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NO PLACE TO PLAY FIRE LEAVES OVER

15 HOMELESS
PUP CHAIRMAN BOOTED OUT OF SUPREME COURT
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This should never occurred in this court, Marshall

take this man out of this court, I mean the entire
ground, let it be known that we dont come here to
play. Liberias Chief Justice Francis Korkpor as he
ordered the PUP chairman to be booted out
Slipway Community in Panic as

one Person is Seriously injured
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happened and they just said Ma Tenneh is sick. But we were not
satisfied and felt something was wrong. My son called and said
she was raped but she died.
Castrate him
Wade C. L. Williams, wade.williams@frontpageafricaonline.com
Monrovia-
esidents of Brewerville City, mainly women and girls

took to the streets early Monday Morning, escorting
the mortal remains of Ma Musu Fofana, a 12-year-old
girl, a year shy of becoming a teen, wrapped in rice
bag and placed in the back of a pickup truck.
The school-age girl was raped Sunday evening by a 40-year-old
man, who is a caretaker for a lawyer and lives in the area. The
angry women and girls marched with tree branches in their hands
chanting: We want Justice. With tears in their eyes many were
singing: Your Children dying oh Ellen oh, Ellen Wake up oh
say, referring to the President and calling on her to take action.
Residents of the city, miles away from Monrovia woke up to the
news of the rape and the women ran out of their homes, some
with lappas in their hands. Many were shocked that a young
child like that could be abused, without any help to save her life.
Momo Kiazulu, uncle of the child said she was found struggling
to reach home, in deep pain after she had been raped on Sunday
evening. He said when he asked her what was wrong with her,
she told him that a man wearing a black T-Shirt and smoking
weed had jumped on her and raped her, as she returned home as
early as 7pm on Sunday.
I met her on her knees she was helpless. She could not walk.
So, we decided to put her in the pickup, he said. We found him
in his brief (underwear). He was smoking marijuana, the people
wanted to jump on him but we said no and took him to the police
station.
Sadia Kargbo, is aunt to the dead child and they were like sisters.
Sadia says she accompanied Ma Musu to buy something for
their Grandmother and when they got on the road they both went
separate ways to look for what they had gone to buy.
Last night we went on the road to go buy tea, they gave us
money to go buy battery, so I said oh Ma Musu, you go and buy
the battery, she said shedding tears bitterly.
Sadia says after she bought the tea, she went into the shop to the
Fula woman and I asked her if she saw Ma Musu and she said
Ma Musu was here but she gone. So I thought she went home
because she didnt see me. I went home but they said Ma Musu
had not come yet. We were watching show and my sister said
here Ma Musu here somebody raped her.
Still in his underwear pants
She said Ma Musu told them what had happened to her and her
brothers decided to take her to the hospital. The relative of the
dead girl who could not stop crying said they met the man as the
victim had described him and her brothers decided it was best to
take him to the police station.
When she came she said one man raped her, she called the mans
name and she said the man was huge, wearing black T-shirt with
brief on him, she said. We put her in the car and were bringing
her to the drug store and we stopped to the place she described.
We met the man sitting there naked with only brief on, smoking
with the black shirt near him. Thats how my brothers grabbed
him put him in the car and drove him to the police depot.
Police, hospital, made matters worse
She said the child was bleeding profusely when they reached the
police station and the family was given some paper to take her
to Redemption Hospital.
At Redemption, a government-run facility, Sadia explained

that nurses on duty said they could not treat the girl who was
bleeding because they were afraid of Ebola. She said they turned
them away and the family took her to a local clinic called Faith.
At Faith Clinic there was no hope that she could get treatment
because the health workers there refused to her and they family
was left with no option but to take her to the John F. Kennedy
Memorial Hospital.
When we came to the Depot, the police people gave us paper
and said we should go to Redemption, but Redemption people
refused to take the girl. We took her to faith Clinic but Faith
Clinic said they were not taking her, she said.
Sadia further narrated that while on their way to the JFK, they
were stopped by police at a Check Point on Capitol Bye Pass,
near the Old Maternity Center. She said the police officers at
the checkpoint told them that it was past Curfew hours, so they
could not be allowed to proceed further. She said the more the
family begged for mercy, the more stubborn the police became.
The girl lay weak in the old red pickup truck for almost two
hours bleeding continuously.
We were on our way to JFK, but the police stopped the car
on the road near Central and she died. We told them it was an
emergency but they pulled the car off the road, said Sadia with
tears rolling down her cheeks.We begged them to take the girl
to the hospital but they refused. They kept doing it and they girl
died in the car.
Lucy Konta, Grandmother of the dead girl was so angry that she
threatened to kill the perpetrator of the act. She said she was at
home when she heard that her granddaughter had been raped.
She said a neighbor of her granddaughters family had come to
tell her that morning that the child was sick, only to find out that
the child had died after being raped.
This morning I helped a woman give birth to a child. We
were celebrating then a motorbike with one girl and a boy on it
came to call the girls mother, she said.We asked them what
The grandmother was angry and she along with other women
stormed the police station demanding the release the alleged
rapist from custody. They stood before the police depot in
Brewerville yelling as police officers stood and watched them,
dumbfounded.
I want the man who raped my grandchild Musu, to come and
rape me too, let, me die, she shouted.
They told us the man was not here (police station), I saw my
granddaughter lying down dead in the pickup back to Iron Gate,
dead. All her neck swollen and the blood was coming from her
nose and ears.
Ma Musu would have turned 13 in March this year, but she did
not live to be because someone raped her and the police or the
health system failed to care for her on time to save her life. Her
grandmother said she never thought she would live to witness
such horrific thing happen to her own grandchild. She said
she does not trust the police to render justice because people
who rape are sometimes set free based on compromise from
authorities.
We always hear raping, raping on the radio but this is the first
time in my case, she said.
Im feeling bad. I want them to kill him too like he killed my
granddaughter or I will kill him my self. Just now I broke a
bottle, I want them to castrate him. I dont think they will do
anything to him. The people should have killed him before they
brought him here.
Brewerville is a crime-prone community when it comes to rape
and kidnapping, at the close of last year, a girl was discovered
dead after being allegedly gang raped, but the culprits were
never brought to justice. In the same year a young girl was raped
in the same area.
The Liberia National Police through the Women and Children
Protection section late last year released its yearly report ranking
child rape as the highest gender and sexual based violence from
January to November of 2014.
The report stated that there were 382 cases of SGBV, which
include: rape, Statutory rape, corruption of minor sexual assault
and sodomy among others. Out of the 382 cases, 114 were sent
to court while 268 are pending investigation by Police authority.
The report pointed out that from the analysis conducted, rape
against children is very high in Liberia despite the Ebola
outbreak which constitutes 85% survivors between ages 3-16
years or even younger.
Rape on the rise
Since the ascendency of President Ellen Johnson, she has
advocated against violence and sexual abuse of children including
rape thereby allowing the establishment of a specialized court
styled Criminal Court E directly responsible for trying rape
cases.
It can be recalled that the court last year reported that over 200
rape cases were on the docketed, but the court did not report the
amount that have been tried since its existence.
Since the outbreak of the Ebola virus, the ministry of justice and
the Judiciary has ordered its staffs to used discretionary powers
upon the defendants before they are imprisoned.
Rape is a non-bailable offense under Liberian law but despite that
it remains in the increase with perpetrators targeting children.
Many are looking to see justice in this case and hope they wont
be let down by their government this time.
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WHO CAUSES KORKOYA TO BE EMBARRASSED AT SATURDAYS

CERTIFICATION PROGRAM? BY DANESIUS MARTEH
LAWMAKER JAMES FROMOYAN IN REVERSE?

MUST NOT BE SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT
LAWBREAKER I
By James M. Fromayan, Contributing Writer
Speaker Tyler Must Clear His Name
FOR THE LAST few days the National Legislature of Liberia

has seen disagreements amongst lawmakers with some
lawmakers opting for the head of the Legislature, Speaker
J. Alex Tyler to discontinue presiding until he can clear his
name before the Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission.
In an apparent attempt to ignore the concerns raised by some
of his colleagues, Speaker Tyler has refused to relinquish his
role as presiding officer temporarily to pave the way for him
to clear his name.
This has prompted the protesting lawmakers to angrily
disrupt sessions, stalling the House of Representatives
discussion on national issues for a whole week.
Unlike lawmakers in the United States and other parts of the
world who are paid based on the number of sittings, Liberian
lawmakers make huge salaries even if they do not go to work
for months or take time debating issues not in the interest of
the state.
The ongoing disruption of regular sessions at the National
Legislature is of major concern to the Liberian population
and the lawmakers should not be lawbreakers.
Speaker Alex Tyler as head of the body that makes the laws
governing the state must take the lead in respecting the law
by relinquishing his presiding role to enable him face the
Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission to clear his name of
any wrongdoing.
When the head of the lawmaking body takes such decision
to relinquish his presiding role until such allegation of illegal
payments is resolved it will show willingness on the part of
the Speaker to ensure good governance.
In other countries around the world, lawmakers go to jail
for offenses ranging from tax eviction, child molestation
and other acts not in conformity with their positions as
lawmakers.
It is a big shame for Speaker Tyler to arrogantly continue
presiding when there is an allegation hanging over him. As
a responsible lawmaker he should take the big decision to
temporarily give up his position and face the LACC.
The LACC has already confirmed that it is investigating a
case involving the Speaker which is sufficient ground for the
head of the first branch of government to protect the integrity
of the Legislature by giving up his post until investigations
are concluded.
Such action will further beautify the emerging democracy in
Liberia and will serve as a reference point for other African
countries.
Head of a lawmaking body cannot be facing investigation
while at the same time presiding over lawmaking-that is
weird and Speaker Tyler must listen to concerns raised by
his colleagues.
On the other hand, lawmakers opting for Speaker Tyler to
relinquish his post have other responsible means through
which they can evoke the rules of House of Representatives
and other statues to have the Speaker comply with their
demands.
While disruption of legislative proceedings is not unique
to Liberia as it is common in Legislatures around the world
where lawmakers even fight during deliberations, we caution
our Liberian lawmakers to use the law in ensuring that
Speaker Tyler complies with their demands.
Speaker Tyler must do the honorable thing to save the
integrity of the Legislature by relinquishing his post until his
name is clear from the LACC investigation.
n the Monday, January 5, 2015, edition of Front Page

Africa, Vol.9 No1, journalist Danesius Marteh equated a
missing page from the NEC Chairman, Jerome Korkoyas
speech during the certification program of the senatorselect to a letter supposedly signed by me in 2011 declaring CDC
No.1 in the first round of the Presidential & Legislative elections
of that year. I need to set the record straight once more.
Those who are familiar with the electoral process will note that
at the end of the polls, results of the elections from the field are
released on a progressive basis. That pattern was followed in
2011, and it continues today. During the day the final results of the
2011 Presidential election were being released by me at the now
James M. Fromayan Conference Hall, Mr. Bobby Livingstone
then director of Public Relations of the NEC brought prepared
formal letters to me meant to inform the two parties (CDC & UP)
that they were going for a run-off election since no party received
the legally required 50% of the valid votes cast plus one to claim
outright victory in the first round. Mr. Livingstone was pushing
for the Chairman of the NEC to read the letters live on radio in
the presence of National and international media institutions. My
deputy, Cllr Elizabeth Nelson was annoyed with his insistence
that I read the letters live on radio. I quickly read one of the
letters on stage to myself and realized that Livingstone had
swapped the election results. He had the result meant for CDC
in the letter written to UP and vice versa. I called his attention to
what he had done. He apologized to me and indicated that it was
an error on his part. I was not convinced with his claim that it
was an error for him not to know the votes obtained by each of
the two parties.
Two days after that incident, Mr. Livingstone re-wrote the letters
and brought them to me for signature. I read both and the figures
were accurate. There was a paragraph that was not properly
constructed. I re-constructed it and then Mr. Livingstone did the
final letters on computer for my signature. When he completed
the letters and brought them to me, I was pleased in that the
figures for the two parties were consistent with what I released
two days before. The UP without doubt came first (see attached
table). I then signed the two letters and gave them to Mr. Bobby
Livingstone for delivery to the two parties.
On hindsight, I am inclined to believe that Mr. Livingstone and
his accomplices cut my signature from the corrected letters and
pasted it on the one he intended for me to read on air. From there
on, thousands of that letter were produced in newspapers and
aired on radios for a gullible society that on the average cannot
discern facts from falsehood. Mr. Livingstone had his phone
switched off the entire night of the incident. This isalso where
most of our media practitioners both in the print and electronic
are indistinguishable from the illiterate people in the streets. They
often do not do critical analysis of issues, rather they dwell on
none issues. The very enlightened and analytical minds are few
in this noble profession. Lets assume the worst case scenariothat I did write CDC stating that it came first in round one of the
October 11 Presidential polls. People, including journalists with
serious analytical mind would ask these fundamental questions.
1. Does the Chairman of NEC at the stroke of a pen assign votes
to a party or candidate besides what emanates from the field? 2.
Could the total number of votes accumulated by the CDC add up
to place it in number one position for the run-off election? Infact,
an honest institution would never claim votes that it did not earn
on the field. The results of the election were known to the parties,
the media, civil society and the international community. Let us
put it another way. I am a teacher for a class of ten students. I
administered a history test and student DanesiusMarteh ranked 6
in the test with 72%. The test papers are distributed and student
Joseph Tokpa made the highest 94%. If I went in the class and
said that Danesius Marteh made the highest in the test, will
Marteh jump up jubilating on ground that he made the highest
in the test?
What then do you expert student Tokpa to say? After all, the
numbers have to add up. Only a feeble and less sophisticated
mind can say that as Chairman of NEC, one can alter figures
from the field in favor of a party or candidate without protest

being filed against such action. The seven commissioners on the
Board of NEC can not even dare do that. We should appreciate
the fact that the Supreme Court of Liberia has the final say in any
protest emanating from election. Cllr. Winston Tubman, the then
Standard-bearer of CDC knows this very well.
I am told that in releasing the results of the just ended Special
Senatorial election, a commissioner of NEC mistakenly assigned
the result of the victor to a candidate who lost the election. Can
the candidate in this particular case who lost the election claim
that the NEC cheated him? It is easy for some candidates to
complain of fraud irregularities etc. at the end of any major
election. What journalists and those who want the electoral
process in Liberia to improve need to do is to always ensure
that those who cry foul after election should use the appropriate
channel to prove their cases. The process of investigating
election complaints begins with the NEC. The aggrieved party
will go to the Supreme Court as a last resort. In any event, the
burden of proof for alleged fraud or other illegal acts rests on the
shoulder of the complainant.
The fact that the leadership of the CDC always claimed that I was
at the Commission at the time cheating them was no surprise to
me. What they failed miserably to do was to produce a scintilla of
evidence to substantiate their many claims against me. As deputy
chairperson under Cllr. Frances Johnson Allison, I experienced
an arson attack few months leading to the 2005 Presidential and
Legislative elections. In an official reaction, I went on record
suspecting the CDC of that arson attack at my home on the Old
Road. My wife was so terrified the next day because had it not
been for Gods protection, my family including our three-month
old daughter would have been killed for nothing.
Few days before the 2014 Special Senatorial election, a former
chairman of the Congress for Democratic Change, Mr. Joshua
Sackey confessed on a local radio station that the arson attack
(Petro bomb) on my home was indeed their (CDC) handiwork.
He claimed to have participated in the planning of the attack.
That vindicates me although it is nine years after the fact. But
for journalist like Danesius Marteh, such a criminal act is not
newsworthy. I just do not see the logic in equating a missing
page from Chairman Korkoyas speech to what transpired in
2011. Only people who do not know me will ever question my
ability to read. I can proudly place myself among Liberians who
read with comprehension. Sometime it becomes necessary not
to always follow the noise of empty vessels who have no track
record of any tangible achievement in this country. No one can
ever sweep my achievements at the NEC under the rug. Every
structure at the NEC HQ. was a result of my leadership. The
mini-ware houses in the various counties were constructed by
the Fromayan led Commission. This is why in recognition of
such visionary leadership, Cllr. Elizabeth Nelson, as acting
chairperson of the Commission along with her colleagues decided
to name the NEC Conference hall after me. Needless to say that
Cllr. Elizabeth Nelson was a strong pillar in our team. My major
legacy at the NEC was the conduct of the National Referendum
in which the proposition concerning the absolute majority for
all elective public positions was eliminated for ever. With the
absolute majority requirement only applicable for the offices
of President and Vice President, the Government of Liberia has
been saving millions of United States on un-necessary run-off
elections.
Some of the newly elected senators who won on narrow margins
would most likely not have survived a run-off election. They
also need to be thankful to our leadership. Finally, I would
like to admonish young journalists such as Danesius Marteh
emulate veteran journalists like Cllr. G. Henry Andrew; Rufus
M. Darpoh; Tom Kamara all deceased. A page from the fountain
of knowledge from Mr. Kenneth Y. Best is also recommended.
One can only emulate reputable and powerful journalists by
equipping yourself educationally. A sound command of the
English Language is the key. There is no cutting corner in the
business.
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LIBERIA'S SPEAKER
COMPROMISED: LEGISLATIVE
BLOC DEMANDS PROBE
DAVISNY2005 (SIGNED IN USING YAHOO)

Noise ? What noise ? Sometime ago , the President nominated someone
to head a ministry . But it took one Senator to question or so to speak
( make noise in the Senate ) concerning the integrity of the nominee ,
who was named in the audit report of the GAC about some corrupt deals
, and his nomination was put on hold by the Liberian Senate waiting
clarification from him about those deals . A few good men still exist in
the unrighteous political house of the Liberian Legislature . The Speaker
still maintained that his corrupt actions was in the best interest of the
country and the people . Calling for the Speaker to account for his corrupt
deal by few good men , joined by strange political bed fellows as Rep.
Snowe and other political voices , should not be ssen as noise making ,
but rather , all should join in support against this kind of corruption where
one sees himself well above the law ! Sometimes some do get away with
their corrupt deals , but that should not deter the rest of the people from
pushing forward against corruption . With 2017 just around the corner ,
support the few good men standing up in the unrighteous house of the
Liberian Legislature .
TARNUE MOLUBAH GBELEWALA TOP COMMENTER
Why are these crocks making noise, when were they informed about
Speaker Tyler's situation and why such action was not taken against Hon.
Edward Ford? If these seven representatives are really serious about the
integrity and the image of the Hon. House, I suggest they should call for
a complete audit of the Hon. House of Representative. The integrity and
the image of Senate and House of Representative, was long compromised
before Speaker Tyler's incident came to light. Most Liberian, know about
the all powerful brown envelopes going around in the senate and in the
house of representative. So why are these seven representatives pulling
rope, when they clearly know that rope will pull bush?
JESSE FAHNGON TOP COMMENTER METROPOLITAN
STATE UNIVERSITY
Noise for attraction; you guess what is unfolding behind the scene tonight.
Lib!
ROGER G. SLAWON IRR REP AT THE HERTZ CORPORATION
Why are these crocks making unnecessary noise now? Is it because 2017
approaching? Well, let me remind you Honorable Crocks that it is very
late now to change our hearts. We (voters) have cleaned up the House of
Senate and we strongly believed that the clean up process will continue
in the Lower House in 2017. It is very late for some of you so-called
lawmakers to make it right with us now. The "Die Is Cast " crocks! If you
like you can sit over the roof of the Capitol Building and shout, we the
voters will make our decisions on who stays or leaves the House come
2017. We will clean up the Lower House like we did in the Upper House
few weeks ago.
JSPHDIGGS (SIGNED IN USING YAHOO)
Let the Members sign and resolve the matter before the Silent majority
takes it under control for the people. In the main time, the speaker could
not possibly preside until the public hears the outcome.
Tell the Liberian people. I am gone in silence.
ELIJAH BARNARD TOP COMMENTER UNIVERSITY OF
LIBERIA
These so called legislators are demanding a probe of Tyler only because
they did not get their share of the bribes.
LIGORI MUSIOH SEKAJIPO TOP COMMENTER WORKS
AT FIRESTONE - LIBERIA
The louder the noise, the thicker the "brown" envelop....Like we say in
Liberia "so so technique"
EMMANUEL WRAGBOE GRAND BASSA COMMUNITY
COLLEGE
Tyler owner wahala begin
LIBERIA'S CULTURE CLASH: SANDE &

PORO SOCIETY VS MASONIC CRAFT
DAVISNY2005 (SIGNED IN USING YAHOO)
One should welcome the statements made by the ..... Gender Ministry,
we are not kicking against the practice of FGM; our approach is to
modernize it. We know that our traditional people have come a long way
with our culture and there is no way you can just wipe it off. But creating
skills training that the women can get involved in, will gradually take
them away from the practice of FGM. And I think it is the best way to
give them an alternative rather than take everything away from them,
Pointed out Rosaline Browne. " The key to ending this old aged pratice
is through education and training , which is the much better approach .
Through education , those involved in the old practice will come to see
and understand the reasons why the new way is not only better , but is
helping to improve their old culture .
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The Editor;
he mid-term senatorial election is over and winners are rejoicing

while losers are yet to figure out why they fought a losing battle. I
am not surprised with the results that surfaced because, many of the
defeated senators had alienated themselves from the voters after got
elected, seeking instant gratification and therefore, not making any significant
contributions in the lives of the electorates. The voters began to cry out loud
at the reckless and corrupt behaviors of elected officials and they played deaf,
dumb and blind. It is increasingly evident their admiration for corruption
supersedes the voters interest.
Subsequently, they had lost credibility with the people and replacing them
became necessary no matter who were the opposing candidates running against
incumbents. Sadly, softhearted voters elected some men with questionable
characters, dragging baggage of corruption with them to the House of Senate
already tinted with its share of corruption. However, I am confused with
the ingredients Liberians are looking for in our elected officials. As I read
many write-ups regarding this mid-term election, there are many pertinent
questions that need honest answers: 1. Why message to Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
alone? 2. Why not message to our lawmakers who are equally looting the
countrys resources with impunity? Did the voters who find themselves in
abject poverty cast their ballots based on principles and benefits or just hate for
Ellen Johnson Sirleafs corrupt administration and only Robert Sirleaf became
the punching bag? Did he get what he deserved? My answer is yes based on
family connection but, if the voters did make a wise choice remain to be seen.
In my opinion the Press Union could have done justice for the people of
Montserrado County by organizing a debate among the Montserrado County
contenders since it is the seat of the national government with the highest
unemployment rate; high schools and colleges without libraries and qualified
teachers; mass failure at the University of Liberia in Montserrado; poor
transportation system in the city; lack of good hospitals; teachers trading
grades for sex; government officials have become sex predators with impunity,
leaving young girls pregnant without support; lack of decent public toilets
in the city; mentally ill individuals walking the streets in the city and the
city with no adequate light and water; unskilled young men and women are
prostituting to make ends meet; no zoning for entertainment centers around
Monrovia; drug use is on the rise among young people with no drug rehab
center; homeless young men and women sleeping in the cemetery in central
Monrovia.
A well-organized debate would have given each candidate the opportunity to
address these fundamental issues affecting the people of Montserrado County.
Who are the real losers in this election? My answer is simple. The people of
Montserrado County are the losers and not President Ellen Johnson Srleaf as
being reported. When 14 lawmakers came out of House of Representatives
and endorsed a candidate and many went along to elect their candidate of
choice, what kind of message did we send to them? It is no secret that most
of these so-called representatives have squandered or stolen their county
development money that could have gone toward providing vital health and
education services.
If Liberia should make progress, the vision for transformation depends on the
collective decisions we make across ethnicity, likeness for an individual, being
a war hero, or do or die party affiliation. It is indisputable that many rightthinking Liberians would love to see their place of birth, Liberia, develop and
grow as a flourished nation and because of that, some of us choose to speak
persistently against corruption in government not because of personal envy,
out of malice or hatred. We too are Liberians and love our country, but people
who lack patriotism, insight, foresight, hindsight, and balanced judgment and
leadership skills are being elected by our poor people who are surviving on
US $1.00 a day.
Most of these recycled government officials are consumed by greed. As soon
as they become comfortable in their positions they pretend to be literally deaf,
dumb and blind to the plight of the suffering people. They squarely represent
a threat to nation building and not opportunity for those who wait for hours
in line to cast a ballot paper in their favor. Should Liberians continue to elect
people with tinted and questionable characters, we are denying ourselves
the opportunity to be an agent for positive change to effect transparency and
accountability for good governance in the Republic of Liberia.
Let us not forget the one time political icon and student activist, Commany
B. Wesseh, a newly elected Senator, who challenged the tyrannical and
corrupt government of President Samuel K. Doe, but has become a passive
passenger comfortably riding in the Unity Partys vehicle of corruption with
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf sitting in the driver seat disregarding all rules of law.
What is troubling, Mrs. Wesseh is also a devoted member of Ellens much talk
about kitchen cabinet where corruption and ill-advised decisions have been
masquerading for the last nine years. The question again, why was not there
a strong message to Mr. Wesseh who found sanctuary in Ellens Temple of
Corruption?
I firmly believe, like most Liberians, that we were duped by the many
progressive fellows who spoke against injustice and corruption perpetrated
by past governments. They are now mute, dinning and wining with the most
corrupt government in the history of Liberia. However, let me congratulate
Mr. Wesseh for his undeserved victory, but the people have spoken to give him
another opportunity to redeem his tarnished political character. Mr. Wesseh
should keep in mind that undeserved victory can be redemptive.
The war against corruption cannot be won if eligible voters cannot act as
crusaders of anti-corruption in Liberia and while they continue to organize
support groups as means for handouts to elect men who have been indicted
for misappropriations of government money. I recalled Madam President
commissioned four government officials of integrity institutions challenging
them to fight corruption without fear or favor and to expose the perpetrators
and prosecute them.
Notwithstanding, the presidents well-publicized anti-corruption campaign is
a massive scam. It is a cynicism that is well managed by those in power. The
Liberian Anti- Corruption Commission (LACC) has indicted senior political
figures on corruption charges, including the Speaker of the House, Alex Tyler,
who violated Government of Liberia policy on contracts. His name has being
shamelessly surfacing in many unethical behaviors yet serving as the third
senior government official in the country. He masterminded the fixing of his
and other honorable" members salaries, allowances, and other corrupt
benefits at the detriment of the suffering people. Nonetheless, with the ongoing
fight by some lawmakers for the Speaker to recuse himself from the leadership
of the house should be considered as the appropriate thing to do in the interest
of integrity. However, Speaker Tyler refusal is to show how powerful he
is among his colleagues as the sitting speaker. Our selfish leaders who are
stubborn and arrogant must pay the price on Election Day and those who are
fanning the fan of support for that which we know is morally and politically
wrong must not be voted out of office. Let them understand that this nonsense
will no longer be tolerated by those who elected them.
What is so embarrassing is that the so-called Ethics Committee members
in the House of Representatives have been consumed by corruption and are
unable to investigate alleged violations of the code of conduct governing the
performance of official duties or the discharge of official responsibilities. The
widespread looting of public funds by government officials with impunity
has become business as usual. Representatives, senators, ministers and
other presidential appointees flaunt their wealth with recklessly. President
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has shown no interest in prosecuting those who steal
government money because of her tolerance for corruption generally. In fact,
it appears, there are no men of good character in the political leadership of this
EJS administration.
What is repugnant nowadays are the defensive mechanisms employed by some
corrupt officials to hoodwink the electorates and the so-called Iron lady is
now inept to be the voice of the people. Her greatness is being fundamentally
undermined by massive failure of governance locked into a culture of coverup. It is therefore, incumbent upon all well-meaning Liberians, nonpartisan,
advocacy groups to lunch voters empowerment campaign in every, city, town
and village as a critical tool to teach our people the importance of electing a
candidate running for public office in a democratic society. Let our people
be taught that elected officials are not more powerful than them and are
accountable to them. Moreover, let us make our people aware that they are
invested with constitutional power to change a government that fails to meet
the basic needs of its citizens. The constitution has things to teach our people
that not only have value, but authority to act in their own interest. Unless
we the people forge a united front to fight against continued escalation of
corruption and failed leadership in Liberia, the lives of the downtrodden will
remain unchanged. It is a challenge for all of us as we look forward to the
2017 election.
In conclusion, all those who are in agreement with how President Ellen
Johnson Sirleaf is ruling Liberia, may the Almighty God rule your life in
similar manner.
Charles Russell
wenyou28@yahoo.com
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FALLING ECONOMY AFFECTING SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
DECRYING EBOLA REGULATIONS
We were told by the Ministry of Education to only register minimum 45 and maximum 50 students to a class to follow the Ebola safety
measures but now we are observing that most of our students will not be registered. Today is the third day since we started registration but
most of our classes are full now. - Sylvester Trawolie Principal of the E. Johnathan Goodridge Memorial School
Monrovia ublic schools are

bearing the brunt
of Ebola preventive
regulations
put
in place by the Liberian
government.
Thousands of
parents and secondary students
are rushing to do registration
before classrooms are filled.
The Education Ministrys new
regulation aimed at preventing
Ebola limits the number of
students per class to 45.
Before Ebola Liberian public
schools were known for
overcrowded
classrooms.
Beginning with the 2005/2006
school year public school
enrollment increased by 48
percent due to a large extend
on the Education Act of 2001
which made primary education
compulsory, and also by the
2006 elimination of school
fees.
No Work for Papa, Mama
Laments
I am here to register my
daughter but they say no
space for the eighth grade
class. My daughter was in
this school last year now
there is no space for her. I am
worried that she will not go
to school this year because
her father is not working now
and I also do not have money,
Beatrice Deyorsays, cutting
the interview as she walks fast
behind the man in charge of
the eighth grade registration
process at the E. Jonathan
Goodridge Memorial School in
Barnesville Estate.
The worried mother hopes
that her plead with him will
help her only daughter. But
her hope seems unlikely to
materialize because the school
intends to follow the Ministrys
regulations in order to keep the
deadly Ebola Virus Disease
afar.
We were told by the Ministry
of Education to only register
minimum 45 and maximum 50
students to a class to follow
Tecee Boley, tecee.boley@frontpageafricaonline.com

the Ebola safety measures
but now we are observing
that most of our students will
not be registered. Today is
the third day since we started
registration but most of our
classes are full now, says
Sylvester Trawolie Principal
of the E. Johnathan Goodridge
Memorial School.
Like E. Johnathan Goodridge,
G.W. Gibson public school
on Haile Selassie Avenue
dubbed Capitol Bye-Pass is
anticipating huge inflow of
students.
Numbers Swelling by the day
Day after day we see the
numbers swelling. Today is
the third day of registration.
Yesterday the number of
students [coming to register]
doubled, today it tripled. I
about having excess. Normally

it is the excess that you save.
Now schools are announced
opened it becomes a dramatic
shift.
There was huge public outcry
that parents are not financially
prepared to pay boarding and
private schools tuition. The
history of mission schools
runs as far back as the very
foundation of Liberia. Since
the 1800s mission schools have
played a major role in educating
thousands
of
Liberians.
Organized into mini school
systems, mission schools are
funded primarily by tuition and
church organization. Some of
known mini systems include;
Catholic, Episcopal and the
Assemblies of God.
On the other hand private
children to mission and private

schools in search for quality
education notwithstanding their
high fees compared to public
schools. But current financial
situation are constraining
most to turn to public schools.
Private economic activities
slow during the Ebola crisis
and this situation have had
adverse effect of family
income. Government which
is the main employer in the
under developed country still
operates a skeleton staffs, while
most Non- Governmental
Organizations are just resuming
normal activities. Business
activities also spontaneously
closed as Ebola ravaged the
nation, thereby leaving many
temporarily jobless.
I was shocked because there is

no way to borrow money from
anybody. We are just trying to
end the Ebola break and nobody
has been working. says Prince
Stubberfield, a parent who
intends to register all three of
his children although he stands
at the end of a long queue.
To help deal with the financial
situation
the
government
of
Liberia
re-announced
elimination of school fees for
students in elementary and
junior high school for both
public and private schools.
However it appeals that
mission and private schools
are not adhering to the
new pronouncement by the
Education Ministry.
The Episcopal Church has not
considered free education even
in Liberia. Mission and private

schools educate the majority
of secondary school students
and a large minority of primary
school students. Most parents
prefer mission schools because
of what they considered quality
education coupled with biblical
and Islamic disciplines they
instill in students.
One common story told of the
Liberian civil war is that school
participation fell intensely. This
led to the an entire generation
of children and young adults
not having the opportunity
to attend school but instead
were used in the war as child
soldiers says the International
Institute
for
Educational
Planning(2011).
When the war ended in
2003, the Government and
International Partners such
as UNICEF and USAID
spent more money building
schools
and
community
colleges, training teachers
and distributing educational
materials. These measures
were intended to boost
school enrollment and reduce
illiteracy
amongst
young
people. While there has been
considerable increase in school
enrollment with UNESCO
putting the number at 46.16
percent in 2011. According
to the Ministry of Education
74, 996 students enrolled for
academic 2010/11 but there
is no information available
on its website for the number
of students that completed
the school year. While this
registered
a
significant
increment compare to 2005/06
figure [37,776], this gain could
be derailed due to financial
crisis in the country and the
Ebola prevention measure that
limits 45 students per class.
When the countrys economic
dipped to negative 0.4 percent,
Finance
Minister
Amara
Konneh promised to provide
stimulus package for the
private sector and school as
part of the economic recovery
plan. Yet up to press time the
administration has made no
clear statement on how to help
schools across the country
resume academic activities.
Education a Mess
think we will continue to

see that, says Spencer S.
Togba Principal of the G.W.
Gibson School, During the
Ebola crisis majority of the
parents were concerned with
sustaining themselves and their
children whatever they earned
was focused on feeding and
medication. Even before Ebola
some people salary could not
sustain them before talking
schools in Liberia are operating

as business enterprises with
the main objective of profit
making. Private institutions
of learning had put up huge
competition
with
public
schools. They employ trained
teachers and offer smaller class
sizes.
Prior to Ebola, many parents
here, including government
officials chose to send their
Principal Feeling Bad

Lots of them [Students and
parents] are coming from the
private schools and want to
enroll at public schools because
of financial difficulties, The
frowning Goodridge principal
stresses.
I am feeling bad because
right after Ebola we were told
abruptly that school is opening.
from the primary, to secondary

and up to the university
level. Students coming to our
institutions will have to meet
the requirements in payments
of tuitions and fees, says
Right Revered Jonathan B.B.
Hart, Bishop of the Episcopal
Church in an interview with
Radio Veritas.
The Bishops comments have
huge implications for education
The financial crisis could

further affect the quality of
education.
Some
schools
stand incapacitated to procure
needed instructional materials
for teachers and students.
Liberias Education System
has been in a failed state for
almost one decade after the
civil war ended; with public
school teachers leaving the
classrooms in demand of
salaries. In the immediate past
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
herself acknowledged the lack
of quality proper schooling
for young people of Liberia.
Education is a mess, agreed
President Johnson- Sirleaf.
Recently
25
thousand
candidate for enrollment at
the state owned University
of Liberia failed the entrance
examinations. This already
devastating situation was
worsened when Ebola forced
the West African nation to shut
down schools.
SCIENTIST INVENTS
RAPID TEST CAPABLE OF
DETECTING MANY VIRUSES
research scientist of Liberian origin, Dr. Dougbeh Chris

Nyan has invented a diagnostic test that can detect and
distinguish seven different viruses at the same time. The
viruses include HIV, hepatitis viruses, and another virus
called Dengue hemorrhagic fever virus (which has similar symptoms
like the Ebola virus) infection. As lead-inventor, Dr. Nyan developed
the test while working at the Laboratory of Emerging Pathogens at
the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the United States of
America.
The test is what scientist called a rapid procedure that can give testresults in less than one hour by using the patient blood samples.
According to the US Federal Registry publication of October 15,
2014 entitle Quantitative Multiplex Methods for Rapid Detection
and Identification of Viral Nucleic Acids, the test has been patented
by the US government.
Information available with the FDA and the NIH technology office,
the US government may have interest in filing an international
patent application for Dr. Nyans inventions. Already, part of the test
on diagnosis of Hepatitis B virus was published in May 2014 in a
journal, called Clinical Infection Diseases.
The test, which also has the capability of detecting Ebola virus and
other tropical infections could be useful in countries that are now
affected with the present Ebola epidemic. Ability for rapid diagnosis
is a problem in many poor countries and places that do not have
advance health care systems. Thus, this test is a major development
that could empower health care workers with a quick means of
diagnosing many viral diseases in countries with less resources. Dr.
Nyan, who testified on September 17, 2014 to the US Congress on the
Ebola crisis in West Africa also works as an unpaid volunteer with
the Diaspora Task Force on the Ebola Crisis, with which he serves as
Director of its Secretariat. The Diaspora Task Force has carried out
medical relief supplies to the Ebola affected region and is recruiting
Diaspora medical personnel to send them to work in the region.
Also, Dr. Nyan is championing the creation of institute for diseases
control in Liberia and the region as a post-Ebola public health
measure. A German trained medical doctor, Dr. Nyan also worked at
the National Institutes of Health where he was trained in biomedical
research. It can be recalled that Dr. Nyan 1999 at the NIH developed
a non-invasive diagnostic test for Helicobacter pylori infection. In a
scientific environment where minorities and people of
African descent are disadvantaged, Dr. Nyan hopes that his intellectual
property rights will be fully protected and that the product of his
invention will served the poor and needed populations in society.
14,000 RCCG MEMBERS

GET EBOLA PACKAGE
Monrovia team
of
United
Nations Volunteers
(UNVs) under the
UNDP Montserrado
Community Based Initiative
(MCBI) project has reminded
Muslim clerics in the Clara Town
Community in District 16 in
Montserrado County, to continue
teaching their congregation
about Ebola preventive measures
despite the decline in new cases.
UNV Field Associate Varlee
Sanor
said
despite
the
considerable drop in cases
of the Ebola virus disease in
Liberia, the Imams should avoid
complacency and keep the
various measures in place at their
homes and places of worship.
Ebola is not gone yet. Until
the World Health Organization
(WHO) can declare Liberia
Ebola free, we should not relax
those rules that have been
outlined to us by the Ministry
of Health and partners Sanor
said at the official launch of a
nation-wide Dawah (invitation/
recruitment) and Imam training
program held recently at the
Marvii Sonii School in Clara
Town.
The program, under the auspices
of the National Imam Council
of Liberia (NICOL), seeks to
sensitize the Muslim population
on the need to remain vigilant in
ensuring that their congregations
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IMAMS REMINDED TO ADHERE TO

EBOLA PREVENTIVE MEASURES
around the Country strictly

observe the preventive measures
put in place by the Ministry of
Health and the World Health
Organizations (WHO) regarding
the eradication of the Ebola virus
disease from the Country.
The Initiative comes against
the background that despite a
reduction in new Ebola cases,
there were reports from Active
Case Finders and Contact
Tracers in the field that religious
groupings were still involved
disease in Liberia.
Dr. Kamaluddeen said the people
of New Kru Town have exhibited
the virtues of hard work,
togetherness and commitment
among community members
in overcoming challenges and
achieving positive results in the
fight against the Ebola Disease in
the Country.
The UNDP Country Director
the country.
He told Muslim clerics not
to hesitate in reporting any
suspected case of Ebola in their
communities to the National
Ebola Taskforce. He encouraged
them to also avoid any form
of contacts with sick or dead
people.
During the program, flyers
containing
various
Ebola
preventive messages translated
in both English and Arabic were
distributed.
made the comments at the

weekend in District 16 in
Montserrado County when he
turned over 100 Wind-up solar
energy radios and 100 Panasonic
solar lanterns to Ebola Survivors
and Orphans in New Kru Town,
one of the communities hardly
hit by the Ebola Virus Disease
(EVD).
We are here in solidarity with
you. We are here to congratulate
you for the efforts that you have
shown so farFor the hard work
and togetherness that you have
demonstrated in your response
to the Ebola virus disease Dr.
Kamaluddeen said.
He said the donation to survivors
and orphans in the community
was part of UNDP on-going
support to Ebola survivors and
orphans to help them have access
to information and light in their
homes.
Dr. Kamaluddeen encouraged
the people of New Kru Town
and Liberia to build on lessons
learned from the Ebola fight,

urging them to continue working
hard to ensure that Ebola is
totally eradicated from Liberia.
The radios were procured in
partnership with a South Africa
based NGO, Life Line Energy
while the solar lanterns were
procured through a pro bono
agreement between the UNDP
and Panasonic Corporation.
S. Tugbe Worjloh, the Vice
Governor of New Kru Town
expressed appreciation to UNDP
for the donation to Ebola orphans
and survivors in the community.
Also speaking, Baccus Karpeh,
coordinator of District # 16 Ebola
Task Force called for additional
support to orphans and survivors
in the district.
Karpeh said with limited logistics
and resources, the District
Ebola Task Force continues to
work with survivors and other
community members to remain
engaged as awareness on Ebola
continues to be created among
the people.
The solar radios and lanterns
are to be distributed among the
first set of 153 orphans and 160
survivors in the community.
BEYOND BORDERS
Liberia-Sierra Leone Young Life Together In Ebola Fight
Al Varney Rogers, al.varney@frontpageafricaonline.com
Monrovia astor E.A. Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeemed

Christian Church of God based in Nigeria in partnership
with its Africa Mission last Sunday presented an assortment
of food and non-food items to more than 14,000 members.
Each RCCG member received a 5kg bag of rice, hand sanitizer and
soap as well as an EBOLA kit for their own safety. Pamphlets with
Ebola preventive tips were also distrusted.
Pastor Olatunde Olubenga, explained that Father E.A. Adeboye was
deeply concern about the condition of Liberians in the wake of the
deadly virus.
He said father E.A. Adeboye donation was line with his work for God
saying the children of God need to live healthy and safe from all
evil.
Pastor Olubenga further said father E.A. Adeboyes donation was
extended to Sierra Leone and Guinea, two regional neighbors also
affected by the EBOLA virus.
in laying hands on the sick and

performing traditional rituals on
dead bodies.
Out of the 15 Counties in Liberia,
Montserrado and Grand Cape
Mount Counties still remain a
huge challenge in the eradication
of the virus.
The UNV MCBI Field Associate
said his team was ready and
willing to work with the Imam
Council and the entire Muslim
community to ensure that the
virus is totally eradicated from
NEW KRU TOWN RESIDENTS URGED

NOT TO LOSE FOCUS IN EBOLA FIGHT
Monrovia he Country Director

of the United Nations
Development
Programme (UNDP)
Dr. Kamil Kamaluddeen has
urged residents of New Kru
Town to keep focus on lessons
learnt and the successes that
have been achieved in the fight
against the deadly Ebola virus
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Monrovia -
s
the
deadly
Ebola
outbreak
simmers in Liberia,
organizations
operating in the post-war nation
are pleading to lend support and
share experiences with their next
door neighbor, Sierra Leone.
One such group, Young Life is
determined to aid Sierra Leone in
fighting to reduce its increasing
case load.
Young Life is a faith base
organization working with young
people around the World and is
one of the many organizations on
the frontline in the fight against
Ebola in Liberia and Sierra
Leone.
James S. Davis II, Regional
Director
of Young Life Liberia,

recently visited Sierra Leone

to lend support and share
experiences with Young Life
Sierra Leone, its sister group that
is playing a leading role in the
Ebola fight in that country.
Davis, during his visit worked
closely with Young Life
Sierra Leone in adopting new
approaches
and
increased
support for programs already
existing that are making gains.
Davis said the Young Life
staffers were excited about his
visit. They were excited to see a
friend visiting them when people
are leaving their country.
Davis said his trip was about
building confidence, experience
sharing and empowering local
leaders in Sierra Leone. You
will agree with me, in recent
days the case in Sierra Leone is
on the increase, now that we are
having less cases it is important
that we share our experience,
Davis says.
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MICAT APPOINTS NAT

BAYJAY AS MINISTER
COUNSELOR FOR
ABUJA MISSION
M
Monrovia -
r. Nat Bayjay has

been appointed
by the Minister
of Information,
Culture and Tourism, Hon.
Lewis G. Brown,II. as the
Minister Counselor for Press
and Public Affairs at the
Liberian Embassy accredited
near Abuja, the Federal
Republic of Nigeria.
According to a MICAT release,
Mr. Bayjays appointment
is endorsed by the President
of the Republic of Liberia,
Her
Excellency
Madam
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, as is
procedural.
Mr. Bayjay, a seasoned media
practitioner, replaces Ms.
Vivian W. Gartayn. Ms. Gartayn
in April of last year requested
Minister Brown to grant her a
year of leave in order to further
her education in Corporate
Social Responsibility-Energy.
Mr. Bayjay takes over the
post with a wealth of practical
and
professional
media
experiences.
Prior to his current appointment,
Mr. Bayjay served as a Media
Consultant to the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs of the Republic
of Liberia.
A double Press Union of
Liberia (PUL) award-winner
while working as Senior
Reporter/News Desk Chief at
the FrontPageAfrica online and
print news agency, he shows
passion and commitment to
the journalism profession, the
release adds.
As a Minister Counselor for
Press and Public Affairs, Mr.
Bayjay will, among other
tasks, provide media coverage
of news related events, provide
support in the management of
the Liberian Embassys website
and implement effective media
relations.
His
appointment
takes
immediate effect.
In
another
development,
MICAT has called on all
commercial drivers to abide
by the Ministry of Transports
adjusted transport fares based
on the further reduction of the
prices of petroleum products
and warns violators of the
consequences thereof.
The Ministry reminds violators
that first offense is US$100.00
for taxi, US$200.00 for buses
and pickups while second and
third offenses are US$200.00
andUS$400.00 and two years
suspension
of
operators
drivers license in that order
respectively.
OBITUARY
DEATH ANNOUNCEMENT
MRS. MAGDELENE DUNCAN WITHERSPOON
Funeral arrangements for the late Mrs. Magdalene V.

Duncan-Witherspoon, commonly called Teta and Aunty
Maggie, are as follow:
On Thursday, January 21, 2015

- @ 4PM the body will be taken from the A. B. Andersons
Funeral Home on Lynch Street, and taken to the Lighthouse
Full Gospel Church on Benson Street.
On Friday, January 22, 2015
- @ 9AM a hour of wake keeping will be held at the
Lighthouse Full Gospel Church on Benson Street.
- @ 10:30 AM the body will be taken from the Lighthouse
Full Gospel Church on Benson Street and taken to the First
United Methodist Church on Ashmun Street.
- @ 11AM Song Service in remembrance of the late Mrs.
Magdalene V. Duncan-Witherspoon will be held at the First
United Methodist Church on Ashmun Street.
On Saturday, January 23, 2015
- @ 8AM the remains of the late Mrs. Magdalene V.
Duncan-Witherspoon will be taken from the First United
Methodist Church on Ashmun Street to the familys farm in
Salala, Bong County for interment.
Meanwhile the second and final family meeting is
scheduled for Tuesday, January 20th, at 04:00 post
meridian, at the home of the deceased on 19th Street, Payne
Avenue, Sinkor.
This announcement goes out to all members of the
Witherspoon, Duncan, and Stauard families residing in
and out of Liberia.
Signed by: Mrs. Nancy Duncan-Keller,
Ambassador Carlton Alexwyn
Karpeh, Mrs. Evelyn Witherspoon-Dunbar & Mrs. Nancy
Witherspoon-Kellam; Sister, Brother and Daughters of the
Deceased on behalf of the family
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REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST

(CONSULTING SERVICES- SELECTION OF CONSULTANT)
January 8, 2015
Republic of Liberia
Ministry of Transport
Broad Street
Monrovia, Liberia
Assignment Title: Feasibility Studies for the Automation of Motor Vehicle Registration and Drivers License
Processes
The Ministry of Transport (MOT), Republic of Liberia, intends to apply part of its budgetary allocation to a consultant for feasibility
studies for the automation of its current operational and administrative processes of Motor Vehicle Registration and Drivers Licensing.
The automation process will involve the introduction of computerized information system in the entire motor vehicle and driver s
license registration life cycle. This will ensure recording, processing, approvals, printing of motor vehicle certificates, and printing
of driver s licenses to be automated at every stage in the administrative, transactional, and operational processes.
The vehicle registration and driver licensing processes will further strengthen our record keeping and avoid revenue losses due to
illegal duplication of vehicle registration documents. The new computerized system will link the various ports of entries in Liberia
through the Liberia Revenue Authority (LRA) to the central database and make the tracing of vehicles in Liberia easier to implement.
This national database will also be available to law enforcement arm of Government (LNP) to effectively monitor vehicle activities
in Liberia.
The present business operations of motor vehicle and drivers licensing are presently done manually. The manual processing of data
poses room for error and untimely completion of tasks and reduces productivity. This causes lack of effective data and information
management.
In a bid to improve organizational performance and effectiveness in the administrative and operational processes of motor vehicle
and driver s license registration, the Ministry of Transport now intends to conduct a feasibility study on a computerized information
system with the expected solution of automating manual processes.
SCOPE OF WORK
The scope of work covers:
1.
Review and document existing processes of motor vehicle and driver s licensing registration.
2.
Provide options on how the automation objective can be accomplished.
3.
Provide procedures of scenarios that may require business process re-engineering/ re-alignment to accommodate a computerized
information system workflow.
4.
Provide information on applicable budgets/ estimates for the implementation of the automated system.
5.
Determine strategy, challenges, costs benefits, and similar considerations, in the event the Ministry of Transport would opt to
undertake the automation investment in a Public Private Partnership (PPP).
6.
Determine implementation milestone and expected results against each input task in the automation process.
7.
Provide information on hardware, software, services, and related costs associated, if the Ministry of Transport is to implement
a turn-key solution.
8.
Determine gains to be achieved in terms of benefits to the Ministry of Transport once the automation process is completed. A
trend analysis of costs recovery shall be helpful.
9.
Develop methodology/ guides on how the computerized information system can be acquired.
10.
Develop sustainability strategy (personnel, costs, etc.) on how the automation process can be sustained pre and post
implementation.
11. Provide any other relevant information on best practices, and information on how the automation can be a successful venture
by the Ministry of Transport.
Note: In addition to our central office in Monrovia, the automation process will also include our regional offices located in Zwedru,
Gbanga, Ganta, Greenville and Harper.
The Ministry of Transport now invites eligible consultants to indicate their interest in providing the services. Interested consultants
must provide information indicating that they are qualified to perform the services (brochures, description of similar assignments,
experience in similar conditions, availability of appropriate skills among staff, etc.). Consultants must also provide documentary
evidence that they are duly registered under the laws of the Republic of Liberia and are current tax payers.
SELECTION OF CONSULTANTS
Consultants will be selected using procedures set out in the 2010 Public Procurement and Concessions Commission Act, of the
Republic of Liberia.
Interested consultants may obtain further information at the address below during the office hours 09:00 to 16:00 hours GMT,
Mondays through Fridays.
Expression of Interest must be delivered in a written form to the address below (in person) by 16:00 hours GMT on or before January
29, 2015.
Mr. Archibald S. Abban
Procurement Director
Ministry of Transport
Parker Building
Broad and Mechlin Streets
Monrovia, Liberia
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BFF CALLS FOR EBOLA

MEASURES
AT
SCHOOLS
Wants subsidy to prevent Mass School Dropouts
A. Macaulay Sombai, sombai121@gmail.com 0777217428
B

Monrovia-
etter Future Foundation (BFF), has

described as totally unacceptable latest
call by the Government of Liberia
(GOL) for tuitions of private school
students nationwide to be paid in six-installments.
Recently the government through the education
ministry announced that schools would resume
on February 2, 2015 following months of abrupt
closure due to the dreadful Ebola virus in Liberia.
Since the pronouncement by the Liberian
government there has been wide spread criticizing
from some individuals and institutions as the
country has not been declared Ebola free by any
recognized organization such as WHO.
The BFF also characterized as troubling the
governments declaration through the Ministry of
Education (MOE) for students to resume classes
without the wearing of their prescribed schools
uniforms.
According to BFF President Augustine S. Arkoi
who is also an educator and civil society activist,
such assertions by the Liberian government leave
much to be desired.
He pointed out that the pronouncement by the
Ministry of Education for students to attend classes
in color clothing would create difficulties for
teachers and school administrators to effectively
identify and monitor their behaviors on campuses.
The situation, he maintains, has the potential to
expose female students to sexual harassment and
molestations by unscrupulous individuals in the
society because most of the students will wear
clothing that expose their body parts.
Students may use the wearing of color cloths
approved by the government to engage in
unnecessary dress code something that will distract
the attention of fellow students and teachers as
well said Rev. Arkoi.
The BFF President indicated that without providing
much-needed subsidies to private educational
institutions, it is disappointing for the Liberian
government to make such abrupt declarations
without any consultations with the nations
educational stakeholders.
Rev. Arkoi pointed out that the decision by the
Johnson-Sirleaf led government is a recipe to
cause mass exit of professional and experienced
teachers from the private school system in Liberia
and subject it to fragility and disintegration as
authorities of such private schools would find it
difficult to address salary and other obligations to
their teachers.
The BFF boss however challenged the Liberia
government to accompany the reopening of
schools with the ratification of the mess faced
by the nations educational system as previously
confirmed by the Liberian President, Ellen
Johnson-Sirleaf.
I want government to guarantee the payment of
salaries for Liberian teachers as they resume their
normal duties while at the same time scouting

abroad for international volunteer teachers such
as the United States Peace Corp Volunteers
aimed at resuscitating and enhancing the Liberian
educational system which moribund state has
been exacerbated by the outbreak of the deadly
Ebola Virus Disease, with the closure of learning
institutions for nearly one academic year Rev.
Arkoi lamented.
He asserted that owing to Ebola which has
devastated the country and effectively disrupted
economic activities, Liberians, especially ordinary
citizens, awash by abject poverty would find it
difficult to meet the basic educational needs of their
children, hence, President Johnson-Sirleaf must
roll up her sleeves by ensuring unrestrained access
to education for all Liberians including students of
both public and private schools, many of whom are
self-sponsored.
The Liberian government, as the larger employer
and custodian of state resources must ensure that
the citizens have access to technical, professional,
vocational and other learning opportunities to make
them national assets and not liabilities, Arkoi
stressed.
According to Rev. Arkoi, the outbreak of the Ebola
Virus Disease in Liberia has also created more
burdens for both public and private schools in the
country with respect to the dire need to acquire and
ensure the availability of anti-Ebola materials for
use regularly by students and school administrators.
He named chlorine, soap, rubber buckets, as well as
disinfectants and other sanitizers, which are critical
in the fight against Ebola that should be made
available on all campuses during regular school
hours.
The BFF Boss maintained that the importance
and availability of anti-Ebola materials couldnt
be compromised if Liberian students and
administrators are to be firmly protected from the
spread of the deadly disease.
The BFF CEO concluded by calling on President
Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf and authorities of the
Ministry of Education to primarily employ the
necessary post-Ebola protocols and procedures that
guarantee not only the health security of students
and teachers nationwide, but to as well consult
with local and international education stakeholders,
such as WHO, CDC, EU, USAID, UNICEF,
among others to provide needed subsidy to ensure
the prevention of any further disruption of learning
activities, and mass dropout of students during the
academic year.
Early last week during the opening of the national
legislature a group of school children barricaded the
national legislature calling on that body to ensure
free school across the country for all children.
The group argued that the Ebola virus has affected
the country economic and as such parents were
unable to provide school fees for their children.
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Page 11
PUNISHMENT
LOOMS?
FIRE LEAVES OVER
SLIPWAY COMMUNITY IN PANIC AS
ONE PERSON IS SERIOUSLY INJURED
15 HOMELESS
Suspension awaits lawmakers Who

Protested Against Speaker Tyler
Henry Karmo (0886522495) henrykarmo@frontpageafricaonline.com
I went for a usual club meeting and I received a call that my houses were
on fire; that even caused me to misplace one of my phones. I have lost
everything Im so confused. Landlord of burned houses Isaac Quiah
Bettie Johnson/ betty.frontpageafricaonline.com
Monroviaate Sunday evening

two houses were gutted
by fire leaving over
15 persons homeless
in the Crown hill, Slipway
community.
Isaac Quiah landlord said the
fire came unexpectedly and his
tenants were all in their room
watching movies.
We have LEC current, and I left
the yard, leaving the tenants in
their room but they told me that
they had no idea on the cause of
the fire, he said.
The victim of the fire disclosed
that the incident has caused him
to lose a lot of things. He said he
is confused on the way to start,

as tenants have already paid for
the entire year.
My sister, the place where I
sitting, if I tell you say, I know
where t o start, that lie, every
money I had left in the house and
all got burned, he said.
Mr. Quiah told FrontPageAfrica
that the houses were family
inheritance
and
other
neighboring homes were also
greatly affected. He said as the
fire was raging, other neighbors
begun to throw their things far
from the site of the fire, but
thieves came and looted them.
The thieves came pretending
like they came to assist us, but
they took
all
our
things
including
our
mattresses.
We slept
on the bare
floor last
night, he
said.
We slept
with our
neighbors,
and we all know this Ebola

crises, we dont know how long
they will keep us for. I am calling
on the government of Liberia,
philanthropic
organizations
mainly Red Cross, Save the
Children and philanthropists in
the country to assist us, whether
financially or with clothes we
will accept because we really in
need of them.
Madam Kadiatu Turay also a
resident of the area told FPA that
a lady from one of the rooms
in the house was the one who
shouted fire! Fire!
We couldnt remove anything
because it was already late for
us to remove anything from our
house so we lost everything to
the fire, she said.
Though no one died, but we
have lost everything and dont
know how to begin our lives.
According to the woman,
someone left cook pot on, and
it was the boys room that began
the fire.
Turay said she had six persons
in her house and the other house
with five rooms had several
persons.
Monrovia
rontPageAfrica
has
reliably learnt that
lawmakers
who
disrupted
normal
legislative workings of the
Plenary of the House of
Representatives for the past two
session days in last week risk
expulsion and suspension by
two third majority of that august
body in session.
According
to
legislative
sources the decision was
reached Monday during the first
leadership meeting of the House
of Representatives for newly
appointed committee chairs and
Co-chairs.
Definitely they will be punish
I cannot speak to expulsion
right now but we need to set

precedence to avoid reoccurrence
of such unacceptable act by
some of our colleagues we will
come up with this week Tuesday
or Thursday but the public can
rest assure that people involve
will be punish in accordance to
our rules, our source said.
Unconfirmed report claimed that
Representatives Edwin Snowe
(IND-District #6-Montserrado
County), Emmanuel Nuquay
(UP-District
#3
Margibi
County), Bill Twehway (UPDistrict
#3
Montserrado
County), Henry Fahnbulleh (UPDistrict #4 Montserrado County)
and Roland Oppee Cooper (LPDistrict #1-Margibi County)
amongst others are lawmakers
to face the ire of the plenary in

keeping with their rules.
Other legislatives sources have
also confirmed to this paper that
Representative Roland Oppee
Cooper who allegedly smashed
the face of Bong County
Representative Bill Corneh
(NPP-District -#3 Bong County)
has called speaker Alex Tyler
and other members of the new
leadership apologizing for his
action against his colleague.
The planned action by the House
plenary is backed according to
another source by section 44
of the house of Representatives
rules.
Last Thursday, the chambers of
the House of Representatives
broke lose when some lawmakers
disrupted session because the
speaker of the house Alex Tyler
did not read their communication
asking him to recuse himself
before plenary.
The communication signed by
seven lawmakers requested the
speaker of the House to recuse
himself from presiding and face
investigation of an alleged 25K
from NOCAL which the Liberia
Anti-Corruption libel him in its
report for.
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Monrovia he case against one

of the senators elect
of Margibi county
Jim Tornonlah was
halted Monday, due to what
the Supreme Court describe as
disobedience to the high court
attributed by the chairman of the
People Unification Party.
Mr. Isobe Gborkorkollie and
partisans who went to the
high court to witness the legal
arguments between lawyers
representing petitioner Saah
Gbollie and Jim Tornonlah was
order to leave the ground of
the Temple of Justice by Chief
Justice Francis Korkpor.
The Court rescheduled the
hearing of petitioner Saah
Gbollie against Senator elect Jim
Tornonlah Monday, based on a
submission made by the legal
counsel of Tornonlah.
Cllr. Goda Elliot requested the
court on Friday for time on
grounds that the legal counsel
(Cllr. Theophilus Gould) of
petitioner Gbollie filed an
amended petition and she did not
file her returns to the amended
petition. But Cllr. Gould prayed
the court to deny the submission
on grounds that the only
amendment was done only in the
name of the Senator elect.
The only amendment, we did,
was the spelling of the name
of the Senator elect in counter
argument, Cllr Elliot said yes,
but the rules of the court call for
filing a returns/ brief if there is
an amendment in the petition.
Based on Cllr. Elliot submission
the court heard four petitions
instead of five and the court
rescheduled the hearing for
Monday.
The PUP chairman was seen
leaving his seat and going to
legal counsels representing
his partisan Tornonlah but was
denied by the Marshall but
forced his way through thereby
interrupting
the
Mondays
hearing at the High Court.
But the action by the PUP
chairman led the Chief Justice to
order the Marshall of the court to
escort him from the court.
Margibi Senator elect Jim
Tornonlah is the only person
who has two complaints against
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LAW & ORDER
NO PLACE TO PLAY
PUP CHAIRMAN BOOTED OUT OF SUPREME COURT
This should never occurred in this court, Marshall take this man out of this court, I mean the entire ground, let it be known that
we dont come here to play. Liberias Chief Justice Francis Korkpor as he ordered the PUP chairman to be booted out
Bettie Johnson/ betty.johnson@frontpageafricaonline.com
him; one is from SaahGbollie

and CDC candidate Ansu
Sonnie. The High Court hearing
on Friday said the full bench has
only five petitions before them
on grounds that they took an
appeal to the court after hearing
from the NEC.
In the petition filed by defeated
candidate Saah Gbollie requested
the court to grant the petition of
the writ of prohibition on NEC
relying on article 83 C of the
Constitution.
Article 83 C states that The
returns of the elections shall
be declared by the Elections
Commission not later than
fifteen days after the casting of
ballots. Any party or candidate
who complains about the manner
in which the elections were
conducted or who challenges
the results thereof shall have
the right to file a com plaint

with the Elections Commission.
Such complaint must be filed not
later than seven days after the
announcement of the results of
the elections.
The Elections Commission shall,
within thirty days of receipt of the
complaint, conduct an impartial
investigation and render a
decision which may involve a
dismissal of the complaint or a
nullification of the election of a
candidate. Any political party or
independent candidate affected
by such decision shall not later
than seven days appeal against
it to the Supreme Court. The
Elections Commission shall
within seven days of receipt of
the notice of appeal, forward
all the records in the case to the
Supreme Court, which not later
than seven days thereafter, shall
hear and make its determination.

If the Supreme Court nullifies or
sustains the nullification of the
election of any candidate, for
whatever reasons, the Elections
Commission shall within sixty
days of the decision of the Court
conduct new elections to fill the
vacancy. If the court sustains
the election of a candidate, the
Elections Commission shall act
to effectuate the mandate of the
Court.
Cllr. Theophilus Gould in his
argument said no part of 83 C
states that the National Election
commission certificate winners
when there is an ongoing
investigation before them.
The prohibition we are
requesting for is not to say that
the NEC should not investigate,
but it says do not certificates if
you do,then you undermine the
integrity of the constitution. He

added
Former
Margibi
lawmaker
Gbollie lawyer told the court that
the NEC prematurely certificated
winners ignoring the provision
of the Liberian constitution.
The senior lawyer of the
NEC Cllr. Joseph Blidi said
certification of winners in
elections can be done while
there is complaint before the
commission.
NEC rely on article 83C of the
Liberian constitution and we as a
commission feel that we are not
in error to certificate candidates
while there is a complaint before
us, the framers of the constitution
did not oblige us to do as the
petitioners want us to do. Cllr.
Joseph Blidi states
For their part, Cllr. Albert Sims
and Goda Elliot requested the
court to denied the petition
filed by the Gbollies lawyer
on ground that the National
Elections commission, was not in
error as stated by the petitioner.
We believe that the NEC is
not in error and your honor,
prohibition should not lied
because the petitioners have no
legal basis they added.
Meanwhile, the high court has
assigned the opinion/final ruling
in the case pending a notice of
assignment to the parties.
The PUP chairman Gborkorkollie
is said to be the second person to
be penalized from the party.
It can be recalled Cllr. Laveli
Supuwood, who was a Senatorial
aspirant on the People United
Party was ordered to pay the
money within 72 hours into
the coffers of the Liberian
Government and forward the
ONE DOWN; ONE TO GO

NEC clears Sherman and Saytumah in election dispute case
Henry Karmo (0886522495) henrykarmo@frontpageafricaonline.com
Monrovia he National Elections

Commission (NEC)
has ruled in the
disputed
election
saga involving the ruling Unity

Partys Grand Cape Mount and
Bomi Counties candidates Cllr.
Varney Sherman and Mr. Morris
Saytumah.
NEC chairman Cllr. Jerome

Korkoyah said the complaint
filed against the Commission
by two defeated candidates Dr.
Fodee Kromah of Grand Cape
Mount County who contested

on the Congress for Democratic
change Party ticket and former
Senator Lahai Lassanah of the
National Patriotic Party (NPP) in
Bomi County had no magnitude

and lacked evidence.
Said Cllr. Korkoyah: In the
wake of the NEC investigation
members
and
board
of
Commissioners of the National
Elections
Commission
of
Liberia are pleased to declared
Cllr. Sherman and Mr. Morris
Saytumah of Grand Cape Mount
and Bomi counties winners in
the just ended special senatorial
election in Bomi and Grand
Cape Mount counties.
Cllr. T.C. Gould, representing
the defeated candidate, Lahai
Lansanah appealed the ruling
render by NEC.
The two candidates from Bomi
and Grand Cape mount Counties
are yet to be inducted as senators
of their respective counties since
the end of the December 20,
2014 special senatorial election
due to a complaint of election
impropriety filed by the two
defeated candidates.
Of the 10 candidates in the Grand
receipt to the Marshall of the

High Court. The court ordered
followed what a called gross
negligence from the learned
counselors.
In the courts opinion, the court
said Cllr. Supuwood filed over
three petitions to the court with
his name continuously been seen
as signatory of the party in the
case. The court said the affidavit
and petitions filed with the court
should have carried the name
of the petitioners instead of the
legal counsel in the petition.
He always bridges the rules of
the court, and the court doesnt
spare anyone who bridge its
laws and wish to bring the court
to public disrepute A lawyer
added. But the Liberian chief
justice says the NDC and MPC
legal counsel kept filing and
amending without observing
the rules of the court. Cllr.
Supuwood have been practicing
before this court for a long
period of time, and he must be
fined for gross negligence to the
practice of law Chief Justice
Francis Korkpor.
The action by the PUP chair was
seen surprising to the partys
legal counsel We ourselves
dont know why Isobe did that
but we will discuss with him, we
are aware that he do not know the
laws but we will inform him.
Liberias Chief Justice Francis
Korkpor cautioned lawyers in
the court bar to inform their
clients because the court is not a
place to play.
Let it be known that this court is
not place to play, lawyers please
cautioned your clients or else
you will the court will not accept
such unwholesome attitude
exhibited today. He sates.
Cape Mount County senatorial
race Cllr. Varney Sherman of
the Unity Party according to the
NEC official results obtained the
total of 13,651 votes with 61.7%,
while his opponent professor
FodeeKromah received 3,431
total vote cast with 15.5%.
like his party mate Mr. Morris
SAYTUMAH,of
the
(UP)
obtained 8,857, of the total votes
cast with 47%,while hisopponent
LANSANAH,
LahaiGbabye
(NPP), obtained 6,837 of the
total vote cast with 36%.
In spite of the matter lingering
at the Supreme Court, both
Sherman and Saytumah appeared
upbeat.
Cllr. Sherman said he was not
at all bothered about the high
court case. I will be troubled by
someone going to the Supreme
Court after practicing law for 35
years?
Mr. Saytumah for his part said it
was only a matter of time before
he is cleared by the Supreme
Court to allow him to do the
job he has elected by the people
of Bomi County to do. Mr.
Saytumah promised to unite the
people of Bomi when he has
crossed the hurdle at the high
court.
COUNTY NEWS
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Page 13
A
REGULATOR
STILL IN LACC DRAGNET
ARCELORMITTAL
OKS
Buchanan
rcelorMittal
Liberia is starting
the
construction
of a clinic in
Gbapa, located on the Yekepa
Sanniquellie highway in
Nimba County. The clinic will
service all the communities
surrounding
ArcelorMittal
Liberias mining operations.
According to Hilary Byrne,
resettlement
coordinator
of ArcelorMittal Liberias
community liaison department,
a request for the clinic was made
by town leaders in 2011, and
was approved by ArcelorMittal
Liberia management.
The clinic will be a standard
health clinic that meets
the Ministry of Health and
Social Welfares (MOHSW)
design
requirements,
including
plumbing
and
lighting.
ArcelorMittal
Liberia will construct the
clinic while MOHSW will
provide equipment, staff, and
maintenance.
When we heard about the
clinic, and saw the yellow
machines clearing the site, we
were so happy. We dont have
a clinic to serve us, and we are
tired of travelling distances
to receive medical attention
therefore we highly appreciate
this gesture and would like
to express our thanks to the
company, said Clan Chief,
Cooper Walaka.
Gbapa is one of the five
communities
surrounding
ArcelorMittal Liberias mining
operations.
ArcelorMittal is the world's
leading steel and mining
company, with a presence in
more than 60 countries and
Commission on Higher Education Director General long Corruption tale
CONSTRUCTION OF CLINIC IN GBAPA

Project Will Aid communities surrounding its mining operations
an industrial footprint in over

20 countries. Guided by a
philosophy to produce safe,
sustainable steel, we are the
leading supplier of quality
steel in the major global steel
markets including automotive,

construction,
household
appliances and packaging,
with world-class research and
development and outstanding
distribution networks.
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Through our core values

of
sustainability,
quality
and leadership, we operate
responsibly with respect to the
health, safety and wellbeing of
our employees, contractors and
LIFE STYLE
the communities in which we

operate.
For us, steel is the fabric of
life, as it is at the heart of the
modern world from railways
to cars and washing machines.
FROM REFUGEE TO GLOBAL ICON

Liberian Gets Global Ambassadorial Position
iberias philanthropist,
MacDella Cooper has
been selected among
thousands of woman
and men around the world as
Global Ambassador for IMPACT
Leadership 21.
IMPACT Leadership 21 is an
innovative global platform
with the mission to accelerate

womens leadership at the
highest levels of influence in the
21st century; with its ultimate
goal to mainstream gender at the
top level.
The
acronyms
IMPACT,
represents
Innovation,
Multiculturalism,
Passion,
Attunement, Collaboration and

Tenacity
The role of Ms. Cooper as
Global Ambassador for IMPACT
21 is to engage men as powerful
tools for gender equality and
lobby/advocate for gender parity
at the top level with national
governments,
civil
society
organizations and global leaders.

MacDella
will
also
in
collaboration with IMPACT 21
and global organizations provide
tools, resources, opportunities
and channels that equip women
to succeed as leaders in a global
environment thereby inspiring
emerging global leaders to be
catalysts for change.
MacDella Cooper is a Liberian,
born in Monrovia in the late
1970s and was among thousands
of Liberians that fled the country
during the 14 years long bloody
war. She resided in Ivory Coast
as a refugee and later went to
the United States of America
where she landed in the besieged
streets of Newark, New Jersey;
and attended the Barringer High
School coming 3rd in a class of
1,200 students.
Due to her eloquence and
passion for excellence and
self-development, Ms. Cooper
received a full scholarship to
the college of New Jersey and
graduated with a degree in
Electronic Communications.
After working with several
multinational
companies
such
as
Marketing
and
Events Coordinator for Jones
Apparel Group, developing
a comprehensive marketing
strategy for Ralph Lauren, Ann
Klein, Eredi Pisano and Duca
Sartoria; MacDella decided to
look across oceans and borders.
In 2004, she founded the
MacDella Cooper Foundation

(MCF) as an International nonfor-profit Charity organization
to give hope and life to orphans
and the less fortunate through
the provision of educational
opportunities
and
basic
necessities in the land of her
fathers birth, Liberia.
MacDella said: I see it as a
new challenge for her to open
more doors of opportunities
for women and inspire them
to a greater height. I called on
women not to see themselves as
followers, but leaders and urged
women especially adolescent
girls to engage society more
positively and turn every
situations into opportunities not
just for themselves for at least
for one other live.
In an effort to fast track the goal
of her vision, Ms. Cooper, in
2010 opened the MCF Academy;
Liberias
first
tuition-free
boarding school that provides
quality education, safe and
better livelihood for hundreds of
children located in Charlesville,
Margibi County, six miles from
the RIA.
I have never held onto my past. I
am today used as a motivational
speaker around the world to
inspire people who are going
through the toughest moments
this world has to offer.
The Liberias Beauty Opra
and humanitarian run annual
youth and adolescent girls
We are actively researching

and producing steel-based
technologies and solutions that
make many of the products
and components we use in our
everyday lives more energyefficient.
We are one of the worlds
five largest producers of iron
ore and metallurgical coal
and our mining business is an
essential part of our growth
strategy. With a geographically
diversified portfolio of iron
ore and coal assets, we are
strategically positioned to serve
our network of steel plants and
the external global market.
While our steel operations
are important customers, our
supply to the external market is
increasing as we grow.
In 2013, ArcelorMittal had
revenues of $79.4 billion and
crude steel production of 91.2
million tonnes, while own iron
ore production reached 58.4
million tonnes.
ArcelorMittal is listed on the
stock exchanges of New York
(MT), Amsterdam (MT), Paris
(MT), Luxembourg (MT) and
on the Spanish stock exchanges
of Barcelona, Bilbao, Madrid
and Valencia (MTS).
development conferences in
Liberia and the US. Some of
these conferences include: Shes
The Way Summit, The Liberia
National Youth Leadership
Conference and the Fashion for
Peace Runway Show.
In support of women and youth
empowerment,
MacDella
had established the Teens &
Youth Volunteer Club, and the
Victorias Vocational Training
and Wonder Ministry.
The Teens & Youth Volunteer
Club
offers
services
to
institutions free of charge
and its members get support
through scholarship and personal
development from Ms. Cooper.
As an influential global figure in
business, politics and diplomacy,
and a champion for humanity,
MacDella currently sits on many
Board of Directors to include
the Segal Family Foundation,
Red Cross Tiffany Circle, the
American International School
in Monrovia, and the AAW
Peace.
Recognizing her efforts in
bettering the lives of others she
has received numerous awards
such as The Spirit of Friskies
Award, The Archbishop of
Michael K. Frances Achievement
Awards, The American Red
Cross Humanitarian Award,
and The College of New Jersey
Humanitarian
Award.
Ms.
Cooper has also received the
Momentum Women Award and
The Victor E. Ward Community
Service Award all of which she
had dedicated to the Liberian
Child and women of Africa
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IN BRIEF
WORLD NEWS
BOKO HARAM FREES HOSTAGES

AS CHAD ENTERS REGIONAL FIGHT
IRAN PROTESTERS
CHANT 'DEATH TO
FRANCE' OVER CARTOON
Tehran (AFP) -
ore
than
2,000 Iranians
protested
Monday outside
the French embassy in Tehran,
chanting "Death to France"
and urging the ambassador be
expelled because of a cartoon of
the Prophet Mohammed.
The demonstration was in
response to French satirical
magazine Charlie Hebdo's use
of the cartoon in an edition
published a week after 12 people
were killed by Islamist gunmen
at its Paris offices.
ZAMBIA'S ELECTION:
WHAT'S AT STAKE FOR THE
COUNTRY'S ECONOMY?
hoever
wins
Tuesday will have
to tackle Zambia's
billion-dollar debt
and the prospect of falling copper
prices. Ruling party candidate
Edgar Lungu has maintained a
slight edge that many attribute
to his endorsement from the late
president.
Zambians head to the polls to pick
their next president Tuesday with
the hope of maintaining stability
in a country rattled by the death in
office of former President Michael
Sata last October.
An
unclear
constitutional
succession directive following
Mr. Satas death has defined an
expensive, divisive presidential
by-election. It's been marred by
infighting in the ruling Patriotic
Front, and caused violent clashes
rare in this southern African
country known for its political
stability and peaceful transitions.
The new president will have to
handle Zambia's billion-dollar
debt and deal with falling copper
prices in Africa's second-largest
producing nation. Copper accounts
for about 10 percent of gross
domestic product and a quarter of
government revenue, according
to the the International Monetary
Fund. Also at stake is a new
mining tax that triples royalties
on open-pit mines and has further
soured relations between the
ruling government and mining
companies.
U.N. SAW DRONES OVER SYRIA

BEFORE ISRAEL STRIKE IN
BREACH OF TRUCE
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) .N.

peacekeepers
stationed in the
Golan Heights along
the
Syrian-Israeli
border observed drones coming
from the Israeli side before and
after an airstrike that killed top
several Hezbollah figures, the
United Nations said on Monday.
The flight of the drones in
the airspace over the Golan
Heights was a violation of
the 1974 ceasefire agreement
between Syria and Israel, U.N.
spokesman Farhan Haq told
reporters.
Lebanon's Hezbollah said on
Sunday that an Israeli helicopter
strike in Syria killed one of its
commanders and the son of the
group's late military leader Imad
Moughniyah. It was a major
blow that could lead to reprisal
attacks.
Maltan (Cameroon) (AFP) oko Haram freed two

dozen hostages after
a mass abduction
by its militants in
Cameroon, as Chad prepared
Monday to engage in the
international battle against the
extremist group.
Twenty-four of the 80 people
taken hostage by Boko Haram in
the north of Cameroon Sunday
were released as Cameroonian
armed forces pursued the
Islamist extremists, according to
a government source.
The Boko Haram fighters then
fled back into Nigeria, with the
fate of the rest of the hostages
taken in the raid, the worst of its
kind to date, still unknown.
An army officer based in
Cameroon's far north said
Boko Haram had attacked two
BRUSSELS (AP)
he European Union
on Monday called for
an anti-terror alliance
with Arab countries
to boost cooperation and
information-sharing in the wake
of deadly attacks and arrests
across Europe.
EU foreign policy chief Federica
Mogherini said the 28-nation
bloc plans to deploy security
attaches with certain delegations
to promote better anti-terror
contacts with authorities in
countries in the Middle East, the
Gulf and North Africa.
The EU also wants to help certain
countries build the capacity to
combat terrorism and improve
inter-cultural understanding with
Muslims, in part by developing
Arabic language skills.
"We need an alliance. We
need to strengthen our way
of
cooperating
together,"
Mogherini told reporters as the
bloc's foreign ministers met
Brussels.
Some ministers emphasized the
importance of working with
Muslim countries, rather than
blaming them for the problem of
foreign fighters.
Muslim nations "will continue to
be in the front line, and we have
to work closely with them to
protect both those countries and
the European Union countries,"
British Foreign Secretary Philip
villages and kidnapped what

Cameroonian state media said
were 80 hostages.
Three people also died in the
assault.
As the militants retreated, the
Chadian army said it was putting
400 military vehicles, attack
helicopters, and still unspecified
number of soldiers amassed in
northern Cameroon into action
against Boko Haram, as part
of what has become a regional
effort to defeat the notoriously
violent group.
"We are going to advance
(Monday) towards the enemy,"
Chadian army colonel Djerou
Ibrahim, who is leading the
offensive against Boko Haram,
told AFP from the strategic
crossroads town of Maltam in
northern Cameroon.
"Our mission is to hunt down
Boko Haram, and we have all the

means to do that."
But
Cameroonian
Communications Minister Issa
Tchiroma Bakary warned the
armies of the two nations still
had considerable planning to
complete before being able to
launch offensives against Boko
Haram.
"Military planners must evaluate
the forces being coordinated and
coalesced," he said. "That takes
time. Don't expect to start seeing
the results of that tomorrow."
Chadian President Idriss Deby has
clearly stated his determination
to re-capture the strategic town
of Baga in northeastern Nigeria,
which Boko Haram stormed
in murderous attacks in early
January.
- 'Crimes against humanity' Witnesses recount terrifying
scenes of violence -- and the

abduction by Boko Haram of
what some said were more than
500 women and children -which French President Francois
Hollande and US Secretary of
State John Kerry described as
"crimes against humanity".
According
to
Amnesty
International, the attack of
Baga was "the biggest and most
destructive" by Boko Haram
since it launched its campaign in
2009 to create a caliphate in the
region, which observers say has
claimed at least 13,000 lives and
driven an estimated 1.5 million
people from their homes.
"The attack by Boko Haram
on the border town of Baga
is the latest in a long series of
atrocities killing hundreds and
displacing thousands of innocent
people," the European Union
Hammond said.
Mogherini and some ministers
also urged the European
parliament to move forward
on sharing airline passenger
information
between
EU
countries.
Belgian Foreign Minister Didier
Reynders said the police raids in
his country last week to break up

a suspected network of foreign
fighters
demonstrated
that
information-sharing is the key to
success.
"We
have
to
exchange
information in Europe and
outside Europe to really follow
what is going on and to prevent
any acts that could be launched

on our territory," he said.
Belgium deployed the military
over the weekend to guard public
buildings. As the ministers met,
soldiers walked the perimeter of
the European Council building.
Many ministers said the real
answer is to help end the conflicts
foreign policy chief, Federica

Mogherini, said in a statement
Monday.
"Increasingly frequent attacks,
notably
into
Cameroon,
demonstrate that the threat
from Boko Haram has taken
on a regional dimension. The
insurgency
has
provoked
a growing death toll, and
population displacement on an
unprecedented scale, within
Nigeria and extending into
Niger, Cameroon and Chad.
"Only
intensive
regional
cooperation between Nigeria
and its neighbours can generate
the local leadership that will
bring a durable solution to a
multidimensional challenge."
Chad has thus far been spared
attack by Boko Haram, but
only a thin sliver of land in
northern Cameroon separates the
desert state from the Islamists'
stronghold in Nigeria's Borno
state.
Chad has also been affected by
the refugee crisis sparked by
Boko Haram's insurgency, and
Deby has warned he will "not
stand idly by" as the extremists
enlarge their field of activity.
Nigeria, which has been unable
to halt Boko Haram on its own,
expressed its conditional support
of Chadian soldiers eventually
being deployed on its soil.
"All backing of our operations
will be welcomed, but that
must conform to operations we
already have under way, given
those are on Nigerian territory,"
said Nigerian army spokesman
Chris Olukolade.
UN
special
representative
for central Africa, Abdoulaye
Bathily, hailed the entry of
Chadian troops into the battle
against Boko Haram.
He called on "all the states of
the Lake Chad basin and of
central Africa to reinforce their
cooperation, including with
Nigeria, to create a regional
response and coordination to this
scourge, this dangerous cancer in
the region."
EU CALLS FOR ANTI-TERROR

ALLIANCE WITH ARAB COUNTRIES
in Syria and Iraq.

"That is what, long-term, will
provide stability and security
in this region and address the
root causes of terrorism and
radicalization," said Swedish
Foreign
Minister
Margot
Wallstroem.
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ONE MAN, TWO JOBS
Page 15
SPORTS
RAKITIC: BARCELONA
ONE BIG HAPPY FAMILY
BYC appoint Thomas Kojo as technical director ahead of the new season
Danesius Marteh, danesius.marteh@frontpageafricaonline.com
arrack
Young
Controllers
(BYC)
have
appointed
Thomas Kojo as
technical director.
According to BYC president
Sekou
Konneh,
Kojos
appointment takes immediate
effect.
Kojo, who was appointed as
Liberia under-23 head coach last
November, will help guide BYC
defend its crown when the 2015
national league begins in March.
His first task is to prepare BYC
for the Caf Champions League
encounter against Gambias Real
de Banjul with the first leg in
February in Banjul.
Konneh said Kojo will work
with the technical department of
the LFA in preparing for the two
legged ties.
Kojo returns to a job he held for
few months but quitted when he
was named as caretaker coach
following the dismissal of Italys
Roberto Landi in February 2012
following a 2-0 friendly defeat to
Nigeria at the ATS on February
15.
He was in the dugout when
Liberia beat Namibia 1-0 in a
2013 Africa Cup of Nations
qualifier at the Antoinette
Tubman Stadium (ATS) in
Monrovia on February 29.
With a BYC administration keen
on results, Kojo will take a trip
down memory lane on his first
pre-match news conference as
van Rakitic has hailed

Barcelona's unity in the
wake of their 4-0 win over
Deportivo La Coruna on
Sunday evening.
The Camp Nou side have been
plagued by internal unrest in
recent weeks, with sporting
director Andoni Zubizarreta
getting the sack earlier this
month and head coach Luis
Enrique falling out with star
player Lionel Messi.
However, Rakitic has stressed
there are no problems at
Barcelona after Messi guided
his side to a comfortable win
with his 22nd hat-trick in La
Liga.
"We are all united like one big
family," Rakitic was quoted as
saying on the official Barcelona
website.
RONALDO SHOULD WIN

MORE BALLON D'OR TITLES
THAN MESSI - ZIDANE
Kojo (right0 and then trainer Janjay Jacobs (left) who has been named
Liberia coach.
Well, [the] coaching job, by
itself, is a pressure and coaching
Liberia, at this present moment,
is more than pressure because
Liberia have been far behind for

too long. "
"[The] Liberian people are tired.
Some people see us and they
tell us we dont want did well
GHANA-SENEGAL BETTING: GOALS

AT BOTH ENDS BETWEEN THE BLACK
STARS AND THE TERANGA LIONS
hile
Avram
Grant's
side
are
more
comfortable
going forward than defending,
Alain Giresse boasts an
embarrassment of riches in
attack, meaning Al Hain-Cole
expects goals
Ghana and Senegal will be
hoping to get their Africa Cup

of Nations campaigns off to
a winning start when they
come face-to-face in Mondays
opening Group C clash.
The Black Stars have lost just
one of their last 11 AFCON
group games and are 6/5 (2.20)
favourites with Paddy Power to
collect maximum points at the
Estadio de Mongomo.
Alain Giresses side have lost
six and drawn two of their last
eight fixtures in this competition
but are available at 5/2 (3.50) to
secure a first win since 2006.
Two of the last three meetings
between the sides have resulted
in draws, and you can get odds of
21/10 (3.10) on them sharing the
anymore. They want to win and

so the team must win. So now
that I am in charge as the acting
coach, is a pressure, he said on
February 28, 2012.
Kojo was also in the dugout

when Liberia finished third at
the 2011 West Africa Football
Union (Wafu) Nations Cup held
in Abeokuta, Nigeria in May.
spoils once again here.

Both of these teams travel to
Equatorial Guinea as strong
candidates to lift the trophy,
having performed well in
qualification.
Only the Ivory Coast scored
more goals en route to this
competition than Avram Grants
men, who will be attempting to
end a 33-year wait for a fifth title
after finishing in the top four
in each of the last four editions
without success.
However, while they may have
plenty to offer going forward, a
record of just one clean sheet in
the previous 12 fixtures suggests
they will struggle to contain
one of the continents most
dangerous frontlines.
So spoilt for choice are the

Teranga Lions in attack that
they can afford to leave proven
goalscorer Demba Ba out of
a squad that includes Mame
Birame Diouf, Moussa Sow and
Papiss Cisse, each of whom will
pose a significant threat.
Having failed to score just twice
in the last 16 matches, Senegal
will be confident of playing their
part in an exciting match, with
odds of 11/10 (2.10) strong value
on goals being scored at both
ends.
That bet would have paid out
in eight of Ghanas last nine
matches, as well as nine of
their opponents last 10 in this
competition.
he Real Madrid
legend
believes
the
Portuguese
attacker will keep on
dominating the Fifa award after
winning it for the third time in
January
Zinedine Zidane believes
Cristiano Ronaldo is likely to
end up winning more Ballon
d'Or titles than Lionel Messi.
The Real Madrid star was
crowned the world's best
player of 2014 in January for
the third time overall, leaving
him one behind his Barcelona
counterpart.
However, Zidane insists there is
more to come from the 29-yearold and feels he can overtake
the Argentine when it comes to
winning the accolade.
FORTUNE: SERERO ABSENCE AND

LACK OF EUROPEAN EXPERIENCE
WILL COST SOUTH AFRICA
EXCLUSIVE:
he former Manchester
United midfielder is
concerned about the
lack of Bafana Bafana
players playing outside their
home country and bemoaned
the absence of the Ajax star
South Africa will not be
contenders at this years Africa
Cup of Nations due to the
absence of Thulani Serero and
a lack of European experience,
says former Bafana Bafana star
Quinton Fortune.
Eighteen members of Ephraim
Mashabas 23-man squad are
between the age of 24 and 27
but only five of those players
play their club football in
Europe.
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Buchanan,
Grand
Bassa
County he rationale behind
a local content act
continues to justify
the
increasing
importance for small domestic
and medium size enterprises
(SMEs) to ensure Liberians
control
their
countrys
economy. With the performance
of several Liberian Businesses
across the country in recent
years, it is becoming more
demanding for the National
Investment Commission (NIC)
to intensify its local content
policy initiative.
The policy which was launched
in 2014 by the NIC is expected
to provide more opportunities
for SMEs like the Fair Play
Construction and Business
Services based in the port city
of Buchanan.
Started2006 as a cement
retailer and later entered into
block making, Fair Play has
established its integrity as one
of the leading local construction
firms in Grand Bassa County,
thanks to several successful
contracts it has implemented
for steel giant, ArcelolMittal
Liberia.
Operating as a 100% Liberian
business, the CEO of the firm
said the decision to transform
the business into a construction
firm generated from the number
of customers they had and the
commitment they showed in
rendering services to clients.
Over the time when we saw
that there were need to establish
a
construction
company
because at that time we stated
having a lot of potency, so
we decided to get our article
of incorporation and since then
weve come this far, Matthew
Joe, CEO of the Fair Play
Construction and Business
Services told FrontPage Africa
in a recent interview.
Despite
the
challenges,
Liberian
businesses
face
in acquiring contracts and
sustaining efficiency while
providing services, Fair Play
says progress has come by often
due to the level of comment it
shows to clients in executing
contracts. Mr. Joe is confident
that Liberian business do not
need massive international
shareholders before making a
breakthrough.
Business
is
all
about
commitment and determination
if you want your business
to progress and serve as an
example for many other grass
root Liberian business, he
advised.
NICs local content policy is
intended to address the market
for Liberian products and
services, which are presumed
to be the missing element in
the countrys national policy
for domestic businesses and
with the reputation of Liberian
business like Fair Play and the
progress they have made over
the last couple of years, the
policy may make more impact
on the entire Liberian business
sector.
But with contention often
raised about Liberian business
capability of acquiring huge
loans from commercial banks
in other to pre-finance big
contracts, Mr. Joe argues that
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ALPHA DAFFAE SENKPENI, daffae82@gmail.com
the poor performances of

Liberian businesses in the past
in paying back loans is hurting
current businesses who are
from several loan schemes

introduced by the Central Bank
of Liberia (CBL).
He
advised
Liberian
now committed and prepared

to change the perception. He
said to win a bid now means
your firm has to be able to prefinance a project, something he
said his firm can boastful of.
These days when you received
contracts, clients request that
you pre-finance, so these days
when clients give you the
contract they request that you
either pre-finance the contract
50% or 100% and your firm
must be efficient, he said.
It is true Liberian businesses
in the past time had not been
fair base on that we (firms)
that are in the business now are
suffering, he added.
Also aware of the challenges
SMEs face in acquiring
loans from the bank, the Fair
Play boss who is also the
Coordinator of the Liberia
Business Association (LIBA),
Grand Bassa Chapter, revealed
that his business has benefited
entrepreneurs to always have

a plan before applying for
loan which according to him
motivates LIBA to help acquire
the loan for the business.
Both LIBA and the CBL have
over the past couple of years
praised Liberian businesses
including SMEs for paying
loans on time.
But with evidence that the
future of many of these local
business heavily depends on
the effective implementation of
the Liberalization policy which
also relates to the local content
policy, firms like Fair Play are
modeling a system that many
other SMEs can replicate.
Since 2010, the company has
employed over 50 persons
and currently awards contracts
to 150 persons both in
Buchanan and Yekepa, Nimba
County where they are also
implementing several projects
for ArcelolMittal Liberia.
ArcelolMittal remains the

firms main client but it has
also implemented for foreign
companies like UMARCO,
CHICO,
AFCONS
and
Mahathai Liberia, Inc. amongst
several
other
companies
operating in Grand Bassa
County.
Fair Play has since 2010
implement several projects
for Mittal, putting projects
like pedestrians walkway,
warehouse and the fencing
of the concession area in
Buchanan, as its successes.
Based upon our commitment,
Mittal steel has interest in us so
much that whenever they have
contract we are always allow to
be one of the bidders and when
we bid we often bid within the
confine of their budget, the
Fair Play boss disclosed.
With 2014 already gone,
Fair Play Construction and

Business Services is gearing
up to showcase its appreciation
for its clients, workers
and others in the business
sector. Fair Play announced
during the week that it will
appreciate mainly its clients
for maintaining confidence in

Liberian businesses.
This is intended to appreciate
our clients for being willing
over the time for empowering
Liberian local contractor. They
have been Suring commitment
to the Liberalization law,
the firm said in a statement
released recently.
The local content policy
initiative is expected to
facilitate the formation of links,
extend and expand present
programs between foreign
and domestic enterprises in
the country, which is expected
to make the SMEs more
sustainable.
With the level of progress Fair
Play and several other Liberian
businesses
have
shown
especially in paying back loan
and effectively implementing
projects,
many
Liberians
supporting the local content
policy or act are demanding
more implementation from the
government.
Last year during the nationwide
consultation organized by the
House of Representatives on
the draft petroleum law, many
Liberians in Grand Bassa

highlighted local content as
their main concern with many
calling for local businesses to
completely provide technical
of hospitality services.
With international oil company
like Chevron seem prepare to
carryout massive activities in
Buchanan due to the presence
of a lay-down yard close
the Buchanan sea port, the
expectation is now high for
Liberian businesses to be given
priority.
The five main areas of the
policy includes oil and gas,
mining, agriculture, forestry
and infrastructure and NIC
has assured that with the local
content policy effective, small
businesses in the country will
be given priority.
Liberias
Investment
commission sees the aspiration
of the local content policy as
the beginning of enacting a
local content law, which will
require concessionaires and
foreign companies, to develop
domestic production and local
human capital and to promote
comprehensive growth.
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GHANA 1-2 SENEGAL: SOW STEALS

IT LATE FOR GIRESSE'S MEN
ndre Ayew put the Black Stars in

the lead with a first-half penalty
before Mame Biram Diouf levelled
the score, with the Fenerbahce man
popping up late to steal the win
Senegal ended their eight-match winless run in
the African Cup of Nations as Moussa Sow struck
deep into injury time to see off Ghana 2-1 at the
Estadio de Mongomo.
In Avram Grant's first competitive game in charge

of Ghana, Sow had the final say after coming off
the bench as Senegal came from a goal down to
claim victory in their opening Group C clash.
Marseille's Andre Ayew had initially settled any
nerves for Grant's side 14 minutes in by opening
the scoring with a penalty as Ghana threatened
even without captain Asamoah Gyan - absent with
a mild bout of malaria.
However, Ghana failed to add to their lead and

the Lions of Teranga punished them, with Mame
Biram Diouf heading home from Pape Souare's
delivery before the hour.
Alain Giresse's men made all the late running and
were rewarded when Diouf turned provider for
Sow to allow the Fenerbahce striker to roll home
the winner and give his side their first AFCON
success since the 3-2 victory over Guinea in 2006
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Amid a fast-paced opening, Diouf
almost latched onto a lofted pass
inside the area five minutes in
before Dame N'Doye opted to
shoot instead of pass from a tight
angle.
Somewhat against the run of play,
Ghana took the lead as Andre
Ayew dispatched a spot-kick
after Christian Atsu was brought
down in the area by goalkeeper
Bouna Coundoul.
It was perhaps harsh on Senegal,
who started well, but Ghana's
pace on the counter continued
to cause problems with Ayew's
brother Jordan next to go close
with a curled shot just wide.
Giresse's men threatened an
equaliser when Kara Mbodj's
header crashed against the
crossbar before Diouf's overhead
kick forced Razak Brimah into
a smart save after the half-hour
mark.
Andre Ayew's penalty separated
the sides at the break, but Senegal
drew level 17 minutes into the
second half courtesy of Diouf's
header.
The Stoke City forward initially
headed against the upright before
he dived to snaffle up the rebound,
scoring in his third consecutive
international outing.
Diouf's equaliser seemed to give
Senegal added impetus and the
former Hannover man should
have put his side ahead soon
after, only to blaze over from
inside the area.
However, Diouf made amends
in the 93rd minute with a clever
lay-off for Sow, allowing the
substitute to slip home the winner
past the onrushing Brimah,
leaving Grant's men with work
to do ahead of their clash with
Algeria on Friday.
Next up for Senegal is a meeting
with 1996 winners South Africa.
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