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16/10/2024

The Esteemed Face of Sinoe, Sen. Cllr Augustine S. Chea writes! 👇

Good news, Sinoe!

I'm initiating a conversation, and I want you to take that up in your communities, that the Government has asked GVL to expand and to build a factory to manufacture products from palm oil, but GVL needs land to expand and more palm oil to build the factory.

The Government's delegation, led by the President, made the request at a meeting with the senior management of GVL in Indonesia on the sideline of the Indonesia-Africa Forum.

GVL's operation currently covers 20 thousand hectares of land both in Sinoe and Grand Kru. This is out of the 220 thousand hectares of land the Government committed in the Concession Agreement. The reason why GVL has not expanded is due to the incessant land disputes in the county, including Grand Kru.

But the Government wants to change that in order to grow the local and national economies and create the much needed jobs for the jobless young people. The expansion will come with infrastructure development by the Government, including the development of the S. A. Ross Port and pavement of the main road corridor.

GVL is willing, but ours is to ensure that they get the remainder 200 thousand hectares of land. That's the conversation I want you to have -- and urgently so -- communities to communities and districts to districts about giving GVL the land and doing away with all the land conflicts. This is good for us and we must seize the opportunity.

GVL's expansion will also take place in Grand Kru with the provision of land. There were discussions also about GVL going to next door Rivercess County.

We are working on the strategy for community and stakeholder engagements, and once that is concluded, meetings with county leaders (Causes, local government officials, opinion and traditional leaders, etc.) about their respective roles will begin.

Finally, imagine how many jobs would be created if GVL had 220 thousand hectares of land under cultivation and a palm oil product factory. With 20 thousand hectares of land, GVL employs over 3 thousand persons, i.e. direct jobs. Indirect jobs added this number could increase to 5 thousand. So, do the math for 200 thousand more hectares of land and see how many persons would be employed.

28/08/2024

The Great Sen. Cllr Augustine S. Chea writes! 👇

The New Kru Town Governor crisis is nearing resolution.

The fallout between the Government and the Elder Council of the Borough of New Kru Town over the appointment by the President of Mr. Robert Teah as Governor of the Borough has created a serious crisis in the Borough. But thanks to the timely intervention of the Minister of Internal Affairs, Hon. Francis S. Nyumalin, a pathway has been found to peacefully resolve the crisis.

It profits nobody to have crises in the country. For it's the people that suffer, as these crises inhibit the capacity of the Government to tackle the mounting governance challenges and the persistent bread and butter issues confronting our people.

I wish other government officials would emulate Minister Nyumalin. Because, while others were saying that the President shouldn't listen to the New Kru Town elders, whether on account of legality or sentiments, Minister Nyumalin took the side of compromise. He was in the Borough on Saturday and Sunday, like myself, holding consultations with the elders. He was back there again today and a significant progress has been made -- a resolution is in sight. Thanks Minister for the positive mindset. It is said that attitude is the little thing that makes a big difference.

Executive officials like Minister Nyumalin should have the President's ears more; and there must be an alignment of the President's vision for peace, unity, and inclusiveness with the behavior of his officials, because a lot of what we see and hear is intolerance, vindictiveness, and exclusivity.

On the elders' contention, I'll give a little bit of history to shed light on that. The Borough of New Kru Town was established as a Kru settlement. It follows a long period of negotiations between the Liberian and US Governments and the Kru people of Kru Town (now Old Kru Town, an area comprising the land mass from what is now Waterside Market to the foot of Snapper Hill, nicknamed rock hill) to relocate the Kru people to make way for the removal of rocks needed for the construction of the first seaport (Freeport of Monrovia) financed by the US Government. The Kru people who resisted the settlers' rule saw that as an opportunity for self-governance. So, in their negotiation, they demanded that the land be deeded to them by the Government and that they be granted governance autonomy. That was agreed upon and duly passed into law in 1916, thus giving birth to the Borough of New Kru Town (that's why it's the only municipal borough in the county). That law (the New Kru Town Borough Act amended in 1946), created six nominating districts making up of the six Kru chiefdoms in the country. It empowers each nominating district to select one person to serve on the Borough Elder Council and further empowers the Council to select their choice of Governor and recommend the name to the President for appointment.

This is how the Governors were appointed until former Presidents Taylor and Weah, respectively, appointed a Governor outside of the Borough Act. However, when the Elder Council rejected the appointments and made representations to them that the appointments violated the Borough Act, each of them apologized and swiftly rescinded and withdrew his appointment.

For this Government, their argument is premised on the Local Government Act (LGA) of 2018 which gave the President some appointing authority. But there is an ambiguity in the law or what the Borough Elder Council referred to as a conflict between the LGA and the Borough Act, which requires judicial interpretation. The Elder Council's main fear and contention are about losing their autonomy including the right to select their Governor and Councilmen.

However, in the wisdom of Minister Nyumalin, the Government must not grandstand against the grievances of its people but must listen to them. This is exemplary leadership that must be emulated to maintain peace, order, and tranquility in our country.

Kudos, Minister Nyumalin. You are my Minister-of-the-year.

23/08/2024

The Most Esteemed Sen. Cllr Augustine S. Chea writes! 👇

A press conference, not a 'press statement' GOL!

The Liberian people are demanding answers, and they have the right to know the truth of what happened today at and within the vicinity of the CDC Headquarters.

The gravity of the incident requires more than the 'press statement' issued by the Minister of Information; it requires a press conference, not by the Minister of Information, but by the Inspector General of Police and the Minister of Justice together. This is a serious national security matter and must be attended to as such. I'm disappointed that this hasn't happened up to now.

The anxiety created among the population and the business community by this very ugly situation needs to be assuaged or mitigated -- and only a press conference can do that. Because, it is at a press conference that journalists will have the opportunity to ask questions (probing questions) to unravel the obscurity. This is how it is done all over the world. And I hope that can happen by tomorrow morning.

The responsibility to keep the peace is incumbent upon all of us, but the security forces have a greater responsibility, so they must discharge their duties not only within the confines of the law but with caution, diligence, sound discretion, and professionalism.

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