experience: Minimum of Bachelors degree in any of the social sciences.
As much as 5years experience in similar position with similar broad and specifc re-
sponsibilities desirable. This should include experience of program development and
contract management.
Skills/Knowledge:
Knowledge of program development and implementation, monitoring and
evaluation;
Ability to develop and administer budgets and uphold good value for money
principles;
Understanding of the corporations principles, practices and structure;
Demonstrated ability to effectively network with multi-stakeholders groups
including government, security sector agencies, civil society, community
based organizations and international NGOs;
Excellent writing and spoken communication skills, including presentations.
3. FINANCE OFFICER
Working under the supervision of the Coordinator, the Financial Offcer will generally
ensure that the fnance function of the Commission provides effective, transparent and
legally appropriate support to the Commissions programs in conformity with GOL
fnancial management requirements, norms and international best practices.
Duties and Responsibilities
Work with the Coordinator on the strategic vision and developing a plan which
fnancially underpins this, and identifes appropriate funding streams;
Set up and oversee in cooperation with the Coordinator the operation of a f-
OFFICE OF THE CHAIRMAN
REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA
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Ground Floor, Foreign Ministry Building
Monrovia, Liberia
Mobile: 0886554450 / 0777029902
Email: lincsal13@gmail.com
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Talent Hunt
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Who
Be
Dat
Bad
Gyal?
Monrovia
Fashion Week
Draws Closer
Entertainment The
BLACKEST
305
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By H. Watara
A man and his wife were in court for divorce, the problem is
who gets the custody of the child. THE WIFE... jumps up and
says, your honor I brought the child into this world in pains and
labor, he should be in my custody.The Judge turns to the husband
and asked what he has to say.!THE MAN. then said calmly your
honor, if I put my ATM card into an ATM machine and cash
comes out... whose cash is it... the MACHINE OR MINE?
ATM Machine
By Yewa Sandy
L
iberia is surprisingly
producing some
very talented and
inspiring musical
artist. As the music industry
steadily sores towards
adding some value into the
entertainment limelight, one
young lady has completely
taken the industry by surprise.
Mercy Zoe Sambola, who is
commonly known as Impress
1 Luv, has astoundingly made
a breakthrough into the music
setting with a familiar fow of
music that no Liberian female
artist has been able to chant in;
Reggae, ragga and dancehall
patios.
Liberia has yet to bred an
international female reggae
star with such passion towards
reggae and the Rastafarian
belief.
I vibe more with the reggae
general of music, Dancehall
and lovers rock. I dont mind
doing other things, but its my
special thing the passionate
singer revealed.
The So Fly dancehall
singer, who was recently
admired and credited for
her featured verse in Sweetz
Who be dat bad gyal track,
says she has been doing music
all of her life despite making a
breakthrough earlier this year
with her frst track share the
love.
Music has been in my life
for as long as I can remember,
I sang in the church choir as a
teen, but it wasnt until I was in
the 8th grade I started writing
my own songs. The passion
started to build up over the
years, and in February 2013,
I started getting professional
about it. Stated Impress 1
Luv.
Recently, while listening to
one of Impress 1 Luv track
tiled One more time, her
smooth fowing patios (Rasta
vernacular) chant seemed to
come so simple for the fearless
lion. So, LIB Life asked
the question, where did her
original patois stem from?
I have a couple of Jamaican
friends that call me from time
to time. I downloaded the
patios dictionary on Google
and started teaching myself
patios. Besides that, I listen to
reggae and Caribbean music,
and because of the music I
gravitated into that direction,
and my spirituality too.
Impress answered.
With shoulder length
dreadlocks that are always
neatly positioned in chic
styles, Impress continued to
add more unique things about
her self, including her spiritual
belief that stimulates her fow.
I am Rasta, and my fow
comes from a little bit of this
and a little bit of that. Being
Rasta is not a religion but a
belief; its spirituality, a life
style. Its also how you live
your life, how you relate and
interact with people. Its what
you can and cant do, and
everything in my life right
now is natural, almost 90%
the ragga spitting diva shared.
Whatever maybe her
inspiring tool that helps her
create and chant in such a
capsizing manner, Impress 1
Luv is no doubt Liberias next
talent.
Mercy Zoe Sambola a.k.a. Empress 1 Luv
Who Be Dat
Bad Gyal?
Liberia Talent Hunt
By Yewa Sandy
L
iberia defnitely
has talent, and now
that more and more
industrial entities
have begun to take notice, the
talented are defnitely going to
beneft.
Club Beer, a company that
is exceptional in supporting
artistic Liberians, has reached
out its own arm and will be
hosting the November 23 and
November 30th, 2013 Club Beer
Talent hunt.
There are many different
reasons that we decided to do
it, we want to have people there
of all ages, we want to promote
good sportsmanship and a
healthy competition. Stated
the marketing and customers
relations manager, Mrs. Thelma
R. Dennis
According to Mrs. Thelma,
such a talent hunt is necessary
for a company that represents
Liberia, and would like to see
the Liberian people partaking in
such unifying events.
We advertise ourselves to be
proudly Liberian, so therefore
we must do something that is
strictly Liberian. She added.
Sixty contesters ranging from
18 years and above will partake
in three major categories.
Theres no limitation as its
open to everyone above 18. We
had an audition and came up
with 60 contestants, 3 different
categories, modeling, singing,
and dancing. So, were going to
have the semi-fnals on the 23rd
and the fnals on the 30th
Stated Mrs. Thelma.
Winners who come out
victorious during the fnals
will be put on all of club beers
promotional items says Mrs.
Thelma.
Everyone will have the
opportunity depending on
the kind of scene that were
shooting for the promotional
item, like the billboards that will
go on the different locations.
The singer will have the
opportunity to do the club beer
theme song for 2014 and the
dance group will be featured at
club beer sponsored events and
any happy hour that we may
be having at larger scale. She
furthered stated.
Meanwhile, Club beer has
Liberia in its best of interest and
has decided on giving Liberians
the frst priority when it comes
to its services.
A lot of people do concerts
and they have people from
Ghana or another African
country coming in. We have a
lot of talented people here , so
we just saw it as a opportunity to
promote Liberians and celebrate
that talent that we have here
in this country. Mrs. Thelma
further added.
The BLACKEST 305
By Makanf Kamara
M
artin Fagans, aka,
The Blackest 305,
had many dreams
growing up. Two
of which were to become a
scientist and a radio broadcaster,
but all of those aspirations
were squashed and brought to a
standstill by the brutal 14-year
civil war. Nevertheless, one
of those dreams did become a
reality.
Martins frst breakthrough
came because of the 2003
war, which led him out of his
homeland, to Victoria Island,
Nigeria. With the thought of
success serving as his strength
and weapon, he ventured
into Nigeria performing as a
disk jockey (DJ) wherever he
was allowed and began the
cultivation of skills needed
to become what he is today;
a strong force in the Liberian
entertainment industry with
international aspirations.
The young broadcasters
journey through life began after
making it out of Liberia. With
his love for music and amazing
talents, a captivating voice and
all the charisma of an entertainer,
he charmed everyone with his
choice of music. He has a husky
voice well suited for the radio,
and used it along with his own
determination to seek out his
own place in the entertainment
business. In 2006, he returned
to Liberia continuing his
journey as a DJ while eagerly
anticipating what the future has
to offer. Nevertheless, Martin
knew for sure, there was no
obstacle he wouldnt over come
and there was nothing stopping
him from persuing his dreams.
Martin had other passions
as well as music, he one day
dreams of establishing his
very own online and local
fm radio station. In 2006, he
took steps towards achieving
his goals when he became the
frst broadcaster at the Voice
of Rural Montserrado located
in Bensenville, Bentor City on
Sept 28, 2007. His incredible
style of broadcasting and unique
voice opened the doors of
opportunity, which led him into
working with some of the most
renowned radio stations around
town.
Martin has worked at: Hott FM
107,9, Power FM, Magic radio
etc, including doing a six month
contract for the Cell Com GSM
Company on their promotional
radio show called the Cell Com
After hour Show.
Martins vision of becoming
an online broadcaster was
the result of working with an
online TV company called
Menta Music as a liaison and
encouragement from a very
good friend of his. Menta Music
is an offcial YouTube partner
that manages and monetizes
the content of musicians,
music labels, producers, and
digital content owners. They
also simultaneously collect
revenue for their clients while
promoting them. Their aim
is to promote various artists,
especially Africans, around the
world through the means of
social media (internet micro-
communications sites). Talking
to Lib Life, Martin said, I
broadcast for 4 hours every
day from Monrovia, but my
Lib weekend thing comes on
every Saturday from 3:30pm on
D-15 fm an online station on the
website www.libwebradio.com
I hope to achieve a lot,
but my chief goal is to take
Liberian entertainment to the
international level, that would
be a great achievement, Martin
declared.
He is presently the only
online solo Liberian DJ whose
program, Lib Weekend Thing,
(which mainly focuses on
promoting Liberian artist on
the internet) can proudly boast
of a worldwide audience. He
presently has 59 Liberian artist
signed to his promotions, and
his dream is to one day own his
own broadcasting station, both
locally and online.
In recent times, the young
broadcaster has also been very
successful in establishing Menta
Music in Gambia as the Gambian
branch. The Blackest 305 is
presently in Banjul, The Gambia
where he being trained by Menta
Music, while also providing
information to Gambians on
how to send content to Menta
Musics website.
Liberia
Fashion
Week
2013
Martin Fagans, aka, The
Blackest 305
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I
t was 1981, and the race to fnd a high school champion for the Inter Redemption Day Quiz
Competition was on. Students, school administrators, civil society and alumnus were making
massive bets on the high school team that would emerge as winner. Theo Bettie, just a junior
student at the Monrovia College Industrial High School and 2 other teammates sat behind the
tag reading Monrovia College High School Team. Away from him, I sat in the middle of two team
members behind the opposing tag reading, WVS Tubman High School Team. I was the captain of
the Tubman High School Team, Theo did not have a pronounced leadership role on his team. However,
he was shrewdly certain he had an important role to play on increasing his high schools chances, as
well as his own. It was clear right from the start we both needed a victory to stimulate the new energy
in education brought about by these exercises. Soon, a chemistry began to work between us as we
challenged one another on every point and our friendship developed from there. Our interaction was
eventful! Captured by the excitement of our victory over his beloved MC, our paths never crossed until
we met again at the University of Liberia in 1986.
Theo was a rank outsider on his team. He was the only junior student on the team. He had not taken a
pronounced leadership role in one activity to the exclusion of the other, while in high school. He found
time for every school activity and enjoyed his youth. Trocon Karmo would say, Theo helped all of
us with our lesson in high school. Concepts we did not understand, Theo simplifed it and helped us
understand it better. He was an all-round guy, a volunteer teachers assistant and made a good company
wherever he found himself. He had no business imagining himself as having any responsibility of putting
others above self. But Theo had an audacious plan to be his brothers keeper and an encouragement to
others. Graduating as valedictorian of his class, Trocon said, This was the frst time in MCs history for
majority of the graduating seniors to pass the WAEC Exam, a feat, Trocon credited to Theos support
to his fellow compatriot.
Theo was born in Monrovia in 1963 during a period of big changes in Africa the birth of the
Organization of African Unity (OAU), now African Union. Africans were rolling back the last vestiges
of colonialism from their shores. His father, Joe Bettie, a renowned mathematics professor at the
University of Liberia, held his students to a high standard requiring the same of his children. Professor
Betties students were monitoring his insistence on school success. Theo and his siblings were brought
up in the same style and manner.
When he completed Monrovia College, he went on to the University of Liberia, where our paths
crossed once again. Together, we experienced the 1984 closure of the University, ban on student politics,
arrest and detention of student leaders and the apparent attempt to execute student leaders, including the
dismissal of the leadership team of the University of Liberia by President Samuel Kanyon Doe. Theo
emerged as a star organizer of the student non-violent protest on the campus of the University of Liberia
against those injustices.
Following that it was not long before he become a key activist for social justice and student leader on
the UL campus. He earned the respect of now Senator Mabutu Vlah Nyepan, who had matriculated from
Bishop Jubwlee High School in Zwedru, Grand Gedeh County to study engineering at the University.
Soon the two would meet and a congenial friendship was sparked. Theo was full of life and had time
for everything that made up campus life. His time was flled with such pursuits as academic excellence,
advocacy, and sports. Other times, he and his high school sweetheart (Enid B.), who would become his
wife, escaped to fnd time for each other. When Mabutu approached Theo on the UL campus in 1986 to
help establish an alternative student based political party, Theo, like many others approached by Senator
Nyepan, responded with a routine question, have you talked to SANDO WAYNE?
There we would nurture our friendship by working together, tirelessly to establish the Student
Integration Movement (SIM) at the University. This inspired us to believe in ourselves and to never
cease to better our best. Theo became the Co-Chair of the Committee to Organize and Register the
Student Integration Movement in 1986 at the University of Liberia, Rhoda Weeks (IMF, Washington,
DC); and I served as Secretary General and Chair, respectively. When it was time to put out its frst
presidential candidate, Theo received the unanimous endorsement of SIM to serve as its frst standard-
bearer. He became the trail blazer for leaders after him such as: Kabineh Janeh (Associate Justice of the
Supreme Court of Liberia); Mabutu Vlah Nyepan (Senior Senator of Sinoe County); Abel M. Massalley
(Senior Senator of Grand Cape Mount County); A. C. Teah Farcarthy (deceased/former Senator of
Kru County); Edward T. Farley (Former Director General of General Services Agency); Samuel W.
Sargbeh (deceased/former WFP Rwanda staff): Benetta W. Tarr (ECOWAS, Abuja), Josephius Kontoe
(Resident Judge, 9th Judicial Circuit, Bong County); T. Negbalee Warner (Former Chair/Board of
LPRC and Counselor at law Heritage Law Firm); Lewis G. Brown (Minister of Information, Culture
Affairs and Tourism) Hans Barchue (Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives); Henry G.
Smith (Representative, Grand Bassa County) J. Emmanuel Nuquay (Representative, Margibi County),
William Twahway (Representative, Montserrado County); Rufus D. Neufville (Deputy Minister of
Commerce); Dr. Zobong B. Norman (Adjunct Faculty, Graduate School of Education, UL); Chris W.
Moore (Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs for International Cooperation); Dr. Steve Kennedy (AM
Dioglotti Graduate Medical School); S. Sando Wayne, II (Consultant, World Bank Liberia/Instructor
IBB Graduate School) and etc.
And, Theo would spent his last days with his beloved SIM. He had developed a strong and compassionate
relationship with the cadres of SIMISTs on campus and was even picked to serve as keynote speaker for
Theo Bettie: A Friend Remembered!
Monrovia, November 23, 2013
the Movements 27th Anniversary in last September. SIM is Theos legacy and Theo is SIMs legacy!
As a teenager, Theos own dream had been to go to a world-class university. When Fulbright offered him
a scholarship upon graduation, he was thrilled and accepted to enroll at Yale University in Connecticut.
Theo was having a lot of fun at the UL and wasnt particularly eager to leave his family and friends
in Liberia, but when he heard Yale he became enthusiastic, anticipating two years of excitement and a
world of limitless opportunities.
There was not much point complaining to his parents back in Liberia since it was almost impossible to
contact them by phone when the civil war broke out, so Theo decided to try to complete his studies as
quickly as possible. He enjoyed the classes and the instruction with his professors, some of whose work
he had read in undergraduate school.
By the time Theo graduated from Yale, the brutal Liberian civil war had reached its pinnacle. Unable
to return to Liberia, Theo began interviewing for jobs in the United States, quickly realizing he was a hot
commodity, but bungled because he was restricted by his scholarship to return to work only in Liberia
upon the completion of his program. Corporate American institutions were competing for his services,
as there was an intense demand for young men like Theo with an Ivy League degree from the prestigious
Yale University, one of Americas top universities.
Moreover, he fgured that a Masters in business administration might help him fnd a job outside
of the Yale degree in Economics, so he enrolled at Marymount Universitys Business School and
successfully obtained a second graduate degree in Business Administration. Thereafter, Theo started his
own business Bettie Enterprises, offering business consulting and tax preparation services to clients, as
well as making time for online investment. He became successful in these ventures.
Theo also took a job with DHL to cover the bills. Because he had been exposed to a vast body of
knowledge and had the capacity for exercising alternatives, Theo was not impressed or intimidated by
corporate DHL. That is not to say that working at DHL was easy. For one thing, this is not what Theo
had prepared for, so he could not even feel his value addition to such perfunctory work just to pay the
bills. Instead, Theo and his compatriots would lounge and chat in the basement of his townhome in
Gaithersburg, Maryland for hours, waiting for the moment to arise. There, those vying for the titans
attention would try to get invited to another, more private get-together later and often. That is when
characters were defned and understandings reached.
By 2006, more serious engagement with Liberia had begun for most Liberians in the diasporas. The
country was on the path to peace and reconstruction following the war and was beginning to embrace
new capacities for the vast challenges of nation building. Dr. Mills Jones became Governor of the
Central Bank of Liberia, and Theo was convinced something big was afoot. He decided to meet with Dr.
Mills Jones informally to test the waters and get a feel for what was needed back home.
Theo spent a few years wooing various other moguls and trying out different initiatives. He eventually
landed a job with CBL as Advisor to Governor Jones and in a short time rose up in the ranks to become
Deputy Governor of CBL. Theo assumed an infuential role, meeting interesting and powerful people,
and dealing with profound monetary decisions on behalf of his native Liberia, domestically and
internationally. He chafed at raising money for initiatives he was not participating in and felt he was little
more than a well-accomplished economist, introducing young people to the possibilities that lay beyond.
The job began to grate on him, though. But, Theo is not a coward or a quitter. And he would not quit
chasing after his dream. He armed himself with the belief that the names of quitters are never heard in
the company of winners. He thrived on the belief that you can be born to a poor family, but raise to dine
with kings and converse with leaders of the free world. From a humbled and modest family, Theo never
surrendered to the menacing effect of poverty. He kept his sight on education. This is why in less than a
year as Deputy Governor, unsolicited testimonies received about the productivity of Theo is replete with
chorus of distinguished services to CBL, which are no less deserving than the ones each would deliver
this day to his memory what they would love to see etched on their tombstone.
For one thing, the Liberian lifestyle made it hard to have the family relocate to Liberia to witness
what was unfolding in the life of Theo. For another, Theo was meeting interesting and powerful people,
and he was dealing with big sums of monetary decisions, domestically and internationally for CBL.
He chafed at raising money for initiatives he was not participating in and felt he was little more than a
well-accomplished economics introducing young people to the possibilities that lie beyond when one
prepares for it. All of these stories, Theo, always found time to charm his sweetheart Enid Bettie with.
His interest was tied to providing the best for his family; to getting them to appreciate his decision
to do the things he enjoyed and had prepared for to serve the Liberia he loved above else, and in so
doing lift up the name of his family. Theo wanted to demonstrate to Enid, his wife and Maseweh, his
daughter that a Yale degree without serving Liberia was a life unfulflled and meaningless. He had
prepared and waited for nearly two decades for a meaningful career in Liberia, even as a trailblazer in
his Maryland Community. Because Liberia was not served, Theo felt incomplete, unaccomplished, and
unresolved -- Theo starved for opportunity and, thanks to Dr. Mills Jones for recognizing that hunger
and for responding to that drive, and all who supported his decision, so that Theo fulflled a dream of
a lifetime. Thanks to his wife Enid Darby Bettie and his daughter Masaweh for allowing him to share
that brilliance with the world. With Masaweh in school, it was diffcult to uproot the family and relocate
and the separation was tough, it really grated on Theo at times, but this household persevered with love
and devotion to one another. Because Liberia was not served, Theo felt incomplete, unresolved and
unaccomplished -- Theo starved for the space thanks to Dr. Mills Jones for responding in no small term,
and all who supported his decision, so that Theo fulflls a dream of a lifetime.
Behind the scenes, Theo and top executives of CBL were becoming more committed to the idea of
experimenting with traditional approaches to fxing the economy --- a microfnance loan scheme was
introduced for the frst time to the Liberian Business Association and the local petit traders. Theo and
his top CBL compatriots were convinced that they could retroft the domestic private sector to make it
capable of turning out individual wealth among Liberias citizens with the CBLs support. Even with
the National Legislature questioning their judgment and making claims of violations against them, Theo
and his team stood their ground and continued to fnd innovative and creative ways of rolling back the
resistant poverty in the Liberian society.
Still, if you keep digging, digging, digging, you fnd something, an upbeat Theo would say. If there
was one thing he was confdent about, it was his ability to fnd real time solutions to critical challenges.
For all the acrimony coming out of the Legislature, Theo and his teams plans were welcomed by the
public and seen as an innovative strategy. And, in less than a year as Deputy Governor, he would prove
the skeptics wrong. His desire to return home and serve Liberia -- was now creating dividends.
But, Theo would not leave without a fnal word to the one he loves the most and fought hard for each
day Enid B and Maseweh. So let me recreate these thoughts in their minds as though Theo had echoed
them to you both:
It has been a hard road and I have known who I am from the very beginning. But, there were times of
denial when in order to be accepted in the world, I tried to be someone else. Now, I can say who I am
with pride and dignity. I have tested the other world and it has tested me too. I chose my path and I
am as one with all creation. I have taken the best from the world. Now, I am content with my choice
because I have learned to know who I am to not depart from tradition, to listen to the elders and
to care. My choice is strong in my heart even with this untimely earthly parting. Now that I must part
with you, my dream has been accomplished- you are now a dignifed family. Always remember that
I am a star that will shine long after these ceremonies. Enid and Maseweh, every time you see the
stars that shine above, know that I am one of them, looking down to brighten the path under your
feet. I am but one part of the work of creation, one part of a human creation. Know that I will be at
the center of all things you do.
God speed, Comrade Co-chair and & First standard-bearer of SIM Theophilus Tottie Bettie!
Signed:
S. Sando Wayne, II (founding Chair of the Student Integration Movement, 1986 & 1988 Standard-
bearer of SIM) for all veterans of SIM
The late Theo T. Bettie, Former Central Bank of Liberia
Governor
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1. INTRODUCTION AND INVITATION
With consent of Central Government, on 22 July 2013, Nimba County, by and through
the County Administration, entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with
ArcelorMittal Liberia (AML), by which all old unused structures and scrap presently
located in AMLs Concession area have been turned over to Nimba County. The
County has decided to sell this scrap at fair market value and to use the proceeds for the
beneft of the entire County.
The County therefore invites prospective bidders with requisite technical & fnancial
qualifcations and capabilities, to bid for the Purchase, Removal and Disposal of the
said unused structures and scrap metals currently located within the Concession
area of AML and within Nimba County.
Bidding will be conducted through the International Competitive Bidding (ICB) method
of procurement specifed in the Public Procurement & Concession Acts (PPCA) and ap-
proved by the Public Procurement & Concession Commission (PPCC) and is open to all
eligible bidders.
2. THE STOCK
The Stock of Scrap includes all old unused structures and abandoned equipment, parts
and metals, situated within the Concession Area of ArcelorMittal Liberia (AML); and is
to be disposed of as is where is. Provisional/Tentative inventory shall be provided in the
Tender Documents; however, bidders are required to conduct their own assessment to
determine the exact locations, categories, quantities and qualities of the stock.
3. DIRECT FISCAL BENEFITS TO CENTRAL AND LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS FROM THE SALE
Proceeds from the sale shall be applied to and used for the beneft of the entire County
of Nimba. Appropriate taxes shall be paid to Central Government. And the buyer shall
be expected to assist the County through sustainable added value creation, job creation,
project linkage opportunities, social projects etc.
4. BUYERS QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
The successful bidder must (a) be a recognized local and/or regional and/or international
entity with requisite experience in the steel industry to include the purchase, removal and
disposal of scrap (b) have verifable technical and managerial competence to undertake
the above activities (c) have previous successful investment and management of similar
operations for at least fve years, (d) have proof of requisite fnancial resources to under-
take the above described operations, (e) have a good record of corporate social respon-
sibility and must be willing to adhere to and support Liberias Local
Content Policies and regulations, and (f) if foreign, have a locally registered and licensed
scrap broker and dealer company as its subsidiary, associate or affliate.
5. TENDER DOCUMENTS
Tender Documents for the purchase, removal and disposal of the said unused structures
and scrap metals currently located within the Concession area of AML and may be
obtained from the Procurement Offcer, Offce of the Superintendent of Nimba County,
Sanniquellie City at the address below, from Wednesday 20th of November 2013, during
offcial working hours, on payment of a non-refundable bid fee of US$5,000.00, payable
by Managers Check to: THE NIMBA COUNTY OPERATIONAL ACCOUNT
6. DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF BIDS
Deadline for the submission of SEALED BIDS is Tuesday 31st December, 2013 at 1400
hours GMT. All Bids must be delivered and deposited in the Tender Box at the Offce
of the Procurement Offcer, Superintendents Offce, Sanniquellie City, Nimba County,
before the said deadline. All late Bids will be rejected outright. Bids will be opened at
15:00pm on Tuesday 31st December, 2013. All bidders or their representatives are asked
to be present.
7. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
a. Information contained in this Invitation to Bid is indicative only and will be
confrmed and amplifed in the Bid Documents.
b. Interested frms may obtain further information from the Procurement Offce,
Administrative Building, Sanniquellie City, Nimba County, Republic of Liberia from
8:00 am to 4:00 pm. Mondays through Fridays (except public holidays); or call Contact
Numbers: +231 886 405120 or +231 886493075 or +231 777 405120
Signed:_______________________________________
Secretary of the Procurement Committee
Nimba County
Approved: ____________________________________
Chairperson of the Procurement Committee
Nimba County

Offce of the County Superintendent
INVITATION TO BID
FOR THE PURCHASE, REMOVAL AND DISPOSAL OF
OLD UNUSED STRUCTURES AND SCRAP METALS
November 18, 2013
REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA
MINISTRY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS
Nimba County
T
he body of the Late Honorable
Leroy E. Francis, former Member
of the House of Representatves,
R.L., will be removed from the
Samuel A. Stryker Funeral Parlor at one
oclock p.m. today, Friday, November 22,
2013, and taken to the Rotunda of the Capitol
Building, where it will lie in state for a few
hours.
The body of Honorable Francis will
later Friday afternoon be transported to
Providence Baptist Church on Ashmun
Street, where wake keeping will commence
at six oclock p.m.
The funeral service will take place beginning
at 10 oclock a.m. on Saturday, November
23, following which the cortege will depart
for the Kaiser Memorial Lawn Cemetery
in Brewerville, Montserrado County for
interment.
Signed:
Mrs. Gertrude Francis
Daughter of the Deceased,
for the Family
FUNERAL ANNOUNCEMENT
FOR LEROY E. FRANCIS,
FORMER MEMBER OF THE
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
R.L.
DAILY OBSERVER Friday, November 22, 2013
Friday, November 22, 2013
Short Story:
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Criminal Lawyer Jason Doe Solves:
The Case of the
Diplomats Mistress (1)
By Omari Jackson
T
he courtroom
remained quiet,
except the
occasional hum
and ha of a spectator and the
regular echo of standing and
ceiling fans.
The prosecutor, John
Sorry led the witness,
William Kulu through
events that led to the
disappearance of Debora
Beauty and her relationship
with an unidentifed
diplomat. Aware of the
immunity clause that
surround members in the
diplomatic community,
there were contentions
that the case should be
directed at Samson Solo,
a man of many contacts,
whose personal relationship
with Debora Beauty led to
her involvement with the
unknown diplomat. And
also for obvious reasons
metropolitan newspapers
had deliberately omitted the
nationality of the diplomat
and that was a source of
interest.
The victim, Debora Beauty
was a local socialite and
the daughter of a leading
politician. Debora Beauty
prowled the corridors of
where the rich and the
famous prowled, William
Kulu told the court.
But if any of the spectators
in the courtroom thought
the high profle case was
simply a charade due to
the immunity clause that
beneft members of the
diplomatic community,
they were wrong for the law
went after locals who were
instrumental in leading
the socialite to her alleged
disappearance. The young
socialite Debora Beautys
parents, though having sort
of abandoned her, due to
what was described as a life
of debauchery, nevertheless
made full appearance
when the case open and
especially when news
reports indicated that the
cause of her disappearance
was through a youthful
diplomat, who had promised
Debora a trip abroad, along
with the material trappings
that would normally turn
a young womans head
upside down, in a society
where such opportunities
were lacking, the witness
told the courtroom flled
with sympathizers and those
who wanted the latest on the
juicy news.
In fact immediately the
case broke out, three weeks
before the preliminary
trial, in which Monrovia
Criminal Lawyer Jason Doe
represented the man with
many contacts, Samson
Solo, metro newspapers
went wild with juicy
reports of the missing
womans escapades with
men in the larger Monrovia
community.
The Daily Watchword
newspaper, in its front-page
banner headline declared:
A SOCIALITE PAYS FOR
INDISCRETION. Though
there were some sympathies
in the narrative, it had the
lighter side of mockery,
pointing fngers at parents
and children who lost their
sense of direction because
of the love of what money
could offer a young woman
of Debora Beautys nature.
In actual fact the media
went for the sensation in
the story to feed the ever-
growing gossip community
and to offer women some
gossip angles of the ever
present struggle of the
nature of human beings in
their exceptional interest in
the life in the street.
But the prosecutions
witness William Kulu,
perhaps out of spite for the
young womans life style,
or otherwise testifed that
Samson Solo, the accused
who had aided and abetted
her life, a week before her
disappearance confded in
him of the young womans
failure to have settled with
him, he testifed in court.
What do you mean by
failure to have settled with
him, Mr. Kulu? Prosecutor
John Sorry prodded on.
It means the money she
was supposed to give him.
And how much are we
talking about, Mr. Kulu?
It was $2,000 United
States dollars.
Was it the frst time you
personally came in contact
with the accused on such a
business?
No, the witness said,
since we are friends, he
very often informs me
about what has been going
on between them.
You have shared ideas
together in the past?
Yes, the witness said,
he is a very good friend.
And you also know much
about Debora Beauty?
Deborah, he said in
a whisper, was a lovely
woman and a wonderful
friend.
Therefore, the
prosecutor turned swiftly
to stare at the judge,
its probable and we
are establishing that the
disappearance is criminal
mischief in which the young
womans life has been led
into danger.
And the likelihood is that
while the woman involved in
this case is matured enough
to handle her own affairs,
she was evidently prodded
on, aided, encouraged, and
pushed on and when the
enterprise did not go the
way of the accused, as we
are here today to fnd out
where the young woman
is, the prosecutor said at
length.
The inference here was
that the accused, seated at
the defense counsels table
had executed some form of
reprisal against the woman
in question, for an earlier
witness had testifed that
the accused had had the
occasion to assault Deborah
Beauty, in an earlier
situation that involved
money.
Though defense counsel
Doe did not cross-examine
the earlier witness, only
saying he would do
so at another time, the
present witness seemed
to convince the court of a
recurring misbehavior on
the part of the accused in
his retaliation against the
young woman when he was
not compensated for his role
in the affair.
As the second prosecution
witness revealed one after
the other the role his client
had played in the life of
Deborah Beauty, Jason
Doe, all along had his head
lowered in contemplation. It
was only when the witness
admitted to the prosecutors
question, making his client
responsible for what led
to the young womans
disappearance that he lifted
his head and stared directly
into space.
He knew the case had a
complication, particularly
with a diplomats angle
but the question was, where
was the woman in involved?
The prosecutor could not
advance the theory that the
young woman was dead or
had been killed, since the
court would demand for her
remains. And these days
that many a young woman
had traveled outside the
country without parental
knowledge, it could be
that the young woman had
traveled abroad and chose
not to inform her parents.
His client had insisted he
had not seen the woman in
question in the last three
months, and had only
talked to her on the phone,
that his admission to the
lawyer that they had worked
together on a personal or
private enterprise convinced
the lawyer of the truth of
some of the issues that had
been revealed in court. But
Counselor Doe could not
add up the numbers that his
client was responsible for
the womans disappearance.
Or there was any form
of a criminal nature or
enterprise which the onus
now fell on the shoulders of
his client to tell her father
her whereabouts.
What about the role of her
parents? As many of the
metro newspapers revealed,
her father had been too
much involved in politics
that he had, to say the least,
neglected his daughter or as
one newspaper described it,
The Honorable man has
failed to take the leadership
role to ensure the safety of
his family for he has spoiled
his only daughter with
money that she has loved it
to her own and her familys
discomfort.
The lawyer was in such
contemplation when he
heard the prosecutor said,
Counselor, your witness,
calling him to begin his
cross examination.
Judge Dorothy Farkollie
had her back comfortably
on her chair, her eyes shone
through her glasses, which
perched not sat but perched
on her nose. The spectators,
including the parents of the
missing woman, wedged
at their seats, the mother
in particular her eyes flled
with tears.
In a motion of defance,
counselor Doe deliberately
stood up and turning to look
at the accused, he gave a
smile. Behind the witness
was the lawyers private
secretary Janet Lovebird,
her eyes almost in tears
as the daring effort of the
young woman was revealed
plainly.
Her female instinct worked
along well with the mother
whose anguish of her only
daughters disappearance,
mixed with the agony of
every parents sadness when
circumstances compelled a
young woman to live on her
own terms.
Counselor Doe was on his
feet and strolled towards the
witness. In a swift moment,
the lawyer glared at him,
and the witness responded
swiftly lowering his head
and mumbled words to
himself.
The courtroom remained
tense. The lawyers
reputation of rescuing
the beaten and defeated
from the claws of injustice
was becoming legendary
and many witnesses felt
uncomfortable anytime
Cllr. Jason Doe confronted
them in the box. And such
was the situation in this
case when the midday clock
chimed to announce recess
for the end of the morning
session.
Like a cue, Judge Farkollie
looked at her watch and
announced: The Court will
take recess and reconvene
at 2p.m. Counselor Doe
smiled at the announcement,
and felt relief of the tension
that had built up in the
courtroom. He considered
the judges announcement
as a blessing in disguise.
He had suddenly discovered
the angle to burst the case
wide open with clever
questions during the cross-
examination of the witness.
True, he had picked up
some points of interest that
he could use for a better
understanding of what
might happened to the
young woman in question
as to whether she was alive
or dead.
And he would do that after
the court reconvene in the
afternoon session.
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Friday, November 22, 2013 Page 12
Fashion
Monrovia
Fashion Week
By Makanf Kamara
T
he excitement
and preparation
intensifes as the
big day draws
closer for the biggest
fashion event in the history
of Liberia, Monrovia
Fashion Week. Models are
slimming down; designers
are creating their best outfts
and accessories, while doing
photo shots at the same time.
Organizers are making sure
that this event becomes not
only becomes a success,
but also a memorable one,
especially with the Ebony
Fashion Fair/International
Designer LAMOUR
AMEER who is expected to
grace this event.
Marjean Sherman, founder
and chief organizer has no
doubts, shes confdent and
very optimistic, and just
cant wait for this event.
Telling Lib life: Weve been
getting a lot of feedback
from people locally and
internationally, and most
people feel that MFW is
something Liberia needs .
Lone Star Cell GSM, Coco-
cola, Brussels Airline, GT
Bank, Private, Guinness,
Aqua Life, Istikbal, and
Palm Spring sponsor MFW,
while its organizers are
Marjean Sherman (founder),
Klade Neufville and Marit
Woods.
Monrovia Fashion Week
(MFW) is intended to
expose the capital city to
Liberian and international
fashion Designers and their
creativity. According to
Klade Nuefville, MFWs
aim is developing and
introducing unique talents
through mentoring platforms
and inspirational industry
seminars, while giving them
the opportunity to evolve and
get involved internationally,
further stating, It is intended
to celebrate Liberias fashion
and creative arts industry.
Another excited individual
is Ora Barclay; designer
and owner of Le Mirage
international, whom will also
be a part of this great event,
where she will showcase her
designs from her summer
2013-14 (dry season)
collection featuring the
latest trends. She expressed
how excited and eager she
is for this event, telling
LIB Life, we just got done
with our photo shoots, Im
a little giddy from all of the
preparation and excitement
but I cant wait for the main
day. Almost every designer
in the city of Monrovia is
expected to be showcasing
their work on that day.
Meanwhile, if you have
been wondering what to
do and where to go this
Christmas season, MFW told
Lib Life that on December
17, MFW kicks off with
an exclusive invite only
show that would be held
at the Bella Casa Hotels
and Suites. More fashion-
oriented events follow in the
form of a ferce hair stylists
competition between various
salons within Monrovia
at the Paynesville City
Restaurant. In continuation,
MFW promised their
audience that on December
20, they could experience the
enjoyment of an intriguing
and electric showcase
of modern hairstyle, and
groovy and trendy designs
that will be displayed on the
runway. Climaxing the entire
event on December 21 will
be a barbecue celebration at
fuzion d Afrique; formerly
known as Jamals, where
sales and display of designs
used during the event will
take place.
Starting Sunday,
November 24, 2013
10am to 6pm
All MFW
images,
photo credit:
Morgana
Wingard
DAILY OBSERVER Page 9 Friday, November 22, 2013
Ridding Liberia of Small Arms
nancial and fnancial reporting systems for the Commission in line with GOL
fnancial management requirements;
Provide information and advice to the Commission on budgets, procurement,
fnancial and administrative regulations, cost norms and etc.;
Exercise authority over budget controls and ensure the day to day functions
of tracking income and expenditure through record keeping; Oversee the pro-
duction of monthly reports including reconciliations;
Maintain the Commissions bank accounts and facilitate with banks for any
query;
Assist the Commission in identifying new funding opportunities, the drafting
of prospective programmatic budgets, and determining cost effectiveness of
prospective service delivery;
Assess the fnancial benefts of all prospective contracts and advise the Com-
mission on programmatic design and implementation matters;
Ensure adequate controls are installed and that substantiating documentation
is approved and available such that all purchases may pass independent and
governmental audits;
Oversee the management and coordination of all fscal reporting activities for
the Commission;
Oversee all purchasing and payroll activity of the Commission;
Record and maintain assets of the Commission and ensure assets are correctly
labeled;
Ensure adequate cash fow to meet the organizations needs;
Maintain an effcient, robust, transparent fling system which is easily acces-
sible to internal or external inspection and scrutiny;
Undertake any other duties as may be required and directed by the Coordina-
tor.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
Education: A minimum of B.Sc. Degree in Accounting or its equivalent. Certifed
Public Accountant (CPA) preferred.
Experience
Working knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP)
Five years of fnancial experience and management experience within a gov-
ernmental department or reputable private institution
Computer literacy, particularly excel but also offce, word and outlook
Experience in working in partnership with international NGOs is desirable
4. COMMUNICATIONS & OUTREACH OFFICER
The Communications and Outreach Offcer shall provide communication, outreach
and public relations support to the Commission. Working under the supervision of the
Coordinator, the Communication and Outreach Offcer shall be responsible for the
various elements of the job description listed below.
Duties and Responsibilities
Leads the development of a robust communication and outreach strategy for
the Commission and ensures its periodic review and updating;
ensures the production of and day-to-day information dissemination through
various communication modes and channels, of Commissions programs and
activities, including action plans, policies, regulations, eventsand campaigns,
as well as information on progress of the Commission to the public, govern-
mental agencies and development partners;
leads the development of public information and outreach materials such as
brochures, newsletters, posters, fyers and billboards;
liaising with the IT Offcer, designs and manages a Website for the Commis-
sion;
Serves as a liaison between authorities of the Commission and the public on
any and all media related matters;
Leads in the organization of other communication/PR activities and social
events as well as the coordination of periodic press briefngs for the Commis-
sion and visiting international institutions and stakeholders;
Undertake advocacy activities on behalf of the Commission as directed by
the Coordinator;
Performs other tasks as required and assigned by the Coordinator
Education and Experience
Education:Minimum Bachelor degree in communications, public relations or related
feld.
Experience
Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience
Signifcant experience developing the following communication tools: press
releases, media interviews, workshops/conferences, success stories, website
maintenance, etc.
Must possess excellent oral and written communication skills
Understanding of the institutions principles, practices and structure;
Demonstrated ability to effectively network with multi-stakeholders groups
including government, security sector agencies, civil society, community
based organizations and international NGOs
Ability to handle multiple tasks, meet deadlines and track and report on prog-
ress
Fluency in English and ability to use standard technology packages, eg. Word,
PowerPoint, and Excel are required.
5. IT OFFICER
The IT Offcer will work under the supervision of the Coordinator and shall be
responsible for managing the Commissions computer and information systems; and
this responsibility includes all aspects of Network Administration, updates, computer
repair, server maintenance and/or repair, disaster recovery, and programming.
Duties & Responsibilities
Confgure, install and maintain all computers, fle servers, networks cabling,
and other network equipment, devises, systems, upgrades, modems, and disk
drives;
Asses and/or analyze networks, systems and applications to identify and cor-
rect malfunctions and other operating problems;
Provide technical services to departments regarding proper use and/or main-
tenance of computers, and provide repair services when required;
Establish and support network disk and tape backup and disaster recovery;
Oversee and perform software and/or hardware installation, and network op-
erating system upgrades, and maintain site licenses as required;
Plan and implement network security, including building frewalls, fle per-
missions, and fle system integrity, and supervise the addition and/or deletion
of users;
Develop and maintain specifc databases as required by the Commission;
Provide hardware and software maintenance training for employees as re-
quired, and develop appropriate professional development plan for IT staff;
Maintain an active liaison with the IT industry with respect to advances in
relevant state-of-the-art technology, equipment and systems;
Supervise the assignment and performance of section staff, and perform all
other tasks that may be assigned.
Qualifcation
Education: A Bachelor degree in Computer Science or its equivalent.
Experience:
Must have knowledge and experience working in active directory, domain ad-
ministration, and the primary network services (DNS, WINS, DHCP, etc.)
Knowledge of network architecture (VLANs) desirable;
Minimum 4 years experience as a senior IT supervisor
Experience in training co-workers at a beginner and advance level
Ability to understand and interpret technical manuals and written and verbal
instructions
Profciency in oral and written communication in English
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REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA
LIBERIA NATIONAL COMMISSION ON SMALL ARMS (LiNCSA)
Ground Floor, Foreign Ministry Building
Monrovia, Liberia
Mobile: 0886554450 / 0777029902
Email: lincsal13@gmail.com
Vacancies Announcement
DAILY OBSERVER Page 11 Friday, November 22, 2013 14
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his to inform all companies operating in the mining, oil, forestry and agriculture
sectors of Liberia and related ministries and agencies of government that the Liberia
Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (LEITI) is in the process of reconciling
payments made by extractive companies and revenues received by agencies of gov-
ernment covering the period July 1, 2011 to June 30, 2012.
Instructions
Copies of reporting templates, supporting schedules, and instructions can be picked up from
the LEITI Secretariat at the Old Bureau of the Budget Building,, adjacent the Executive Man-
sion, Redemption Road, Monrovia, Liberia Monday through Friday between 8:30 AM and
5:00 PM daily, or online at www.leiti.org.lr.
All reporting companies are required to address their sealed templates with the supporting
schedule to:
LEITI Administrator/Reconciler
C/O LEITI Secretariat
Old Bureau of the Budget Building
Redemption Road, Capitol Hill
Monrovia, Liberia.
Line ministries and agencies of government including the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of
Lands, Mines and Energy, Forestry Development Authority, National Oil Company of Liberia,
Environmental Protection Agency, National Port Authority, Liberia Maritime Authority and
the Liberia Civil Aviation Authority, must submit their templates to the LEITI Audit Unit, 1st
Floor, at the General Auditing Commission for attestation.
All concerned parties are advised that the deadline to submit reporting templates with
the supporting schedules is Friday, November 22, 2013 at 4:00 pm.
Please let this claim the attention of all concerned line ministries and agencies of government,
and all mining, oil, forestry and agriculture companies operating in Liberia as it is a legal re-
quirement to submit reporting templates. Failure on the part of any reporting entity to submit
their template(s) by the due date constitutes non-compliance and the LEITI-MSG Regulations
of 2009 will be strictly applied.
Signed :
PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT
ABRAHAM J. BOYE
JUSTINE A. RICHARDS
T
HE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY ADVISED THAT THE PHOTOGRAPHS
ABOVE ARE THOSE OF FORMER EMPLOYEES WHO ARE NO LONGER
IN THE EMPLOY OF OMEGA INSURANCE COMPANY. ANYONE
TRANSACTING BUSINESS WITH THEM WILL BE DOING SO AT HIS/HER
OWN RISKS. FURTHERMORE, JUSTIN A. RICHARDS IS NEEDED TO ASSIST WITH
AN ONGOING INVESTIGATION. ANYONE KNOWING HIS WHEREABOUT SHOULD
CONTACT THE MANAGEMENT OF OMEGA INSURANCE COMPANY.
PLEASE LET THIS NOTICE SERVE AS A SERIOUS WARNING TO THE GENERAL
PUBLIC.
WE CAN BE CONTEACTED AT CELL NUMBERS:
0777700092/0886424465/0886723035/0886205592
THANK YOU.
THE MANAGEMENT
Omega Insurance
Tubman Blvd & 5th Street Sinkor;
Monrovia, Liberia
Tel. 231-777-700-092
CLARESA C. DELINE
PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT
T
he Liberian Institute of Certifed Public Accountants
hereby informs all its students, sponsors, and persons
interested in obtaining accountancy certifcation that
pre-registration for tutorials for the March 2014 Techni-
cian Certifcation Exams and May 2014 CPA Certifcation Exams,
respectively, is in progress at the Institutes offce on 4th Floor,
Lara Building, Randall Street (opposite Chariff Pharmacy). Pre-
registration is free and runs daily Mondays to Fridays from 9 AM
to 5 PM. Tutorial classes will commence on Monday, November
25, 2013.
Please be reminded that these tutorial classes will be conducted
by the team of experienced and versed expatriate Accounting in-
structors recruited with the support of USAID Governance and
Economic Management Support (GEMS) Project.
Persons in the following categories are particularly encouraged to
participate: controllers, fnance directors, accountants and auditors
of government ministries and agencies, private entities, NGOs,
and international organizations; professional staff of accounting
auditing frms; accounting instructors at various universities and
colleges; and university students majoring in accounting.
Liberian Institute of Certifed Public Accountants
Randall Street, Monrovia
PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT
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THE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING:
1. Prepare all academic reports and correspondence;
2. Have oversight of the academic calendar and academic schedules;
3. Ensure the timely preparation and submission of required reports by Deans and
instructional faculty;
4. Ensure the adherence to the UL Academic Management Policies;
5. Ability to train offce staff;
6. Attend all meetings falling under the purview of the Offce Academic Affairs and
Provost;
7. Assist the Offce of Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost to accomplish
all academic goals and objectives;
8. Serve as a liaison between the Offce of Academic Affairs and the Deans.
QUALIFICATIONS (Education and Experience)
1. Must have a Master Degree (PhD. Preferred) in the social sciences and humanities,
or in Higher Education Administration;
2. Ability to work with diverse groups of individuals;
3. Must be innovative with strong leadership, interpersonal, and communication
skills;
4. Must have a minimum of fve years of working experience in management positions;
5. Ability to work with Microsoft Offce applications.
ALL APPLICATIONS SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO:
Chair of the Search Committee
The Offce of the Vice President for Academic
Affairs & Provost
University of Liberia
P.O. BOX 9020
Monrovia Liberia
The Deadline for application and submission of all documents is November 30, 2013

UNIVERSITY OF LIBERIA
Capitol Hill, P.O.BOX 8020
Monrovia, Liberia

ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE POSITION OF
EXECUTIVE ACADEMIC OFFICER
UNIVERSITY OF LIBERIA
UNIVERSITY OF LIBERIA
Capitol Hill, P.O. BOX 8020
Monrovia, Liberia
Duties and responsibilities include the following:
1. Support and promote the vision and mission of the University of Liberia;
2. Be proactive and innovative on issues relating to student admission, registration and
graduation;
3. Develop measurable goals and objectives for all areas of the Offce of Enrollment Management;
4. Analyze and interpret student data relative to the trends in student enrollment and make
appropriate recommendations;
5. Recommend for hire, supervise and evaluate the Enrollment Management Staff;
6. Organize and implement registration for each semester at all campuses;
7. Collect, record, report, and maintain student records, (e.g. grades, registration data, transcripts,
etc);
8. Identify opportunities for professional growth for the staff of Enrollment Management;
9. Establish a system of continual assessment of current policies and procedures for improvement;
10. Provide leadership in the development of strategic plans;
11. Evaluate the effectiveness of current policies and procedures to ensure students receive
maximum services effciently;
12. Coordinate and collaborate with heads of academic units and give advice on policies relating
to grades, transfers, re-admissions, withdrawals, and academic standing;
QUALIFICATIONS (Education and Experience)
1. Must have a Master Degree (PhD. Preferred) in the Social Sciences and Humanities, or in
Higher Education Administration;
2. Ability to work with diverse groups of individuals;
3. Must be innovative with strong leadership, interpersonal, and communication skills;
4. Must have a minimum of fve years of working experience in enrollment management /
management positions;
5. Must have strong IT skills.
ALL APPLICATIONS SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO:
Chair of the Search Committee
The Offce of the Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost
University of Liberia
P.O. BOX 9020
Monrovia Liberia
The Deadline for application and submission of all documents is November 30, 2013

UNIVERSITY OF LIBERIA
Capitol Hill, P.O.BOX 8020
Monrovia, Liberia

Announcement for the position
Enrollment Management
UNIVERSITY OF LIBERIA
Capitol Hill, P.O. BOX 8020
Monrovia, Liberia
Duties and responsibilities include the following:
1. Support and promote the vision and mission of the University of Liberia;
2. Supervise and actively participate in the preparation of UL Entrance Exams;
3. Coordinate and administer all of UL Entrance Exams;
4. Develop and conduct training/workshops for all individuals with oversight of the
registration and administration of the Entrance Exams;
5. Score the exam and provide results to the President and Faculty Senate;
6. Provide list of eligible candidates based on guidelines set forth by the Faculty Senate;
7. Prepare and provide analysis of exams results to the President of the University of Liberia,
the Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost, the Faculty Senate and other relevant
partners (e.g. Ministry of Education, Principals of High Schools) for decision making;
8. Provide continuous assessments of exam development, administration, and evaluation;
QUALIFICATIONS (Education and Experience)
1. MA/MSc. in tests and measurements, Higher Education Administration or Social
Sciences;
2. Ability to work with diverse groups of individual;
3. Must be innovative with strong leadership, interpersonal, and communication skills;
4. Must have a minimum of fve years in higher education testing and evaluation or
management positions;
5. Demonstration of leadership, interpersonal and communication skills;
6. Evidence of high moral integrity.
7. Strong IT skills.
ALL APPLICATIONS SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO:
Chair of the Search Committee
The Offce of the Vice President for Academic Af fairs and Provost
University of Liberia
P.O. BOX 9020
Monrovia Liberia
The Deadline for application and submission of all documents is November 30, 2013

UNIVERSITY OF LIBERIA
Capitol Hill, P.O.BOX 8020
Monrovia, Liberia

Announcement for the Position of Director for
Testing and Evaluation
University of Liberia (UL)
UNIVERSITY OF LIBERIA
Capitol Hill, P.O. BOX 8020
Monrovia, Liberia
T
he Liberia Institute of Protocol & Etiquette (LIPE) is pleased
to announce the Post-graduate diploma training program in pro-
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JUDICIAL ORDER NO. 6
To : ALL JUDGES, JUDICIAL
WORKERS AND THE PUBLIC
GENERAL
FROM : THE SUPREME COURT OF
LIBERIA
RE : JUDICIAL ORDER #6 TO
INCREASE THE
MEMBERSHIPS OF THE
JUDICIAL INQUIRY
COMMISSION AND THE
GRIEVANCE AND ETHICS
COMMITTEE AND ALLOW
FORTHEAPPOINTMENT
OF NON-LAWYERS FROM
THE CIVIL SOCIETY
DATE : NOVEMBER 13, 2013
WHEREAS, the Rules for Procedure in the Courts
and Code for the Moral and Ethical Conduct
of Lawyers and Judicial Canons for the Moral
and Ethical Conduct of Judges in the Republic
of Liberia provide for the establishment of two
bodies, viz: The Judicial Inquiry Commission
and the Grievance and Ethics Committee to
respectively investigate allegations of unethical
conduct of lawyers and judges; and
WHEREAS, the above mentioned Rules for
Procedure in the Courts, Code for the Moral
and Ethical Conduct of Lawyers and Judges
have, heretofore, permitted the Chief Justice to
appoint only judges and lawyers as members of
the Judicial Inquiry Commission and Grievance
and Ethics Committee; and
WHEREAS, the Supreme Court has determined
that in order to ensure judicial transparency
and accountability thereby increasing public
confdence in the dispensation of justice by the
judiciary, the number of persons on the mentioned
bodies be increased, and that civil society should
be made a part of the mentioned bodies to fll
the slots of the increase, such that the bodies
comprise a greater representation from the entire
Liberian society;
NOW, THEREFORE, pursuant to Article 75 of
the Constitution of Liberia (1986), which grants
power to the Supreme Court to make rules of
court for the purpose of regulating the practice of
law and prescribe a code of conduct for lawyers
appearing before it and subordinate courts, the
Supreme Court, by this Judicial Order hereby
increases and expands the membership of the
Judicial Inquiry Commission and the Grievance
and Ethics Committee from the current number
to a number not in excess of nine for each
Committee.
In furtherance of the above, the Chief Justice
of the Supreme Court is hereby vested with the
authority, in consultation with the Justices of the
Supreme Court, to appoint people from the civil
society, in addition to the appointments stated in
the Rules of Court, persons who are not lawyers.
GIVEN UNDER OUR HANDS AND SEAL
OF THE SUPREME COURT OF LIBERIA
THIS 13TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, A.D. 2013.
Francis S. Korkpor, Sr.
CHIEF JUSTICE, S
UPREME COURT OF LIBERIA
Kabineh M. Janeh
ASSOCIATE JUSTICE,
SUPREME COURT OF LIBERIA
Jamesetta H. Wolokollie
ASSOCIATE JUSTICE,
SUPREME COURT OF LIBERIA
Philip A.Z. Banks, III
ASSOCIATE JUSTICE,
SUPREME COURT OF LIBERIA
Sie-A-Nyene G. Yuoh
ASSOCIATE JUSTICE,
SUPREME COURT OF LIBERIA
DAILY OBSERVER Friday, November 22, 2013
Friday, November 22, 2013
being bought by Sime Darby
Management are safe and used
properly.
We dont want a case where
community people will come
in here, take the chairs and
dont bring them back, she
stated.
For her part, Justice Minister
Christiana Tah assured the
locals of governments
preparedness to protect their
interest.
We are paid to work for you
and to protect you, she said
all you have to do is to bring
your issues (problems) to our
attention and we will take
immediate action, she stated.
Dr. Florence Chenoweth,
Agriculture Minister, pledged
to work with the school
authorities to plant backyard
garden to help provide food
for the children. We need
this because we cant buy
everything that we eat, she
said.
Sime Darby Plantation
General Manager Roslin Azmy
Hassan, in his intervention,
said he was dearly honored for
the opening of the PAC School
in Senii Town, which, he said
allows children in that part of
the country to have access to
quality education.
We, at Sime Darby, believe
that education is the best thing
that we can offer to the kids
because they are the people
who will manage and run this
company in the feature, he
stated.
According to Mr. Hassan,
Sime Darby is prepared to
go the extra miles to ensure
that the locals get their just
benefts from the companys
operations.
In a separate interview with
this paper later on in Matambo
Estate, Mr. Hassan disclosed
that Sime Darby has already
planted about 10,000 hectares
of land in the two counties.
With the improvement in
relationship with the locals,
he said Sime Darby is hoping
to continue its expansion
program within the next
couple of days.
We will also be moving to
Gbarpolu and Bong counties
within the next few weeks
to hold talks with the locals
so that we can commence
operations those counties,
too, he stated.
The Sime Darby managers
statement about moving to
Gbarpolu and Bong counties
was confrmed by Deputy
Internal Affairs Minister
Varney Sirleaf, who disclosed
that his Ministry will be
leading the process.
In 2010, Sime Darby
Plantation signed a 60-year oil
palm concession agreement
with the government of Liberia
in which the government
awarded over 230,000 hectares
of land to the company to
plant oil palm in Grand Cape
Mount, Bomi, Gbarpolu, and
part of Bong Counties.
Confict between the
company and locals in Bomi
and Cape Mount Counties,
however, temporarily halted
the companys operations
thereby creating further
setback to the commencement
of its operations in Gbarpolu
and Bong counties.
Sime Darby currently
employs over 3,000 regular
workers including an
additional 1,800 workers
recruited from the 18 Project
Affected Communities in
Bomi and Cape Mount and
over 10,000 casual workers.
The least wage on the
plantation, according to
company offcials, is US$5.00
per day. According to the
Liberian Labor Law, the wage
per day for a casual worker is
US$1.00.
Page 17
Sime Darby Good for Liberia
-Finance Minister Tells Locals, Critics in G. Cape Mount
By George D. Kennedy
F
inance Minister
Amara M. Konneh
has told Liberians
including critics
of Sime Darby Plantations
operations in the country to
rethink and take a tour of the
companys operations sites in
Bomi and Grand Cape counties
and see how it is transforming
the lives of ordinary people
and their communities.
Min. Konneh, Acting
Cabinet Director, who paid a
courtesy visit to the Plantation
Thursday, November 21, also
challenged those harboring the
belief that the governments
widely publicized US$16
billion foreign direct
investments (FDI) is a fasco
to go to Grand Cape Mount
and Bomi Counties and see
for themselves how ordinary
Liberians there are making the
difference.
Mr. Konneh told the locals
not to listen to those detractors
as the Malaysian oil palm giant
didnt come to their county
knowingly to hurt anyone, but
to help them.
Sime Darby didnt come
here to hurt our people. The
agreement the government
signed with them (Sime
Darby) is to help develop
our country, build schools,
hospitals, clinics, roads and
bridges and to improve the
lives of our people, he said.
He made the statements at
the offcial inauguration of
a modern PAC Elementary
School built by Sime Darby in
Senii Town, Garwula District
Grand Cape Mount County to
educate the districts children.
Present at the opening
ceremony was Education
Minister Madam Etmonia
Tarpeh and Agriculture
Minister Dr. Florence
Chenoweth.
Also present was Justice
Minister Christiana Tah,
Deputy Internal Affairs
Minister Varney Sirleaf,
Grand Cape Mount County
Superintendent Imam
Mohammed Passawe, and
Project Affected Community
Chair Mr. Mustafa Foboi as
well as chiefs and traditional
leaders, amongst others.
The school is the frst in that
community which, according
to environmental lawyer and
head of the Green Advocates
Mr. Alfred Brownell, is a great
concession by Sime Darby
after a period of differences
with the locals.
According to Mr. Brownell,
it is in the interest of the
community that Sime Darby
has built the school where
between 300and 400 kids have
the opportunity to go to school.
The school is part of Sime
Darbys School System known
as PAC. One of the interesting
aspects of this PAC School in
Senii Town is that children
attending it will have access to
daily rich meals provided by
Marys Meal, a leading school
feeding institution in Liberia.
The Management of Marys
Meals assured the government
and locals of the Senii Town
Community that it will provide
the best of meals for the kids.
Marys Meals, according to
county offcials, is currently
feeding about 20,000 students
from 60 schools in Grand
Cape Mount.
Sime Darby Plantations
main challenge since the
company came to Liberia
in 2009 has had to do with
landownership. Locals within
the companys operation
areas in the two counties have
accused it of land grabbing
and destruction of traditional
shrines, amongst others.
Amidst these differences
with the locals, our Business
and Economy Correspondent,
who was also at the program,
noted that Sime Darby
Management has built
modern housing units for its
employees.
The Matambo Housing
Estate in Grand Cape is a
brand new estate the company
has built. It is blessed with
a modern hospital, football
feld, and a school, clean water
facility, praying places such
as a Mosque and a Church
and other modern facilities,
amongst others. Apart from
the Matambo Estate, Sime
Darby has also modernized
the old housing estate at the
old Guthrie Plantation and
renovated the old government
clinic and is using it to provide
free medical services to the
locals.
Amazed by the speedy
development programs by
Sime Darby, Minister Konneh
said to the locals Sime Darby
is good for Liberia, Cape
Mount and Bomi.
He admitted that though
there are issues at the
plantation, but reminded the
locals that there is no country
without issues.
Konneh thanked the
leadership of the Project
Affected Community for
raising critical issues affecting
their communities and their
lives and encouraged the
leadership of the group to
always seek redress to their
problems from the government
before taking any other action.
We, government offcials
are paid from your taxpayers
money to work for you. So,
if you have a problem bring
said problem to us and it will
immediately become our
responsibility to make sure
that your interest is protected,
the Minister stated.
In her intervention,
Education Minister Etmonia
Tarpeh challenged parents to
allow their children to go to
school.
Minister Tarpeh, thanked
Sime Darby for building the
school, but challenged the
company to recruit in its PAC
System teachers, who have the
passion to mode the minds of
the children, but not people
who want to teach because of
the attractive salaries.
She used the occasion
to admonish the school
authorities to ensure that the
chairs and other materials
Sime Darby School
Minister Konneh tells the locals to protect Sime Darbys
investment you hurt the company, you hurt the
government and yourselves too
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Friday, November 22, 2013
story on the ground below;
and, according to that group,
all that has gone wrong with
the University of Liberia over
the past few months, has been
wrought (shaped, fashioned,
twisted) by the hands of none
other than Dr. Brownell---and
must now be laid at her feet.
Accordingly, in an effort to
bring a modicum (a little bit,
small amount) of control to the
confusion, a call on Wednes-
day went out from the Uni-
versity of Liberias Faculty
Association (ULFA) for the
Vice President for Academic
Affairs & Provost to resign
her post.
At the same time, instructors
at the institution decided to lay
down their chalks until some-
thing concrete is done about
their salaries, and fulltime
employment is extended to a
certain category of instructors.
Now, the leadership of the
University of Liberias Stu-
dent Union (ULSU) Thursday,
November 21, stepped in and
repeated the call for the im-
mediate resignation of Dr.
Brownell.
ULSUs statement under the
signatures of Acting President
Anthony F. Williams and Cal-
vin Raymond Summon, Sec-
retary General, helps confrm
that the system the Provost
devised has failed to deliver
for the students---and for the
university.
ULSU noted that test sched-
ules, the registration process-
es, Add and Drop, amongst
others activities, are character-
ized by a cycle of errors, from
which according to the student
group, Dr. Brownell has failed
to learn.
ULSU, like the faculty as-
sociation went further to call
on the Board of Trustees of
the University of Liberia to
convince the student populace
how and where the Provost
earned her Ph.D. in Account-
ing, noting that in spite of this
terminal degree (fnal) degree
she claims to have, she is un-
able to teach the fundamentals
of Accounting (Acct. 003).
Although there is no indica-
tion whether students had sat
under Dr. Brownells teaching
and had observed her failure
to teach, or had invited her to
teach and she had failed to do
so, the students are of the view
that Dr. Brownellcontinues
to think of her position as a
matter of trying.
ULSU in its statement ex-
pressed doubt whether Dr.
Brownell obtained the Ph.D.
through academic perfor-
mance or had it conferred on
her. They pointed out that her
ineptitude (incompetence,
clumsiness) makes necessary
her exit from the University of
Liberia.
A group of students were
Thursday seen roaming the
Capitol Hill campus with a
symbol of casket calling on the
Provost to leave not only leave
the University, but the country
as well.
A representative of the dem-
onstrators speaking directly in
front of the UL president Em-
met A. Dennis Offce, said
they would continue to roam
the campus and the situation
will worsen if the Provost does
not resign and leave right now.
According to a spokesperson
from the student, the adminis-
tration of Dr. Dennis means
well for the University of Li-
beria, but Dr. Brownell has
tainted it with bad behavior;
and they, as students, would
not condone such.
Since the beginning of this
week up to the present, there
have been little or no normal
academic activities on the
campuses of the University
of Liberia; the entire environ-
ment has turned quiet.
University of Liberias facul-
ty members, under the banner,
University of Liberia Faculty
Association (ULFA) resolved
to remain out of classes until
the Vice President for Aca-
demic Affairs & Provost, Dr.
Wede Elliott Brownell makes
her exit.
The Association had earlier
drafted a resolution accusing
Dr. Brownell of poor human
relations and other forms of
behavior it says not compat-
ible with the running of the
University. ULFA called for
her immediate resignation.
The head and spokesperson
of the ULFA, Clifford Young,
in a phone conversation with
the Daily Observer on No-
vember 21, said they have
no plans to discuss anything
with anyone on the matter, but
were resolved to remain out of
classes until their pleas for the
Provosts resignation were lis-
tened to.
There is no meeting with
anyone other than the resolu-
tion we have drafted, and no
intent to have any discussion
except Dr. Brownell resigns
and leaves the university, and
thats it, he stressed.
A Resolution from ULFA al-
leged that among other things,
the Provost had unilaterally
(by herself) dismissed staff of
the institution and fomented
confict that led to poor coordi-
nation and infghting between
her and the Vice President for
Fiscal Affairs & Finances. In
addition, they claimed that she
had presented to the faculty
senate, students recommended
for graduation that had not met
the full requirement.
The Resolution alleged that
the Provost maintains two
payrolls for salaries and allow-
ances; one being made public
and the other secret.
Meanwhile, when Dr. Wede
Elliott Brownell was contact-
ed by mobile phone, late on
Thursday, she said that after a
Faculty-Senate meeting anoth-
er meeting was scheduled to
be held with the faculty union.
She said she was waiting for
the outcome of the meeting
with the faculty before react-
ing to the allegations and call
for her resignation.
She Is Going
By J. Burgess Carter
T
he recent out-
burst of a
war of words
among sons
and daughters
of Grand Bassa
County is far from over, if re-
cent comments by the Liberty
Party Secretary General Jacob
Smith are anything to go by.
It all started last week when
that countys frst ever female
Senator Madam Nyonblee
Kangar-Lawrence threw doubt
over the chances of her kins-
man, Senator Gbehzohngar
Milton Findley, being re-
elected during the October
14, 2014, Special Senatorial
Election. She claimed Sena-
tor Findley, who is also Presi-
dent Pro Tempore in the Sen-
ate, had disconnected himself
from the main stream Basso-
nians, the rural dwellers who
she said will be looking in
other directions for a new and
more reliable representation in
the Liberian Senate.
But reacting early this
week, Pro Tempore Find-
ley described his colleagues
outburst and those of other
Liberty Party members as ir-
responsible , and challenged
them to point to any mean-
ingful project their former
political leader (Cllr.. Charles
Brumskine) undertook as
Senator and Pro Tempore dur-
ing the regime of Ex-President
Charles Taylor. Cllr. Brums-
kine has done absolutely noth-
ing for Grand Bassa County;
that is the history.
Instead of allowing a sleep-
Findley Became
ing dog to lie, the chief scribe
of Liberty Party came out with
a new revelation, claiming that
Senator Findley took the name
Gbehzohngar in 2005 dur-
ing the Presidential and Gen-
eral Elections.
When did Gbehzohngar
become a real Bassa citizen?
It was in 2005. How did he
get the Gbehzohngar name?
Brumskine did not have to
manufacture a name to win the
favor of the Bassa people. But
for Findley, he became Gbe-
hzohngar in 2005, and he won
in Bassa because he convinced
the voters during the campaign
that he was a younger brother
to Cllr. Brumskine.
Speaking in Monrovia re-
cently, LP secretary-general
Smith boasted that morally
and educationally, Sen. Find-
ley cannot stand in the shoes of
Cllr. Brumskine, and warned
that the Pro Tempore will meet
his political waterloo in 2014.
What extraordinary thing has
he done for the Bassa people
to give him 18 years?
Describing Pro Tempore
Findleys condemnation of
Cllr. Brumskine as off track
and a sign of transferred ag-
gression, Mr. Smith lamented
as unfortunate that the Senior
Senator has decided to open a
Pandoras box and promised
that his party will open a Pan-
doras trunk for him (Findley)
in return.
I can assure Sen. Findley
that as of todays date, we will
not wait until he attacks us or
his hunting dogs that he has in
Bassa do. We will not allow
them to attack us, because we
have suffcient calories to con-
tain them.
Smith said the performance
of Cllr. Brumskine went be-
yond the bounds of Grand
Bassa , such as the setting up
of a scholarship program in
1984 that beneftted students
from both Bassa and outside.
He said the Pro Tempores
attacks are like the fnal kick
of a dying horse, because he
knows very well that he is go-
ing nowhere. Its easy for any-
one to come on the air and say
I am going to win by 11,000
votes. The Bassa people will
speak. Senator Findley will
have to tell them what he has
done for that county.
On the question as whether
Cllr. Brumskine was contem-
plating a comeback, Mr. Smith
said from discussions on the
lips of the citizens, there are
chances that as a veteran
politician, he stands best to
succeed President Ellen John-
son-Sirleaf. When a country
like America decides to go to
battle, they bring old generals
and veterans, and Cllr. Brum-
skines return cant be ruled
out.
Meanwhile, on the issue
of Gbehzohngar Findleys
pedigree (his Bassa-ness),
someone that knows Senator
Gbehzohngar Findley well,
told this paper that Findley
has been called Gbehzohngar
by friends and family his en-
tire life. The Senator and Cllr.
Brumskine have been good
friends for a very long time--
-and whether they are related
or not is irrelevant.
Findley has no need for
name-dropping, being very
active in the community. That
means he has and continues to
stand on his own and needs no
ones coattail to hang on to.
When he returned from
abroad nearly 20 years ago,
he came with hospital supplies
for the ill and needy in Liberia.
Findley has always advocated
for and remains an ardent sup-
porter of womans rights, this
paper was told.
T
he Govern-
ment of Libe-
ria has fnally
released the
offcial Ga-
zette of former
Margibi County lawmaker
Leroy E. Francis. Mr. Francis
was a member of the 50th Leg-
islature.
He was in his 93rd year.
Mr. Francis passed out on
Saturday, October 26, around
4 p.m. in Accra, Ghana, after
a brief illness.
On Friday, November 20,
the remains of Mr. Leroy E.
Francis, will be removed from
the Samuel A. Stryker Funeral
Parlors and taken to the Ro-
tunda of the Capitol Building,
where it will lie in state for
few hours.
Thereafter, the body will be
conveyed to the Providence
Baptist Church an Ashmum
Street for a wake-keeping
commencing from 6 p.m. to 9
p.m.
On Saturday, November 23,
at the hour of 10 a.m., funeral
rites over the remains will be
said at the same venue, and
interment follows thereafter
at the Kaiser Memorial Lawn
Cemetery Brewerville, Mont-
serrado County.
Mr. Leroy E. Francis was
born on April 22, 1921 in St.
Andrew, Jamaica.
Due to a devastating hurri-
cane storm, according to the
Gazette, young Leroy and
his parents migrated to Trini-
dad, where he began his edu-
cational journey.
He later attended the Uni-
versity of West Indies in Saint
Augustine, Trinidad, from
where he earned a Bachelor of
Science (BSc) Degree in Civil
Engineering and subsequently
served as a road construction
engineer for the US Army.
He also embraced the Chris-
tian Religion at an early age
through the infuence of his
grandmother, Gertrude Kell-
man, and he became a dedicat-
ed member of the Good Hope
Baptist Church in the City of
Marshall.
He migrated to Liberia in
the 1950s, where he became a
close friend of President Wil-
liam V. S. Tubman. He estab-
lished many businesses, in-
cluding investments in locally
brewed liquor, agriculture, and
real estate enterprises.
Leroy E. Francis
In 1952, President Tubman
appointed the deceased to
head the Labor Union of Libe-
ria and he served as a member
of the Liberian delegation to
the International Labor Or-
ganization (ILO) Meeting in
1955, along with Madam Sar-
ah Simpson George, head of
the Womens Wing of the True
Whig Party (TWP).
Mr. Leroy had worked in the
public service with the Minis-
try of Public Works as a Civil
Engineer, charged with the re-
sponsibilities to carry out road
improvements on projects,
which included the Arrington
Highway, Marshall Monrovia
Highway and many others
through the country.
Mr. Leroy Francis, Chairman
of the LEF Group of Compa-
nies was a Liberian business-
man of unique distinction.
Leroy Francis vision created
industries, which not only pro-
vided employment and created
wealth, but made a positive
difference to society, and the
environment. Always seeking
out new areas of investment,
his ventures included, indus-
trial alcohol, real estate, agri-
cultural and farming. He was
among those pillars of indus-
trial Liberia that led the coun-
try into the 21st century.
Mr. Leroy E. Francis had
over the years attracted the at-
tention of many investors not
only for the scale of his invest-
ments around the world but
also for his progressive and
innovative contributions to in-
dustry, business, and society.
Impressed by his vision,
ideas, mental acumen, lead-
ership abilities, and his con-
tinued effort in labor and
manufacturing, the late Presi-
dent William V. S. Tubman
appointed young Francis as
co-chairman of the National
Production Council of Liberia.
Driven by his passion for
public service, the late Francis
ran for the offce of Mayor for
the City Marshall in 1974 and
won, a position he held until
he was elected to the House of
Representatives for Marshall
Territory, now part of Margibi
County.
The deceased was a pioneer,
who had the vision and cour-
age to establish industries
through hard work which did
not only beneft his immediate
community but also the coun-
try at large.
He was also one of the main
brains behind the document
that made the Gibi Territory
turned into a county status, to-
day called Margibi County.
The Gazette among other
things said the relatives of the
deceased has lost a dependable
pillar of strength and a source
of moral courage and inspira-
tion.
admitted swallowing 50
pieces of cocaine, which he
had wrapped in plastic. He
disclosed that during the pre-
liminary investigation at the
Robert International Airport,
they retrieved 19 parcel ini-
tially after medical screening
by doctors.
Stating that, Mr. Nweke later
vomited with the balance par-
cels at the offce of the Drug
Enforcement Agency, Mr.
Nweke for the drug, as it was
important to get the balance
before any investigation.
Speaking Thursday, Novem-
ber 21, at the regular press
briefngs of the Ministry of
Information Culture and Tour-
ism on Capitol Hill in Monro-
via, Director Souh displayed
the 50 pieces of cocaine, add-
ing that it prudent to speak
with evident in such a case.
Mr. Souh said the drug situ-
ation was very serious in the
country, as dealers live with-
in the same communities and
causing harm to children and
the country alike he stated.
He, however, stated that, no
government offcial will go
unpunished if found with drug
in the country, adding that the
borders of the country will be
fully mapped in dealing with
drug issued and others.
He said the Drug Enforce-
ment Agency (DEA) and other
security agencies were work-
ing closely in making sure that
those in the constant behaviors
of bringing drug in the country
be arrested and prosecuted in
the confned of laws.
Mr. Souh noted that many
people in the country have
started putting drug in kan-
yon, in soup and others for
public consumption
According to the DEA Di-
rector, A priest when to a
party and take up his cloth and
could not stop dancing, be-
cause he had drunken a soup
containing harmful substanc-
es, he added.
Nigerian Arrested
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Friday, November 22, 2013
Lone Star Finally in Ghana for
WAFU Tournament
-LFA Cellcom league suspended, resumes Nov. 30
By Omari Jackson
A
25-man delega-
tion of the national
soccer team, Lone
Star, fnally left
the country yesterday after-
noon for the Ghanaian city of
Kumasi to participate in the
GoTV Wafu Cup.
The tournament got under-
way yesterday with Ghana and
Sierra Leone opening the tour-
nament at 3p.m local time.
As a result the Liberia Foot-
ball Association announced
yesterday the suspension of
the 2012/2013 Cellcom Na-
tional League with immediate
effect due to Liberias partici-
pation in the 2013 WAFU B
Tournament. The league will
resume on November 30, 2013
with the 2013 FA Cup and the
draw for the FA Cups second
phase is on Monday, Novem-
ber 25, 2013 at 12:00noon.
Lone Star was invited after
Nigeria withdrew its participa-
tion and the late minute effort
to get the team on a Delta Air-
line fight did not materialize
Wednesday night. The tickets
for the trip arrived late and by
yesterday afternoon a Gambia
Bird fight took the team to
Accra, Ghana.
The delegation is headed by
Ms. Korpo Kpoto and Hon.
Murvee V. Gray went for the
Ministry of Youth and Sports.
The technical team is headed
by acting head coach Thomas
Kojo, deputy Joe Nagbe and
team manager Tommy John-
son.
The players are George
Kerkula, Bill Sheriff, Sam
Kollie, Sylvanus Nimely, Mar-
cus Maccauley, Theo Nimely
and Eddie Wulue.
The rest are Amara Sackor,
Friday Bestman, Mulbah
Urey, Tommy Songo, Aloysius
Symujila, Carlos Williams,
Malachi Cooper, Prince Jattoe,
Myhers Garlo, Teah Dennis,
Mohammed Varney and jour-
nalist Kolubah Zayzay and
physiotherapist Patrick Konu-
wa.
A source at the LFA told the
Daily Observer that journalist
Zayzay could not travel with
the team due to personal rea-
sons which he informed the
LFA at the time he was sup-
posed to be at the airport.
Two matches were sched-
uled Thursday to kick-start
the eight-team competition
reserved for only home-based
players of member nations
within the sub-region in the
Ashanti regional capital.
Ghanas home-based na-
tional team was expected to
begin the campaign at the now
famous Baba Yara Stadium
at 15:00GMT (3:00pm local
time) with a Group A opener
against Sierra Leone. It was the
stadium that Egyptians would
not forget when their national
team, The Pharaohs met their
waterloo, when Ghanas Black
Stars humiliated the fve-time
African champions.
The action after the opening
match in the same group was
scheduled between Benin and
Burkina Faso at 17:00GMT
(5:00pm local time).
Today in Group B including
Liberia will be meeting per-
haps the defending champi-
ons, Togo. Winners from the
two groups will progress to the
fnal while the second placed
team in each group will vie for
third position. The tournament
runs from November, 21-28.
Weah in an inspiration action for the most recent Lone
Star
Hayatou Pats Ghana and Others for Brazil
C
AF President Issa
Hayatou has con-
gratulated Nige-
ria, Cote dIvoire,
Cameroon, Ghana and Algeria
for qualifying for next years
FIFA World Cup.
On my behalf, the CAF
CAF Boss Hayatou
Executive Committee and Af-
rican football family, I con-
gratulate the fve National
Associations - Algeria, Cam-
eroon, Cote dIvoire Ghana
and Nigeria for qualifying for
the FIFA World Cup Brazil
2014, he said.
17 Schools for Peace Tournament
By Leroy M. Sonpon, lll
A
two-day football
and basketball gala
is expected to bring
17 senior high
schools together from Decem-
ber 13-14 at the Samuel K.
Doe Sports Complex in Mon-
rovia, from 9am 5pm.
The tournament is hosted
by 1995 FIFA World Player
and Africas football legend
George M. Weah and the Bill
Rogers Youth Foundation
(BRYF).
Weah will do the kick-off
with his aedehbleh shot for
the football edition as well as a
jump shot for the basketball
version.
The tournament is part of a
fundraiser targeting impov-
erished communities to raise
tuition fees as well as local
sponsorship for educational
supplies.
Participating schools are the
Apostolic Foundation, Mon-
rovia College, R.C. Lawson,
Len Miller, Don Bosco, J.J.
Roberts, Williams V. S. Tub-
man, BW Harris, Cathedral,
and American International
School Mission.
Others include Calvary Bap-
tist, Paynesville Community,
First AGM, SOS, SDA, Sin-
kor AGM and Carver Mission
Academy.
Our Foundation will also
kick off the Never Let a drop
of Water waste gala, Moses
O. Browne, Jr., an organizing
member said.
The tournament is also part
of the Phase II of the Never
Let a Drop of Water Go to
Waste Fundraiser Gala held
last July in the United States.
It will be a red-carpet event
offcially on December 15th,
2013 at the Monrovia City,
Bill Rogers, said.
Rogers is a professional
track and feld athlete in the
US. He won the 10km race in
the frst ever Liberias mara-
thon in 2011.
Ambassador Weah and Bill Rogers
Nkana Players to be Given Land
T
he Kitwe City Coun-
cil has promised to
reward Nkana Red
Devils players with
land after winning the 2013
Faz Super League title.
Kitwe Mayor Chileshe Bwe-
upe said the gesture was to
honor Nkana Red Devils for
winning a record setting 12th
Zambian league title.
What Nkana football club
has done is not for themselves
as a club. It is indeed for the
entire City of Kitwe. They
have brought glory and honour
to Kitwe, Bweupe said.
If as a city we can empower
them and help them settle that
to me we would mean we
would have done our part as a
local authority.
We have seen celebrations
at national level when Zam-
bia won the Afcon. Why can
we not do it by celebrating
our very own young men who
have put Kitwe back on the
map?
The title is Nkanas frst
since 2001 before they fell on
hard times and were demoted
for the frst time ever in 2004
before making a brief return
for one season in 2008.
Some players of Nkana Red Devils
Blanco, Sr. Pro Thrill Fans
B
lanco FC and
Sr. Pro FC last
Wednesday thrilled
soccer fans at the
Antoinette Tubman Stadium
in a rescheduled league match.
The game, which ended
0-0 draw, however, produced
exciting moments with the
leagues highest scorer Blanco
FCs Iaverline Corneh playing
her usual skippers role.
From the blast of the whis-
tle, skipper Corneh led her
girls in continuing raids into
the danger zone of their oppo-
nents, who fought back game-
ly to deny them their chances
at goal.
Learning from their past
Blanco FCs striker
Iaverline Corneh
experiences, Sr. Pro FC also
played defensive as well as at-
tacking game and as a result
missed some golden opportu-
nities at goal.
Though when a Blanco FC
striker was injured and was
replaced by winger Taawa
Bundoo, who exerted more
pressure with long balls into
Sr. Pros danger zone, their
defenders coordinated well to
reduce the pressure.
Both goalkeepers performed
overtime to keep the score-line
at zero-all. It was an afternoon
performance that gave soccer
fans a chance to see how much
female soccer has improved.
Fifa Confrms Burkina Faso Complaint
F
ifa has confrmed the
receipt of a complaint
from Burkina Faso
football federation
concerning Tuesdays World
Cup playoff second leg won
by Algeria 1-0 in Blida.
The Burkinabe offcials are
contesting a number of deci-
sions taken by the Senegalese
referee Badara Diatta during
the encounter including a dis-
allowed goal in the frst half
and a yellow card shown to
Algeria captain and goal scor-
er Madgid Bougherra instead
of a red, when, being the last
defender, tripled Burkina Faso
captain Charles Kabore on the
edge of Algeria box.
A verdict from Fifa is ex-
pected before December 5,
a day before the World Cup
draw.
Algeria keep their qualifca-
tion intact for now awaiting
Fifas decision, which will
likely not change their status
due to similar circumstances
in the frst leg which were also
denounced by Algeria.
Nkana managed to hold their
own during their second com-
ing in 2010 fnishing sixth that
season, seventh in 2011 and
10th last term.
Meanwhile, Mufulira Wan-
derers, who currently cam-
paign in the second tier of the
Zambian league, is the second
most successful club with nine
titles.
And Nkana now lead their
Kitwe archrivals Power Dyna-
mos by six titles.
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Dr. Owls Biblical Guest
By William Q. Harmon
T
he Repre-
sentative of
Mo n t s e r -
rado County,
District #6,
Mr. Edwin
Snowe, says the condition
of the road linking Belle
Yalla to the capital of Gbar-
polu County, Bopolu, simply
known as the Belle Yalla
Road, is not satisfactory
to members of the National
Legislature.
Representative Snowe said
the quality of the road is not
worth the US$13M that gov-
ernment apportioned for the
construction process, term-
ing it as wasteful spending
on the part of government.
Speaking on a local radio
station in Monrovia Thurs-
day, November 21, Rep.
Snowe, who was also but-
tressed by the Speaker of
the House of Representa-
tives, Alex Tyler, said there
was still much to be done
on the Belle Yalla road since
the PEALET Construction
Company was contracted
over two years ago.
PEALET Construction, a
company contracted by the
government, is constructing
the road.
According to the Montser-
rado County lawmaker, the
situation caught the attention
of some members of the Na-
tional Legislature when they
went for the nationwide con-
sultation on the reformed oil
and gas law.
However, the lawmakers,
who constitutionally have
the oversight responsibil-
ity in the Liberian govern-
ment, indicated that a thor-
ough investigation would be
launched to ascertain why
the road is still in such bad
condition with all the funds
that government has invest-
ed.
The lawmakers comments
about wasteful spending on
the Belle Yalla Road Proj-
ect did not go down well
with some members of Belle
Yalla District, especially the
leadership of the Belle Yalla
Development Association
(BYDA).
BYDA president Edward
Fineboy, stated that the law-
makers comments are coun-
terproductive and has the
propensity to stall develop-
ment in the once abandoned
and neglected region of
Belle Yalla.
Fineboy said the road is
still under construction and
it was early for people who
called themselves national
leaders to start making com-
ments that would not mean
well for the people of Belle
Yalla.
He said that the construc-
tion process is still ongoing
and people should wait until
the process is completed be-
fore making criticisms.
The comments made by
Rep. Snowe and Speaker Ty-
ler are not timely and it could
lead to government putting a
stop to development going
in our district. I want to tell
them citizens of the Belle
Yalla have been neglected
in this country for over 150
years until President Sirleaf
came into power and de-
cided to relieve us from this
state of backwardness, said
Fineboy.
We are not saying that as
lawmakers, they should not
carry out their oversight re-
sponsibility, it is their duty
and they must do it. But from
where we have come as citi-
zens of the district whatever
we get in terms of develop-
ment, we appreciate because
we were denied these things
for a very long time, He as-
serted.
Meanwhile, some critics
of the legislators comments
have noted that the law-
makers have brought up the
Wasteful Spending
Lawmakers Describe Belle Yalla Road Construction Process; But Citizens Differ
Belle Yalla road construction
issue to divert public atten-
tion from the controversial
nationwide consultation on
the reform petroleum law, a
process that is set to consume
US$900,000 of taxpayers
money.
We have critical issues
that need to be discussed by
our lawmakers, most espe-
cially about the almost one
million United States dollars
that they say they are using
for consultation purposes
throughout the country. This
money is too much and we
dont want to believe what
they are saying. The issue
of civil servant salary incre-
ments is not being discussed,
yet they are bringing up the
Belle Yalla issue to distract
the public from focusing on
more pertinent issues, one
critic said.
It may be recalled that it
was PEALET Construction
Company that was contro-
versially awarded the Belle
Yalla road project back in
2009 by the Ministry of
Public Works. That contract
was massively criticized by
the Liberian public because
it did not allegedly undergo
the proper bidding pro-
cesses. And secondly it was
also alledged that the initial
contract did not include the
portion of the road that links
Totoquelle to Belle Yalla.
Speaker Tyler Rep. Snowe
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