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Dismissing Rumors of Resignation and Vowing to Clean
Up the Education Mess, Dr. Brownell Comes Across as
An Academic Mary
Broh in the Making!
But, Can She Deliver, Faced by An Academic Criminal Den at UL?
Dr. Brownell: I am not leaving UL to go anywhere.
By Joaquin Sendolo
U
niversity of
Li b e r i a s
vice presi-
dent for
Academi c
Affairs &
Provost, Dr. Wede Elliot-
Brownell, says she has not
resigned and is not resigning
from the University of Libe-
ria, despite acts by disgruntled
people she refers to as Crimi-
nals, that do not want to see
the academic mess driven out
of the state-run institution.
Dr. Brownell, who is for the
frst time reacting to claims of
ineptitude and violent dem-
onstrations against her by
students and faculty of the in-
stitution, made it crystal clear
at a press conference held in
Monrovia on December 12,
that activities on campus over
the past few weeks do not re-
fect the views of over 29,000
Contd on pg. 18
Liberia Retains MCCs
Compact Eligibility
Finance Minister Amara
M. Konneh
T
he Board of
Directors of
the Millenni-
um Challenge
Cor por at i on
(MCC) has
retained Liberia as a com-
pact member. According to
the MCC Board, Liberia was
retained as a result of the
governments gains in MCC
benchmarks. A statement is-
sued by the MCC Thursday,
December 12, said it has mon-
itored governments perfor-
mance on major governance
indicators of the MCC, which
is supervised by the Steering
Committee of the MCC, com-
prising of several ministries
and agencies, as well as some
of its development partners.
The Government of Liberia
has meanwhile welcomed the
decision of the Board of Di-
rectors of the MCC to retain
Contd on pg. 18
There is Leadership Defcit in Africa
-Dr. Fahnbulleh Asserts
By J. Burgess Carter
T
he National
Security Advi-
sor to President
Ellen Johnson-
Sirleaf, Dr.
Henry Boimah
Fahnbulleh, says there remains
a leadership defcit in Africa
inspite of the fact that the con-
tinent has been completely
emancipated.
Dr. Fahnbulleh recalled that
Contd on pg. 18
National Security
Advisor Dr. H. Boimah
Fahnbulleh
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13, VOL, No.37.indd 2 12/12/13 11:14 PM
DAILY OBSERVER Thursday, December 12, 2013
Friday, December 13, 2013
Foreign Brief s
Page 2
World News
South Africa Investigates Fake
Signer Security Checks
(BBC) - South Africas
deputy disability minister
says the government is
investigating how a man who
faked sign language at the
Mandela memorial was given
security clearance.
Thamsanqa Jantjie, who
stood alongside world leaders
at the event, has denied being
a fraud, and said he panicked
when he began hallucinating.
He said he had schizophrenia,
which had in the past made
him act violently.
The agency that employed
him, SA Interpreters, has
reportedly vanished.
The African National
Congress (ANC) said it
had used Mr Jantjie as an
interpreter several times
before, and had not been
aware of any of complaints
regarding the quality of
services, qualifcations or
reported illnesses of the
interpreter.
But it said Tuesdays
memorial at a stadium in
Johannesburg was organised
by the state, not the ANC,
so the ruling party could
not comment on security
arrangements.
The South African
Translators Institute said
earlier there had been
complaints over Mr Jantjies
work before, but that the ANC
had taken no action.
The ANC said it would
follow up the reported
correspondence that has
supposedly been sent to us
in this regard and where
necessary act on it.
No embarrassment
Mr Mandela died last week
at the age of 95, and will be
buried on Sunday.
His body is currently lying
in state in Pretoria, with
thousands queuing to pay their
respects.
During the memorial, Mr
Jantjie (also spelt Dyantyi)
stood on the stage next to
key speakers including US
President Barack Obama,
South African President Jacob
Zuma and Mr Mandelas
grandchildren, translating
their eulogies.
Mr Jantjies performance
was watched on television by
millions of people worldwide
and angered the South African
deaf community. Pressure
has been mounting on the
government to explain why
he was hired for such an
important event.
Deputy Disability Minister
Hendrietta Bogopane-Zulu
told a news conference on
Thursday: Firstly, I dont
think South Africa as a country
would put at risk anybodys
security, especially those of
heads of state.
Secondly, when somebody
provides a service of a sign
language interpreter, I dont
think... somebody would say:
Is your head ok? Do you have
any mental disability? I think
the focus was on: Are you
able to sign? Can you provide
the services?
But she said: In terms of
security clearance that is in a
process, we are requesting to
check his vetting.
Ms Bogopane-Zulu
apologised to the deaf
community but said there was
no reason for the country to be
embarrassed.
There are as many as
a hundred sign language
dialects, she said, explaining
that Mr Jantjie speaks Xhosa
and that the English was a bit
too much for him.
She also accused Mr Jantjies
employers of being cheats,
and said the directors of
SA Interpreters had since
vanished.
Mr Jantjie himself has blamed
his fawed interpretation on a
schizophrenic episode.
He told the Associated Press
he had often been violent in
the past, and had been due
to attend a routine mental
health check-up on the day
of the memorial, to determine
whether he needed to be
admitted to hospital.
He told the BBC that
during the event he had had
a breakdown, and started
hallucinating that angels were
coming down into the crowd.
I started knowing that
I am not real, because its
not something possible. But
believe me I saw them coming
on stage.
From that moment, it was
not myself, he said, saying
he had becoming concerned
for the safety of people in the
stadium and was absolutely
aware that he was not signing
correctly.
The US Secret Service
said agreed upon security
measures had been in
place for President Obamas
appearance at the memorial,
and that US agents were
always in close proximity to
him wherever he went.
Spokesman Brian Leary said
it was the responsibility of the
South Africans to carry out the
relevant background checks
on people involved.
Beyond that we wont
comment on deliberations that
took place between the Secret
Service and South African
authorities, he said.
Final journey
Mr Mandelas body is lying
in state until 13 December,
when the military will fy the
coffn to the Eastern Cape from
Air Force Base Waterkloof in
Pretoria.
A military guard of honour
will welcome the arrival,
and the coffn will then be
placed on a gun carriage and
transported to a hearse.
Mr Mandelas body will then
be taken to his home village
of Qunu, where the Thembu
community will conduct a
traditional ceremony.
A national day of
reconciliation will take place
on 16 December when a
statue of Mr Mandela will
be unveiled at the Union
Buildings.
Big screens have been set up
across South Africa to show
the planned national events.

Mr Jantjie has been employed to sign at ANC events in
the past

Thamsanqa Jantjie: I
see angels come into the
stadium
Spain to Block Catalonia
Independence Referendum
(BBC) - The Spanish
government has vowed to
block plans by parties in
Catalonia to hold a referendum
on independence on 9
November of next year.
The poll will not be held,
Justice Minister Alberto Ruiz-
Gallardon told journalists
moments after Catalonias
President, Artur Mas,
announced a deal.
Mr Mas said agreement had
been reached on the date and
on two questions.
Voters would be asked if they
wanted Catalonia to be a state
and if they wanted it to be an
independent state.
Mr Mas announced that an
agreement had been reached
in principle and had still to
be approved formally by the
parties internally.
Both Spains ruling
conservatives, the Popular
Party of Prime Minister
Mariano Rajoy, and the
Socialist opposition have long
made it clear that they oppose
a referendum.
Under the current Spanish
constitution, referendums can
only be called by the national
government in Madrid, not by
the governments of Spains
17 autonomous communities,
of which Catalonia is one, the
BBCs Tom Burridge reports
from Madrid.
Mr Mas has said that there
is time to comply with laws
and democratic processes.
But for that to happen, Spains
national parliament would
need to approve a change
in the Spanish constitution
before next November, and
that looks impossible given
the opposition in Madrid, our
correspondent adds.
Catalonia is one of Spains
most developed regions, with
a population of 7.5 million.
It already has a wide degree
of autonomy but the recent
economic crisis has fuelled
Catalan nationalism.
In September supporters of
independence formed a human
chain across the region.
Mr Mas has previously
said that if Madrid blocks
a referendum, he will turn
regional elections - due in 2016
- into a vote on independence.
Opinion polls suggest
Catalans are evenly split over
independence.
The EU and Nato have
warned that Catalonia would
be excluded if it broke away
from Spain.
Nationalists in another
Spanish region, the Basque
Country, won regional
elections there last year.

In September pro-independence Catalans formed a
400km (250-mile) human chain across the region
Bangladesh
Islamist
Abdul Kader
Mullah
Hanged for
War Crimes
(BBC) - Bangladesh has
executed the Islamist leader
Abdul Kader Mullah, who
was convicted of atrocities
committed during the 1971
war of independence with
Pakistan.
He is the frst person
convicted by Bangladeshs
International Crimes Tribunal
(ICT) to be executed.
The ICT was set up in 2010 to
investigate abuses committed
during the 1971 confict.
Mullah was a senior leader
of the Jamaat-e-Islami party.
At his trial earlier this year, he
was described by prosecutors
as the Butcher of Mirpur,
a suburb of Dhaka where he
is alleged to have carried out
his crimes. These included the
massacre of unarmed civilians
and the killing of intellectuals
who supported independence
from Pakistan.
Mullah always denied the
charges.
Four other leading fgures
in Jamaat-e-Islami have also
been convicted by the ICT and
face the death penalty.
Celebrations
The execution of Abdul
Kader Mullah took place at
Dhaka Central Jail at 22:01
local time (16:01 GMT) on
Thursday evening, offcials
announced.
His family were allowed a
fnal meeting with the 65-year-
old and found him calm.
He told us that he is proud
to be a martyr for the cause of
the Islamic movement in the
country, his son, Hasan Jamil,
told the AFP after the meeting.
Hundreds of people gathered
in central Dhaka to celebrate
the news of his death.
But Jamaat-e-Islami - which
has warned it will avenge his
death - called for a general
strike on Sunday.
Security has been tightened
in Dhaka and around the
country amid fears the
execution is likely to infame
tensions.
At least three people are
reported to have died on
Thursday in sporadic clashes
between Jamaat-e-Islami
supporters and security forces.
Bangladesh broke away
from Pakistan 42 years ago
after a war which saw killings
on a mass scale, the exodus of
more than 10 million refugees
and military intervention by
neighbouring India.
The government set up the
special court to deal with
those accused of collaborating
with Pakistani forces who
attempted to stop East
Pakistan, as Bangladesh
was then, from becoming an
independent country. The two
wings of Pakistan were held
together mostly by a shared
religion.
(BBC) - The once-powerful
uncle of North Korean
leader Kim Jong-un has
been executed after being
purged for corruption, state
news agency KCNA reports.
Chang Song-thaek was
dramatically removed from a
party session by armed guards
earlier this week. He was
accused of forming factions
against the state, corruption
and depraved acts such as
womanising and drug abuse. It
was the biggest upheaval since
Mr Kim succeeded his father
two years ago.
North Korea
(BBC) - The Indian
government is considering
d e c r i m i n a l i s i n g
homosexuality, a day after
the countrys top court upheld
a law which criminalised
gay sex. Law Minister Kapil
Sibal said all options were
being considered to restore a
2009 Delhi High Court order
which had decriminalised gay
sex. Earlier, Finance Minister
P Chidambaram said the
ruling had taken India back to
1860. There has been outrage
over the ruling seen as a huge
blow to gay rights. Gay rights
activists called it retrograde
and disappointing and said
they would approach the court
to review its decision.
India
(BBC) - The Chinese boy
whose eyes were gouged out
in an attack in August has been
discharged from a hospital in
the southern city of Shenzhen.
Guo Bin has undergone a
series of operations to give him
prosthetic eyes to make his
appearance natural. Although
the eyes will not restore his
vision, doctors hope to ft him
with sensors that will allow
him to get around on his own
in familiar places. Police
suspect his late aunt carried
out the attack. Six days after
the incident, she reportedly
killed herself by jumping into
a well. Her motive for the
attack remains unclear.
China
(BBC) - The Democratic
Republic of Congos
government has signed a
peace deal with the M23
rebel movement its forces
defeated last month, Kenyas
presidential spokesman
says. The accord was signed
in the presence of regional
leaders in the Kenyan capital,
Nairobi, Manoah Esipisu said.
Last month, the government
refused to sign a deal brokered
by Uganda. At least 800,000
people fed their homes during
the confict.
DR CONGO
DAILY OBSERVER Thursday, December 12, 2013
Friday, December 13, 2013 Page 3
YMCA to Build Multi-
purpose Hall for Youth
By David A. Yates
T
he National
Secretary General
of the Liberia Young
Mens Christian
Association (YMCA), Mr. E.
Edward Gboe, has disclosed
that his organization has made
plans to build a state-of-the-art
multi-purpose hall for youth in
the country.
Mr. Gboe made the disclosure
to journalists on Wednesday,
December 11, at his YMCAs
offce in Monrovia.
According to him, This
facility that would enable
Liberias YMCA to increase
its work with local groups and
develop strategies to promote
employment and community
integration.
In a recent interview, he
told the Daily Observer, that
YMCA was fully committed to
building a better society where
differences are respected and
young people can realize their
potential.
We are very grateful to the
Howard Family, who gave
their property to us. We look
forward to working with our
partners in the U.S. to make
their faith in us bear fruit, he
declared.
Mr. Gboe also called on the
government to help them in
achieving there goals.
We can not continue living
on donor funds; that is why
I ask the government of this
country to contribute to our
development as well. We
should pull all of our resources
together to address the plight
of our nations young, he
indicated.
Mr. Tom Valentine, vice
president of the U.S. YMCA,
has acknowledged the long
time working relationship
between the Liberian Y and
the U.S. in ensuring that the
minds of the young people are
developed.
Mr. Valentine said the
American Y is committed
to providing children and
youth with character building
experiences that would help
develop them into the leaders
of tomorrow.
Third from right, Mr. E. Edward Gboe, National Secretary General of the Liberia
YMCA along with U.S-Y delegations pose for photo
230M Children
under 5 Lack Birth
Registrations
As UNICEF Releases Global Report on Birth
Registrations Ranking Liberia 2nd Lowest
By Gloria T. Tamba
T
he United Nations
Children Fund
(UNICEF), has
released a new
report showing that the births
of nearly, 230 million children
under fve have never been
registered, approximately 1
in 3 of all children under fve
around the world.
According to the Deputy
Executive Director of
UNICEF, Geeta Rao Gupta,
Birth Registration is how
societies frst recognize and
acknowledge a childs identity
and existence.
Birth registration is the frst
documentation that represents
a childs name and nationality.
It protects the child against
rights violations such as early
marriage and child labor; it
gives the child an identity.
According to the new
report, every childs
birthrights are dependent upon
birth registration. The reports
collection of statistical
analysis from 161 countries,
presents the latest available
country data and estimates on
birth registration.
Globally, only around 60
percent of all babies born were
registered at birth in 2012, he
disclosed.
The rates vary signifcantly
across regions, with the lowest
levels of birth registration
found in South Asia and sub-
Saharan Africa.
He mentioned: Somalia 3%,
Liberia 4%, Ethiopia 7%,
Zambia 14%, Chad 16%,
United Republic of Tanzania
16%, Yemen 17%, Guinea
Bissau 24%, Pakistan 27%,
and the Democratic Republic
of Congo 28% as the 10
countries with the lowest birth
registration levels.
He further stated that even
when children are registered,
many have no proof of
registration.
For example In the Eastern
portion of the Southern
hemisphere for example,
only about half of the people
registered children have a
birth certifcate.Globally, 1 in
7 registered children do not
possess a birth certifcate.
He said in some countries,
the cause of children not being
registered is due to prohibitive
fees, while in other countries
birth certifcates are not issued
and no proof of registration is
available to families.
He also said that children
unregistered at birth or without
identifcation documents are
often excluded from accessing
education, health care and
social security.
If children are separated
from their families during
natural disasters, or conficts
as a result of exploitation,
reuniting them is made more
diffcult by the lack of offcial
documentation.
Meanwhile, the Deputy
Executive Director of
UNICEF further explained
that birth registration and
birth certifcates are vital
for unlocking a childs full
potential.
All children are born with
enormous potential. However,
if societies fail to count them,
and dont even recognize
that they are there, they are
more vulnerable to neglect
and abuse. Inevitably, their
potential will be severely
diminished, he added.
He however, mentioned
prohibitive fees, unawareness
of the relevant laws
or processes, cultural
barriers, and the fear of
further discrimination
or marginalization, as
programmes need to address
the reasons that families do
not register children.
Societies will never be
equitable and inclusive until
all children are counted.
Birth registration has lasting
consequences, not only for
the childs well being but also
for the development of their
communities and countries,
Rao Gupta added.
UNICEF is using innovative
approaches to support
governments and communities
in strengthening their civil and
birth registration systems.
UNICEF innovations Lab
has developed an effcient,
effective and low cost means
of identifying and reporting
unregistered births, built on
the rapid SMS mobile phone
based plat form in Kosovo.
20 Journalists Shortlisted
T
wenty journalists
have been shortlisted
as fnalists in the
$1 million African
Story Challenge, a programme
of reporting grants to
encourage innovative multi-
media storytelling aimed at
improving the health and
prosperity of Africans.
In all, over 200 entries from
across the continent were
screened by a technical review
panel that evaluated which
ideas have the best potential
to become top-quality stories
on health; the second of fve
themed categories covered by
the challenge. Other contest
categories include business
and technology.
Its exciting to see that our
competition is attracting top
caliber of journalists and a
mix of well established media
houses, as well as small but
infuential publications and
stations, said Story Challenge
editor, Joseph Warungu. The
range of story ideas proposed
is rich and comprehensive and
covers health issues that really
matter to Africans.
The project encourages
journalists to experiment
with new content ideas and
ways to engage audiences
through mobile technology,
social media and other
innovative tools. It also aims
to spur compelling, analytical,
investigative and data-driven
stories that lead to better
policies, increase transparency
and hold offcials accountable.
Finalists will attend a Story
Camp in Lagos, Nigeria in
January to refne their ideas
and learn digital and data
journalism tools to enhance
their work and ensure
maximum impact and public
engagement. They also will
receive grants and mentoring
to complete the projects. After
their broadcast or publication,
an international panel of
editors and media experts
will judge the shortlisted
twenty stories to select the
competition winners.
In the frst theme of the
competition, the three winning
entries came from Ghana,
South Africa and Kenya.
During its two year run,
the project will award
approximately 100 major
reporting grants and provide
mentoring to support
the best ideas for stories
on development issues.
Journalists who produce
the best stories published or
broadcast in media that reach
African audiences will win a
major international reporting
trip.
The Story Challenge is
a project of the African
Media Initiative (AMI), the
continents largest association
of media owners and
operators, in partnership with
the International Center for
Journalists. Warungu, who is
AMIs content development
manager, developed the
project while an ICFJ Knight
International Journalism
Fellow attached to AMI.
The Story Challenge is
supported by an $800,000 grant
from the Bill & Melinda Gates
Foundation. The programme
also has support from the
African Development Bank
and the Alliance for a Green
Revolution in Africa (Agra).
In India, You Can Sponsor a Child for the
Price of a Pizza: Ellen Margrethe Loj
E
llen Margrethe Loj is
chairperson of Plan
International which
works towards
childrens development in
Africa, Asia and the Americas.
Loj previously worked as
special representative of the
secretary-general and head of
the UN peacekeeping mission
in Liberia, gaining insights on
poverty, man-made disasters
and their impact on children
- especially girls. Releasing
Plan Internationals 2013
report titled Because I am a
Girl, Loj spoke with Shreya
Roy Chowdhury about
challenges young girls in
diffcult situations face, Indian
female CRPF in Liberia - and
sponsoring a child with the
money one pizza costs:
Youve been to India before
- what changes do you see in
development?
Well, I was here both in the
1990s and in 2000. Its clear
economic activities have
picked up tremendously. I
have seen development - but i
will also say many challenges
are visible. Malnutrition is
very visible as well as the
challenges of health and
violence against children.
Plans current report focuses
on girls caught in disasters -
could you tell us more?
Theres a requirement to pay
attention to the specifc needs
of adolescent girls in disasters.
Some of their needs are shared
with boys and adults, such
as a need for health services
and nutrition. But girls and
children have very specifc
needs in terms of education.
Very often, a disaster disrupts
children and girls education
and it may be very diffcult to
get them back into the system.
Whatever the disaster, girls,
especially adolescent girls,
may need something just as
basic as a toilet. Also, because
the whole family is affected,
some marry off the girls or
send them out to work. In
some cases, they may be sold
for sex.
In Liberia, i have seen and
dealt with the horrendous
sexual misuse of children.
The crime most often reported
to the national police is rape
against children. Id say the
challenge of keeping girls safe
is the same all over the world
- if you help one, you are
helping the entire community.
Interestingly, the batch of
women CRPF India sent to
Liberia were very professional
and helped to prove theres
a role for women in policing
- that got Liberian women to
join the police force.
Plans campaigned for a
designated International Day
of the Girl Child - how does
having one such day help?
It creates an opportunity
to put the spotlight on the
situation of girls around the
world, not only in countries
where we work but also where
we raise money. If we make an
event out of it, we can draw
attention to the issue.
Traditionally, weve raised
money in Western Europe and
North America. The traditional
way was to get citizens of
those countries to sign up to
sponsor a child. Over the last
5-10 years, increasingly Plan
International is getting money
from global institutions,
corporations and aid agencies.
In some countries, its become
a little diffcult to maintain
sponsorship levels. To get the
private sector involved has
been a little diffcult.
In India, there has been
economic development. Plan
Indias activities are funded
partly by sponsors abroad and
partly by Indians. Here, you
can sponsor a child by paying
Rs 500 a month - its what you
pay for a pizza.
In the West, the sponsor may
not be rich but he or she still
pays. But here, the issue is
much closer to you.

Madam Ellen Loj
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Friday, December 13, 2013
RECONCILIATION

What do we reconcile? Why
do we reconcile? Have we
yet taken our Truth and
Reconciliation process to its
logical conclusion?
I fnd no better time to raise
such questions than in the
shadows of Africas great
freedom fghter, but
also Africas most ardent
reconciler, Nelson Mandela.
-Dr. D. Elwood Dunn at
the Memorial Service for
Nelson Mandela, Centennial
Pavilion, Tuesday,
December 10, 2013
Violence Directed at UL VP and Provost - Dr. Wede Elliott
Brownell, Where Does the Board of Trustees Stand?
By: Rufus S. Berry II, MBA
As the governing body of the
University of Liberia, the Board of
Trustee should have vehemently
condemned in the strongest terms
possible the brutal and inhumane
act meted out to Dr. Wede Elliott
Brownell, Provost and Vice Presi-
dent for Academic Affairs of the
University of Liberia on both the
Capitol Hill and Fendall campuses
on Friday, the 22nd of November
2013.
There should be absolutely no
room in our culture for a lady, or
any member of the University of
Liberia family to be treated with the
level of animosity that was directed
at Dr. Brownell. It was unacceptable
for students and/or faculty members
to have used violence against Dr.
Brownell in any context, especially
as a means of expressing their dis-
agreement with her management
style. All Liberians, especially the
University of Liberia family, should
feel a sense of outrage that violence
has been normalized within the larg-
er society and particularly within
this premier academic institution.
Dr. Brownell is somebodys
mother, who relocated to Liberia to
bring about transformational leader-
ship. Transformational leadership is
stressing the importance of educa-
tional quality and the development
of new knowledge and competence
as means to obtain technological and
economic growth as well as adapta-
tion to innovation and change at the
University of Liberia. Today it is Dr.
Brownell, who will the next victim
be? Is this what she deserved from
the University Board of Trustees?
I couldnt agree more with the
Deputy Police Director for Opera-
tions, Col. Abraham Kromah, when
he said, The University of Liberia
students should desist from violent
approaches in seeking redress to
their problems. Many Liberians are
asking, what hope does this nation
have, if the intellectual class can
resolve to resolution of issues with
violence?
No situation warrants or justifes
such a cruelty and incivility on the
part of students and/or faculty mem-
bers at the University of Liberia. To
see a faculty representative wearing
full military garb while addressing
students in a post-war environment
sends a chilling feeling down the
spine of many Liberians. He has a
moral responsibility to instill into
his students the understanding of
the rule of law; therefore he should
be immediately dismissed. It speaks
clearly of the trauma that this na-
tion suffered. It is for this reason
that every student and faculty most
especially faculty members must
join the chorus in condemning what
happened to Dr. Brownell. We all
should know by now that the use of
casket at the University of Liberia
paraded on campus is a throwback
to the pre-war years and precedents
that set the stage for war and pillage
in our society. To have vandalized
Dr. Brownells home is a clear in-
dication of acting on personal ven-
detta that cannot be condoned.
Leaders at the University of Libe-
ria have a moral duty not to incite
or provoke their peers with language
full of hate. Such act of criminal-
ity perpetrated against Dr. Brownell
was unacceptable and cannot be
tolerated in our society. Members
of the faculty and student who par-
ticipated and/or encouraged these
actions must be removed from the
University family and prosecuted
with the harshest penalty possible.
At the time when the President of
the Republic of Liberia is going the
extra mile to restore academic stan-
dards to the University of Liberia;
the President and members of the
University family should continue
to stand up to the values of confict
resolution in a non-confrontational
manner so as to maintain the integ-
rity of the University.
These violent acts are setting a
dangerous precedent and should be
condemned without any reserva-
tion by all Liberians, especially the
members of the University of Li-
beria family, including the Board
of Trustees. All Liberians demand
that those persons who are respon-
sible for the actions should not go
unpunished. Therefore, The Presi-
dent of the University should direct
the University Police department to
fully cooperate with the Liberian
National Police (LNP) in appre-
hending those responsible for these
violent actions, and prosecute them
to the fullest extent of the law. This
from our perspective will restore
confdence at the university. Fur-
thermore, we suggest that all student
and faculty organizations operating
at the University of Liberia be im-
mediately suspended pending full
investigation.
The Board of Trustees should and
must stand with her during these dif-
fcult times by taking the following
actions:
A thorough investigation to in-
dentify the students and faculty in-
volved.
Immediate expulsion of the stu-
dents and faculty involved, and
names forward to the police for
prosecution.
Immediate employment termi-
nation of the head of the Univer-
sity of Liberian Faculty Association
(ULFA).
Enough is Enough!
About the Author:
Rufus S. Berry II, MBA (An anti-
corruption activist and Managing
Partner/CEO of B&G, a fnan-
cial and management consulting
frm). Mr. Berry is the author of
many articles including:, Libe-
rias Long History of Corruption,
Facilitated by Citizens that Turn
a Blind Eye on the Government,
Mr. John S. Morlu II: You disap-
pointed Thousands of Liberians,
Preemptive Health Measures will
save Thousands of Liberian Lives:
Ban Smoking in Public Places,
and Shame on Liberias Ministry
of Health for Harboring an Alleged
Child Molester and Fugitive from
Justice.
Mr. Berry can be reached at +231-
886-362332, or rufus_berry@ya-
hoo.com
Lessons to Learn from
Africas Icon Extraordinary
Guest Editorial
Liberia must join the people of South Africa and the world in
the applause for Africas icon extraordinary, who lived a life of
exemplary service. But we must do more than applauding.
We must introspect. We must retrospect. We must say to ourselves:
what does all of this mean to me, to Liberia today, especially the up
and coming generation? Are there lessons to be learnt? What might
those lessons be?
At least two lessons come to mind (1) the lesson of liberation in
general and the African liberation struggle in particular, and (2) the
lesson of post-confict truth and reconciliation.
On the Liberation front, a towering fgure, a man of vision,
uncommon courage, and of humanity, has fallen. The Republic
of Liberia engaged this man and his movement from its very
incipiency. The liberation of the people of South Africa from
the shackles of apartheid became as much the business of South
Africans as the business of Liberians. The struggle was waged on
many fronts the diplomatic, the legal, and through armed struggle.
From that day in 1946 when the United Nations inscribed on its
General Assembly agenda the topic The Treatment of Indians in
the Union of South Africa to the 1952 transmuting of that topic
into The Policy of Apartheid of the Government of South Africa,
Liberia was an integral part of the common effort.
In fact, before the onset of African decolonization in the late
1950s, Liberia led the charge for Africa in various international
forums. Under the leadership of President William V.S. Tubman,
and subsequently President William R. Tolbert, Jr, such diplomatic
stalwarts as Secretary of State Momolu Dukuly, Secretary of
State J. Rudolph Grimes, Foreign Minister C. Cecil Dennis,
Ambassador Henry Ford Cooper, Special Envoy C. Abayomi
Cassell, and Ambassador Angie Brooks led the charge at the level
of diplomacy. Dr. Rocheforte L. Weeks and Ambassador Edward
R. Moore represented Liberia when there was the need to resort
to the International Court of Justice. And when Africa through the
OAU resolved to buy arms for the freedom fghters and give them
all necessary military training in camps to be established in various
independent African countries, and to offer them shelter and transit
on their way to launch a full-scale guerilla war against colonial
regimes and the white minority governments, Liberia was there in
the front row of that effort.
That was not all. Liberia took on the related question of South
West Africa/Namibia. In concert with others, notably Ethiopia,
Liberia again employed law, diplomacy and military coercion to
attempt to end South Africas oppression in neighboring Namibia.
And when Liberia and Ethiopia failed to receive legal remedy in
their contentious proceedings at the International Court of Justice
against South Africa, they resorted to a combination of diplomacy
and force. SWAPO and its leader Sam Nujoma (later the frst
President of Namibia) worked with Liberian diplomats and other
offcials to produce what eventuated in Namibian independence in
March 1990.
The second lesson we must learn is the lesson of post-confict
truth and post-confict reconciliation.
After 27 years in prison, Nelson Mandela was released in
February 1990. He and his ANC colleagues worked in concert with
others, notably a reforming/transforming apartheid government
then led by President Frederik de Klerk, to transition South Africa
from oppression to freedom.
Soon there was a country to govern, there were wounds to be
healed, and there were compromises to be made. Remember the
racial, cultural, and religious diversity that is South Africa. These
required accommodation, unending negotiations. A model design
of a truth and reconciliation process ensued, and was led by that
other great South African, Archbishop Desmond Tutu. A Rainbow
Nation sums it all up. Challenges remain, of course, but the social
fundamentals seem in place, seem established.
What I am suggesting in these brief remarks is that we take
home two lessons as we celebrate the passing of this great African
freedom fghter and champion of reconciliation: One, the imperative
of liberation from oppression, our countrys historic role in the
African liberation struggle, but also our own historic engagement
in this land with liberation from oppressive governance and armed
insurgency.
The second and closely related lesson is what we do with ourselves
as a people once liberated. Remember that once liberated, South
Africa reconciled.
I think Liberia is at that historic turning point in its embrace of
democracy. How then shall we live? How now do we reconcile?
What do we reconcile? Why do we reconcile? Have we yet taken
our truth and reconciliation process to its logical conclusion?
I fnd no better time to raise such questions than in the shadows
of Africas great freedom fghter, but also Africas most ardent
reconciler, Nelson Mandela.
Excerpts of Remarks by Dr. D. Elwood Dunn at the Memorial
Service for Nelson Mandela, Centennial Pavilion, Tuesday,
December 10, 2013
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President Sirleaf Congratulates Kenya on
National Independence Celebration
T
he President of the
Republic of Li-
beria, Mrs. Ellen
Johnson Sirleaf,
has congratulated the Gov-
ernment and People of the
Republic of Kenya on the oc-
casion commemorating that
countrys 50th Independence
Anniversary.
In her message to the Presi-
dent of Kenyan, His Excel-
lency Mr. Uhuru Kenyatta
President Johnson Sirleaf on
behalf of the Government and
People of Liberia extended
heartfelt congratulations and
best wishes to the Govern-
ment and People of Kenyan
as Kenya celebrates 50th In-
dependence.
The Liberian leader further
entertained the hope that as
the people of Kenya celebrate
this historic event, the rela-
tions between the two coun-
tries and peoples will be fur-
ther strengthened.
President Johnson Sirleaf
then prayed that the Almighty
God will endow President
Kenyatta with abundant wis-
dom and strength as he leads
his compatriots to greater
prosperity.
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Education Tied To
Job Creation
By Alvin Worzi
M
ontserrado sen-
atorial aspirant
in the pending
2014 election,
Mr. Benjamin Sanvee, has
sounded an alarm declaring
the improvement of the educa-
tion system as a must to bol-
ster job creation in the country.
Mr. Sanvee said, We cannot
expect the young people to get
jobs when our schools system
is failing them by adequately
preparing them for the job
market.
According to him, the na-
tion suffered international
embarrassment a few months
ago when it announced to the
world that over twelve thou-
sand high schools graduates
could not pass an entrance
exam to enroll at the Univer-
sity of Liberia. Mr. Sanvee
said the economic challenges
that we face as a nation must
be seen as a societal problems.
It is prudent to invest in
qualifed teachers and teachers
training from the early stage of
learning to the very top, Mr.
Sanvee asserted.
Mr. Sanvee said, The Leg-
islature needs to see education
as a critical challenge to na-
tional security and enact laws
that would require certain
qualifcations of teachers, he
stated.
According to him, the Afri-
can Development Bank (ADB)
says the country poverty rate
decreased from 64% to 56%
between 2007 and 2010, yet
78% of the population remains
vulnerable to poverty due to
unemployment.
He added that Liberia was
ranked close to the bot-
tom in the Human Develop-
ment Index (HDI). Liberia is
ranked174th out of 187, de-
claring it an underdeveloped
nation.
Mr. Sanvee stressed that our
real GDP was projected to
expand by 7.7% in 2013 and
5.4% in 2014, supported by
further iron ore expansion and
concession-related foreign di-
rected investment (FDI).
The newly announced sena-
torial aspirant stressed that Li-
beria boast of USD $ 16billion
in foreign direct investment; in
spite of this, it still cant secure
jobs for the people.
He went on to highlight the
youthful population in the
country, stating 60% of whom
are both unskilled and unedu-
cated, which is a major factor
towards unemployment and
a threat to the stability of the
country, he concluded.
Mr. Sanvee has described the
need for technical and voca-
tional training centers as a pri-
ority to the countrys recovery
process.

2014 Senatorial Aspirant Alarms
Big Water Now, Small Water Tomorrow
By Edwin M. Fayia III
W
ith US$32 mil-
lion dollars
frmly in the
hands of the
Water and Sewer Corporation,
(LWSC) many customers want
the provision of big water
now and small water tomor-
row in homes and businesses
in Monrovia.
In a two-and-a-half tour and
interview with some custom-
ers of LWSC Tuesday, De-
cember 10, they expressed
the hope and belief that, water
shortage should now be a thing
of the past in Monrovia.
Many of the LWSCs cus-
tomers interviewed by the
Daily Observer pointed out
that repeated cries by the na-
tions water agency have now
been addressed by generous
donors and partners.
LWSCs customers under-
scored the need for the system
to get to work and formulate
strategies that would see 32
million gallons pumped to
Monrovia.
We are sending out our SOS
because LWSC has been able
to convince support partners
that the water agency is indeed
up to the task of delivering
quality pipe-borne water to
its many customers in Mon-
rovia and its environs, Logan
White of Sinkor stressed.
Recently, the Chairman of
the LWSC Board represent-
ed President Ellen Johnson
Sirleaf at a high level forum
on water and sanitation in the
La Cte dIvoire.
At that crucial water forum,
LWSC Board Chairman Kim-
mie Weeks and members of
the Liberian delegation signed
a Support Water and Sanita-
tion grant for the water and
sanitation sector of the coun-
try, in the amount of US$32
million dollars.
Also at that water forum
talks were held with support
partners about the rehabilita-
tion of Liberias sewage sys-
tem and to build 10,000 hous-
ing units which would ensure
affordable housing and reduce
sanitation challenges in urban
poor communities.
He pointed out that the
LWSC has on many occa-
sions appealed to the Liberian
Government and support part-
ners for US$5 million dollars
to provide quality pipe-borne
water to current customers and
other potential customers.
Mr. White intimated that the
LWSC management has re-
minded customers and other
end-users of the systems wa-
ter that the US$5 million dol-
lars would have upgraded the
water agency to appreciable
levels that would have met the
growing demands of the Libe-
rian people.
He explained that the LWSC
customers had ensure too
much hardship owing to the
many break downs of the de-
cades-old sewer pipes and the
inability of the current gen-
erators to provide the required
power to bring water to the
greater Monrovia area.
Im really overwhelmed by
the good news that the LWSC
has been able to secure US$32
million dollars from generous
support partners. LWSCs
customers have something to
celebrate for Mr. White de-
clared.

LWSCs Managing Director Charles B. Allen Provision
of Quality Water is our Mission
So What Color Was Jesus?
Courtesy: bbc.co.uk
J
esus has been named
the top black icon by
the New Nation news-
paper. Their assertion
that Jesus was black has raised
eyebrows in some quarters - so
what colour was he?
Just as no one will ever pro-
duce proof for the existence of
God, the question of Jesuss
colour may always be a matter
for personal belief.
Was he white, white-ish,
olive-skinned, swarthy, dark-
skinned or black? There are
people who believe he was any
one of those shades, but there
seem to be only two things
about the debate that can be
said with any degree of cer-
tainty.
First - if the past 2,000 years
of Western art were the judge,
Jesus would be white, hand-
some, probably with long hair
and an ethereal glow.
Second - it can almost cer-
tainly be said that Jesus would
not have been white. His hair
was also probably cut short.
Yet the notion that Jesus was
black - highlighted this week
in a survey of black icons by
the New Nation newspaper
which ranked him at number
one - is genuinely held by
some. One school of thought
has it that Jesus was part of a
tribe which had migrated from
Nigeria.
And Jesus probably did have
some African links - after all
the conventional theory is that
he lived as a child in Egypt
where, presumably, his ap-
pearance did not make him
stand out.
The New Nation takes it
further: Ethiopian Christian-
ity, which pre-dates European
Christianity, always depicts
Christ as an African and it
generally agreed that people of
the region where Jesus came
from looked nothing like Bo-
ris Johnson, the paper says.
As light-hearted evidence that
Jesus was black, it adds that he
called everybody brother,
liked Gospel, and couldnt get
a fair trial.
But the truth, says New
Testament scholar Dr Mark
Goodacre, of the University
of Birmingham, is probably
somewhere in between.
There is absolutely no evi-
dence as to what Jesus looked
like, he says. The artistic
depictions down the ages have
total and complete variation,
which indicates that nobody
did a portrait of Jesus or wrote
down a description, its all
been forgotten.
Traditional depictions
Dr Goodacre was involved in
the reconstruction of a Middle
Eastern frst century skull for
the BBCs Son of God pro-
gramme in 2001, which re-
sulted in a suggestion of what
a man like Jesus might have
looked like. He advised on hair
and skin colour.
The hair was the easiest
- theres a reference in Paul
which says its disgraceful for
a man to wear long hair, so it
looks pretty sure that people of
that period had to have reason-
ably short hair. The traditional
depictions of Jesus with long
fowing golden hair are prob-
ably inaccurate.
Deciding on skin colour was
more diffcult, though. But the
earliest depictions of Jews,
which date from the 3rd Cen-
tury, are - as far as can be de-
termined - dark-skinned.
We do seem to have a rela-
tively dark skinned Jesus. In
contemporary parlance I think
the safest thing is to talk about
Jesus as a man of colour.
This probably means olive-
coloured, he says.
Fascinating debate
Professor Vincent Wimbush,
of Californias Claremont
Graduate University, who is
an expert on ethnic interpre-
tations of the Bible, says the
matter of the historical colour
of Jesus seems to him a fat,
dead-end issue.
Hes of Mediterranean
stock, and its quite clear what
that means. We see people like
that in the world today, and
that should end the matter.
The fact that the debate rages
on regardless is fascinating, he
says, because of what it says
about peoples other issues.
The artistic representations
of Jesus which are so familiar
are not necessarily a nega-
tive thing, Dr Goodacre says.
There is theologically some-
thing quite profound in the
fact that throughout history
people have tried to depict Je-
sus in their own image.
This is not a rough image of
themselves people have been
depicting. Its an ideal image
of themselves, painting Jesus
as something they are aspir-
ing to.
Things have changed a bit
in recent culture because peo-
ple are conscious of the need
to be challenged by him and
shocked. I think thats why
in more contemporary repre-
sentations, even those coming
from a white, western back-
ground, people will think very
carefully about the representa-
tion.
Even the world of flm is
catching up, albeit slowly.
Robert Powell had famously
piercing blue eyes in Jesus
of Nazareth in 1977. And al-
though Jim Caviezel, who
played the lead in Mel Gib-
sons The Passion of the
Christ, also has piercing blue
eyes, by the time the flm was
shown they had miraculously
become brown.

DAILY OBSERVER Page 11 Friday December 13, 2013
The Deputy Speaker Hon. Hans Barchue and
Members of the 53rd Legislature of the Honorable
House of Representatives extend heartfelt greetings
to the Speaker of the
Honorable House of Representatives
Jenekai Alex Tyler, Sr.
on the occasion of his
Golden Jubilee Birthday
celebration on December 15, 2013.
Speaker Jenekai Alex Tyler, Sr.
BIRTHDAY GREETINGS
Speaker J. Alex Tyler, Sr. @ 50
May our omnipotent God guide and protect
you @ 50 and beyond.
Happy Birthday our illustrious Speaker!
6
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98 Elias Okole & Hendrix C.B. Crabbe Elias Okolie & Hendrix Crabble 70,111.00
99 TAPPITA NEW LIFE TRANS CREDIT UNION SAM Z. CARR, STEVE DEMEY 69,920.87
100 THE GRAND BASSA LIB. BUS. ASSO INC ALEX ZAWAY & MORRIS 69,711.51
101 AKWAKA BARTHO FRANK 69,549.69
102 MA ESTHER BUSINESS CENTER BENJAMIN N. QUEMIMEE 68,598.86
103 TRANS AFRICA TRADING LRD AC AUGUSTINE KORTEE 68,354.55
104 Architects Construction Consultants Amos Sackie, Monica Sackie & Lawrence
Y. Paye
68,101.00
105 ATLANTIC CORPORATION LIMITED ANTHONY O. GBAYE 67,971.36
106 VISION BUILDING MATERIAL CENTER TONY GBONYOR 67,859.89
107 DWUMOH BROTHERS INC Richard Saah Dwumoh 67,849.24
108 PEOPLE UNITED BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS TETA SIAKOR 67,575.90
109 ALEMA BUSINESS CENTER ALEXANDER S. SUAH 66,997.98
110 CARCI ENTERPRISE SUMOIWUO ZIBAGGI 66,567.39
111 VACONI LIBERIA ERNEST ONOMAKE 66,238.64
112 TUOKPEH INC. OTIS A. TOURY 66,087.93
113 SARAFANA VENTURES AND COMM. INC. BENONI UREY & GERTRUDE FRANCIS-
DESHIELD
65,817.05
114 SHECK M SWARAY SHECK M SWARAY 65,711.96
115 Neoip Liberia Ltd. Alkina Phillips, Theresa Phillips & Rufus
Phillips
65,000.00
116 PRESTIGE INTL TRAVEL AGENCY AMY TYLER 64,845.14
117 TETTEH TRANSPORT INC SAM TETTEH 64,786.20
118 BEST RESULT BUSINESS CENTER OYIEKE S. NELSON 64,441.96
119 SAMUEL JACKSON 64,019.92
120 GOD GIFT BUSINESS CENTER MOSES S. KORVAH 63,952.07
121 SEYENCO INC. 63,856.64
122 MODERN ENGINEERING SERVICES AND
ASSOC. INC
DANIEL DIO FREEMAN 63,603.90
123 ZOTA YEALAH ENTERPRISE Zubah Kiamou 63,528.42
124 A ONE SUPPLY CENTER B C KARAMCHANDANI 63,523.50
125 ESTHER T.O.NIMELY BUSINESS CENTER ESTHER T.O.NIMELY 63,068.90
126 MOFATO INC Momo Siafa Kpoto 62,932.74
127 GLOBAL CONSTRUCTION Mr. Roland B. K Martin, II 62,884.92
NO NAME OF BORROWER CONNECTED PARTY PRlNClPAL
BALANCE
1 CONNECT CELL LIBERIA ALI MUSTAPHA NASHAR 1,265,446.69
2 MONCO LIBERIA LIMITED JULIUS PARKER SR. 1,104,661.24
3 CAPE PETROLEUM INC. OCTAVIUS KPAN & ORETHA KPAN 399,930.19
4 WILLSTAN CIVIL & MINNING LTD William Stanley Owusu 381,013.09
5 FAIRLLOP LIBERIA HARRY OFEI-SAM / OUSMAN DUKULY 364,945.03
6 ORBIT TECHNOLOGY HASSAN A. NASHER& ALI NASHAR 344,557.87
7 ADMT COMPANY 2 AMADOU TOUNKARAH 323,320.92
8 MALAVASI LOGGING ROBERTO MARIANI&FABRIOZO
COLOMBO; GLOBAL LOGGING
298,933.96
9 ALIE A HASSAM 286,679.34
10 GLOBAL AFRICA IMPORT & EXPORT TRADING MORRIS A. SACKOR 276,432.00
11 Supersonic Phones & Acc Ali Khalil 275,000.00
12 FOFI ENTREPRISE OUSMAN FOFANA 264,690.75
13 MALAVASI LOGGING COMPANY GEORGIO GALLAROTTI 221,462.44
14 LIBERIA RECONSTRUCTION AND DEV. CO. YOSEF JOHNSON 212,230.89
15 Tropical Reserves Entrepreneurial Ent. CLLR. PETER AMOS GEORGE 194,501.32
16 Century Investment Africa CO LTD LIAN ZHI 189,143.72
17 ELIAS ONYEKA OKOLIE 187,242.67
18 Cape Petroleum Inc. OCTAVIUS KPAAN 159,877.38
19 LIBERIA CHINA LIANZHI 150,000.00
20 LONE STARS DEVELOPMENT INTL LTD. ROGER YOUSSEF/ LLOYD W.
LAMBERT
138,745.59
21 SYSTEM TECH INC SYLVESTER G. SELEKPOH 135,247.66
22 GBS-LIBERIA MARK SMART / CHERIE SMART /
MICHAEL P. MURPHY
134,733.41
23 M.D. CEMENT DEPOT MAUDE F. WILLIAMS 127,077.95
24 JOSLAB TRANSPORT Joseph M. Irede 126,281.93
25 MIDLAND ENTERPRISES AUSTIN D. CLARKE 122,343.51
26 EURO LIBERIA LOGGING COMPANY GUIDO MONARCO 116,650.30
27 INC SYSTEM INTERNATIONAL CORP. Ignatius N.Clay 116,202.61
NON-COMPLlANT DELlNQUENT BORROWERS (USD) 2ND LlSTlNG
ln its continuing efforts to ensure the stability of the Financial System, the Liberia
Bankers Association, in conjuntion with the Central Bank of Liberia herwith releases
the second listing of non-compliant delinquent borrowers of the banking system.
28 SILVER STORE MAROUF MANSOUR 116,048.98
29 HELENA BUSINESS CENTER HelenT. Swen 115,339.97
30 ST GEORGE CONST. AND MAIN. SVC. INC GEORGE O. NUAMAH 113,433.11
31 MAKASA BUSINESS CENTER Mariam Saysay 109,205.69
32 JT & DAUGHTERS INT'L CHARCOAL & MER Johnetta Towah Norkeh 109,016.48
33 EMMAK CONST. MAINT. INC EMMANUEL A KOOMSON 107,229.85
34 BROOKLYN NEW YORK STORE MOSES MODEH 106,433.61
35 NR SHOPPING CENTER NELLY ROBERTS & Kadiatu Dukuly 104,223.93
36 SAINT GEORGE GROUP (LIB-INC) HIKMAT G. TANNOUS 104,095.47
37 S. DEMINANIE SHELLOE INC THOMAS SACKILLA 103,764.76
38 CONCERN TECHNICAL GROUP INC JEREMAIAH S. BORBOR 101,912.41
39 METROPOLITAN PLAZA HOTEL ABDUL-MAJID EL CHARIF 101,047.78
40 J.B.T INC JIHAD CHANROUR 98,941.59
41 DON'T GIVE UP BUSINESS CENTER MILTON STEVENS 97,852.57
42 INTERNATIONAL PRINTING PRESS ALI NASSHER 97,669.46
43 ALL SEASONS COMMODITIES ENTERPRISE MOSES D. B. TIAWROH 97,660.47
44 LIBERIA ENG. & CONSTRUCTION SERVICES,
INC.
Mr. Thompson Togba 97,066.74
45 MARINE RECYCLING SOLUTIONS INC. MARTIN C. GREENWOOD 96,233.51
46 HARBEL UNITED BUSINESS ASSOCIATION JOHN VARNEY 95,689.56
47 SACLEPEA BUSINESS UNION Daniel Lawrence Konah 95,301.89
48 GOD WITH US BUSINESS ASSOC Martha Brown, Dugbormai Wilson 94,980.91
49 EXPRESS CLEARING AND FORWARDING WALTHER S. KPAN 94,843.95
50 MARITIME SERVICES INTERNATIONAL J. SABA KLA WILLIAMS 90,222.34
51 TEHMEH J WELLINGTON 89,697.11
52 WHITE PALACE BUSINESS CENTER FATU TRAWALLAY 370,216.83
53 CAVALLA TIMBER CORPORATION GABRIEL DOE 88,760.35
54 J.W.F. INTERNATIONAL INC. LAMINA FLEMISTER 88,746.71
55 UNITED BUSINESS CENTER SAM A. KENDOR 87,445.46
56 CRYSTAL BAR AND GUEST HOUSE JONATTHAN GIBSON 86,015.38
57 JAY ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION CO. NYAN QUOI T. JOHNSON 85,524.89
58 JELCO INCORPORATED JAMES EDWARD LEDLUM 84,750.58
59 PIONEERS CONSTRUCTION COMPANY G. JONES ANNAN / WILBERT
STUBBLEFIELD
84,292.17
60 RICE DEALERS ASSOC. OF LIB. KAKATA MORRIS ZINNZAH 83,344.18
61 ERNEST BUSINESS CENTER ERNEST M. PAYWALA 83,167.19
62 ATLAS TRADING CORP MARC A. AMBLARD 82,163.39
63 MASS AND MASS INC. FRANCIS B. MASSAQUOI 81,570.04
64 NEAR FAR INCORPORATED Benny Omoko, Cecelia G. Doe Brown,
Walmah W. Brown, Alvin N. Brown, Quetta
Brown
80,389.90
65 M AND E BUSINESS CENTER MARTHA BARCLAY 80,320.03
66 LENDER SERVICES INC. 79,834.34
67 C. C .O . BUSINESS INC Christian C. Okonkwo 79,766.42
68 FAST MOTOR CENTER ISSAM TAGEDDINE 79,763.48
69 SADIA BAR AND RESTAURANT SADIA FREEMAN 79,135.02
70 ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERN OF LIBERIA B.BENEDICT TOGBA 79,118.76
71 LIBERIA MOTORCYCLE TRANSPORT UNION ROBERT M. SAMMIE/AUGUSTINE M.
KANNEH/ISAAC Y. KERMUE/LASSANA
Y. K. SHERIF
78,187.14
72 DIPLOMAT GROUP OF COMPANIES INC Igbinneweks Charles Brown 77,330.49
73 WEATO PRINTING PRESS Charles Q. Senneh 76,506.24
74 GOLDEN BROTHER CLUB Anayo Justin 74,902.06
75 NKEM JOHN YOUNG 74,648.28
76 ST. GEORGES GALLERY WAHIB RAJAB 74,566.37
77 WE-HAUL LIBERIA LIMITED EMMANUEL A ANINIG 74,470.40
78 PROGRESSIVE LIBERIAN BUSINESS ASS. Richard M. Morlue 74,442.25
79 XL ENTERPRISE HASSAN A. NASHER& ALI NASHAR 73,678.20
80 GENESIS LIBERIA INC OPS GEORGE HOWARD 73,527.20
81 FRIENDLY BUSINESS CENTER MARDEA O. BRIGHT 73,499.36
82 AFRICAN CONCERN INTERNATIONAL Emmanuel Mumba 73,388.80
83 TCHAKOHNI INC. SOUMAORA SEKOU 73,274.39
84 THINKERS VILLAGE SAVINGS CLUB WAHYAHYEA WESSEH 72,493.28
85 MONROVIA MERCHANDISE MART EDWARD GBOR 72,199.84
86 UNIVERSAL CONSTRUCTION MINIKON TALO / LOUISE TARWAN 72,093.79
87 AFIF ELECTRONICS SERVICES AFIF NANOUH 71,986.84
88 SAF HOLDINGS INC SAFFIATU BUNDU 71,941.74
89 NEW JESSY STORE CHARLES ROBERT 71,866.01
90 KORWULA INC LAMIE GAIE / ERNEST K. GAIE 71,564.74
91 WONDER LAND ENTERPRISE LOSSENEE KANNEH 71,375.90
92 STEVEN LIB. LTD' CONSTRUCTION CO. NATHANIEL P. STEVENS 71,360.45
93 RAVI ENTERPRISES SUNIL MOHANLAL JHAMNAI 71,281.58
94 AMERICAN WOOD PROCESSING
CORPORATON
HIKMAN T. TANNOUS 70,983.95
95 FUTURE PROGRESS Presley Tenwah 70,795.79
96 MAKELLEH AND SON INC. ABRAHAM K. KOUYATEH 70,520.31
97 PRESTIGE INTL TRAVEL AGENCY 70,113.13
98 Elias Okole & Hendrix C.B. Crabbe Elias Okolie & Hendrix Crabble 70,111.00
99 TAPPITA NEW LIFE TRANS CREDIT UNION SAM Z. CARR, STEVE DEMEY 69,920.87
100 THE GRAND BASSA LIB. BUS. ASSO INC ALEX ZAWAY & MORRIS 69,711.51
101 AKWAKA BARTHO FRANK 69,549.69
102 MA ESTHER BUSINESS CENTER BENJAMIN N. QUEMIMEE 68,598.86
103 TRANS AFRICA TRADING LRD AC AUGUSTINE KORTEE 68,354.55
104 Architects Construction Consultants Amos Sackie, Monica Sackie & Lawrence
Y. Paye
68,101.00
105 ATLANTIC CORPORATION LIMITED ANTHONY O. GBAYE 67,971.36
106 VISION BUILDING MATERIAL CENTER TONY GBONYOR 67,859.89
107 DWUMOH BROTHERS INC Richard Saah Dwumoh 67,849.24
108 PEOPLE UNITED BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS TETA SIAKOR 67,575.90
109 ALEMA BUSINESS CENTER ALEXANDER S. SUAH 66,997.98
110 CARCI ENTERPRISE SUMOIWUO ZIBAGGI 66,567.39
111 VACONI LIBERIA ERNEST ONOMAKE 66,238.64
112 TUOKPEH INC. OTIS A. TOURY 66,087.93
113 SARAFANA VENTURES AND COMM. INC. BENONI UREY & GERTRUDE FRANCIS-
DESHIELD
65,817.05
114 SHECK M SWARAY SHECK M SWARAY 65,711.96
115 Neoip Liberia Ltd. Alkina Phillips, Theresa Phillips & Rufus
Phillips
65,000.00
116 PRESTIGE INTL TRAVEL AGENCY AMY TYLER 64,845.14
117 TETTEH TRANSPORT INC SAM TETTEH 64,786.20
118 BEST RESULT BUSINESS CENTER OYIEKE S. NELSON 64,441.96
119 SAMUEL JACKSON 64,019.92
120 GOD GIFT BUSINESS CENTER MOSES S. KORVAH 63,952.07
121 SEYENCO INC. 63,856.64
122 MODERN ENGINEERING SERVICES AND
ASSOC. INC
DANIEL DIO FREEMAN 63,603.90
123 ZOTA YEALAH ENTERPRISE Zubah Kiamou 63,528.42
124 A ONE SUPPLY CENTER B C KARAMCHANDANI 63,523.50
125 ESTHER T.O.NIMELY BUSINESS CENTER ESTHER T.O.NIMELY 63,068.90
126 MOFATO INC Momo Siafa Kpoto 62,932.74
127 GLOBAL CONSTRUCTION Mr. Roland B. K Martin, II 62,884.92
128 TRANS GENERAL SERVICES TOBAIS NWACHUKWA 62,758.81
129 Julius S. Parker, Sr. Julius S. Parker, Sr. 62,500.00
130 FATHOM INC G. THOMAS DOWIE 62,151.36
131 DUKE ENTERPRISE OUSMAN DUKULY 61,564.01
132 YONRUE TRADING COMPANY/101 GAS
STATION
WILLIAM G. BARCLAY 61,350.00
133 NAFA CONSTRUCTION CO. NASSER SHERIFF 61,002.60
134 L.A.K REAL ESTATE AN D VECHICLE LESTER A. KROMA 60,756.44
135 BABY SUB BOUTIQUE DEANNA L T GEEKOR 60,284.72
136 F & H Supermarket H.A. Nasser 60,000.00
137 YOS INCORPORATED Yusuf O. Sannie 59,158.80
138 C RICH TRADING Cianey Q. Samuka/ Richard F. Samukai 58,563.77
139 DENNIS, THEO DENNIS, THEO 58,317.00
140 SUSTANABLE DEVELOPMENT PROMOTER II GEORGE D N SAGBEH 58,014.73
141 ZWB BUSINESS CENTER Wiennah Zayzay 57,941.43
142 SOLOKON ENGINEERING AND DESIGN FIRM BURTEH TELVIN FREEMAN 57,893.30
143 KRYSTAL CLEAR MINERAL WATER CO 57,610.69
144 SAMSON B. SEABO BUSINESS CENTER SAMSON B. SEABO 57,517.50
145 TACE ENTERISPES Mary K. Boye 57,398.23
146 CM COMPANY INC BERNARD I. AGHOMI 57,389.64
147 FACY INTERNATIONAL CONSTRUCTION COM THOEOPHILUS K. D'ALMEIDA 57,387.12
148 JACKSONVILLE WOMEN ASSOCIATION Susanna Brooks 57,283.94
149 OMEGA LUCIA KAMARA 56,827.49
150 PEACE LIBERIA WINIFRED K.DOE 56,665.19
151 SPAG ENTERPRISE PHANTA SNEH 56,583.91
152 JENFORD INC JULIE FARCARTHY 56,385.65
153 SURPRISE ENTERPRISE MOHAMED KAMARA 56,296.16
154 SEHKPEH FOUNDATION INC(DDRR RE-ARC) NYA P. YELEGON 56,080.83
155 SIT FAST GROUP LIBERIA INC SHEAKRON WEH BOPLEH 56,003.46
156 LIBERIA FARMS & COOPERATIVES INC Eric K. Nimely 55,613.61
157 ECOCON - ECL HENRY Q. TAYLOR 55,578.15
158 LOCAL SHIPPING AND STEVEDORING CORP STANLEY S. SHERIFF SR. 55,266.98
159 IZUCHRIS AUTO PARTS IZUCHUKWU OFOTUBE 55,155.52
160 ALL GOODS DEALERS ASSOCIATION INC. DENNIS GARYEASON 55,113.79
161 PERFECT TRADING CORPORATION. FARADAY G. MOORE 55,019.42
162 Best Distributors Inc Cheik A. Koita, Fatim B. Maland & Check
Berte
55,000.00
163 PRINCE WAY AUTO PRINCE UOAKA M. DURU 54,311.77
164 TLYNS CAR RENTAL SERVICE JERRY W. GARYEZON 54,301.31
165 CATCO TONY HAGE 53,957.93
166 JOA TRADING AND STATIONERY CO. JOHNSON OLUFEMI AKOJEDE 53,113.47
167 LAND MARK BUSINESS INC. 52,654.29
168 REAL STORE 52,544.57
169 TONIEA MONGER TONIEA MONGER 52,235.33
170 SISTER IN PROGRESS MARY K. BOYE 52,176.09
171 FRIENDSHIP INTERNATIONAL Mr. Samuel B. Cheaye, Mr. Kocker T.
Kalleh
51,484.01
172 SUPER GENERAL MACHANDISE EMMANUEL M. HARRIS 51,410.32
173 THE LIB-CAPITAL GROUP LTD. WINSLOW REEVES 51,391.18
174 JOR CREEK ENTERPRISES 51,339.41
175 MA-KUMBA BUSINESS CENTER KUMBA SAAH 51,035.30
176 HARRISON EVA ANIUKWU 50,734.35
177 ZOTAYEALAH ZUBAHKIAMOU 50,723.54
178 ATLANTIC PETROLEUM INCORPORATED VICTOR TUBMAN 50,699.00
179 BRITHOM GENERAL CONTRACTORS M.S INC BRIMA J. FATORMA 50,569.48
180 NOOKIE ENTERPRISE JESSICA WATCHEN FLOE 50,514.46
181 FAMILY BUSINESS ENTERPRISE INC. D. WISSEH NYENPAN 50,215.97
182 UNITY BROTHERS INC. 50,107.37
183 JIMPEP INC. James Strother 50,024.36
184 Atlantic Production & Marketing Inc. (APAM) Excel Charles Weeks 50,000.00
185 GOD IS ABLE ENTERPRISE JOHN ZUBAH 49,868.42
186 GOD GRACE BUSINESS CENTER ISREAL BIA ONYEKAZURU 49,443.04
187 UNITED WOMEN BUSINESS ASSO. BENDU KAMARA 49,248.44
188 GERTUDE DESHIELD GERTUDE DESHIELD 49,015.95
189 G.H. BUSINESS CENTER Gladys Hills 48,727.94
190 FORNIKAMA AND SON'S ENTERPRISE KABA KAMARA 48,565.08
191 JEANNE JUSTE 48,520.24
192 TRY AND SEE BUSINESS CENTER JAMES M. TOGBAH 48,377.65
193 BACKWELL GROUP S.A. 48,260.29
194 T. AUGUSTUS GOBAH 48,225.43
195 TONY A. FAISSAL TONY A. FAISSAL 48,000.00
196 OBI STANDARD AUTO SERVICE RICHARD O. IKEDIOBI 47,977.37
197 MOORE ADVICE LIBERIA INC. JOE DAWEAH JR. 47,885.37
198 KAMAKO 47,848.95
199 LIBERIA INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL AGENCY TOM WINSTON MONBOE 47,776.66
200 VITAL TECHNOLOGY Era Jappah Taylor 47,505.84
201 GULBIS GEN. ENTERPRISE 47,452.67
202 PEACE LAND BUSINESS CENTER HARRISON ANIUKWU 47,239.16
203 MAHDEA GEORGE BELLEKA 42,207.88
204 WOLA ENTERPRISE WESLEY WOTOE 40,960.47
205 GP ENTERPRISE WINCHELL SHERMAN 39,851.85
206 C.F.S INT'L Mark Bleede 36,126.58
207 TOUCHSTONE COMMODITIES( LIB) Marasimha Rao Bhogavalli 34,141.45
208 JOHNSON AND JOHNSON ENTERPRISE Marie Siah Fayah 32,383.32
209 SUNDAY ANYAECHEM OLISA 25,515.89
210 OMAR M. ISSA 24,061.51
211 MAYAMU AND BROS. RICE AND CEMENT
DEPOT INC.
Mayamu Kromah 18,318.13
212 JACKIE A. BRUCE 16,875.57
213 MAYAN & DAUGTHERS ENT. BINTA JALLOH 14,958.39
214 ROSS GROUP OF COMPANIES OSO PEHHAM 13,789.89
215 GECOS W. EMMETT WALKER 11,329.13
216 MAGNET DEVELOPERS EMMETT WILLIAMS 10,589.21
217 HAWAH GOLL- KOTCHI 10,115.27
218 RENEE GERRING 9,861.49
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DAILY OBSERVER Thursday, December 12, 2013
Friday, December 13, 2013 Page 9
LIB
Arts Style Travel Entertainment
Life
Fashion
Entertainment
Page 10
LIBs Next Top
Model 2013
Crowned
Short Story:
Criminal Lawyer
Jason Doe Solves:
The Case of
the Angry
Candidate (1)
Page 11
Bricks in
Beijing
Page 10
DAILY OBSERVER Thursday, December 12, 2013
Friday, December 13, 2013 Page 10
LIBs Next Top
Model 2013
Crowned
Fashion
By David A. Yates
A
fter more than 4
hours parading
the glossy stage
at Monrovias
Executive Pavilion, ffteen
young ladies sat on pins and
needles hoping to make their
respective counties proud
should they be shortlisted
as even one of the top fve
fnalists in the Discovering
Liberias Next Top Model
competition. Gender and
Development Minister Julia
Duncan Cassell, delegated
by the panel of judges to
announce the winners, jibed
the crowd when she named
a 16th contestant as her
personal winner. It was
a little girl who did well
to impress the audience
by modeling boldly down
roughly 20 meters of runway
distance and introduced
herself confdently before the
crowd. Later, the Minister
called the top fve on the
stage, and fnally announced
Miss Brenda Williams of
Rivercess County as the
Liberias Next Top Model.
In no apparent order, the
rest of the top fve came
from Grand Cape Mount,
Gbarpolu, Sinoe and River
Gee Counties.
Discovering Liberias
Next Top Model Crown is
an educative pageant, and
the ladies contested were
judged on integrity, culture
exchange, intellect and, as
well as beauty.
Speaking to LIB Life, Mrs.
Letia Assaf Bates disclosed
that the competition was
intended to prepare Liberian
girls for the next international
modeling competition
schedule to take place early
next year.
We want to discover the
hidden talents of our girls, so
this is why we organized this
competition.
She said each of the
contestants worked towards
mastering what they needed
to do on the show in order to
win.
According to Madam Letia,
her dream has fnally come
to reality by showcasing and
improving the lives of young
girls in and around Liberia,
who could not fnd their ways
through.
This, she said, has been her
main motivation for returning
home; to contribute to the
improvement of our younger
ones, she said.
We need more publicity
undertaking this type of
project through the media
in order to get the message
across, Madam Bates
indicated.
The competition was
attended by key personalities
and supporters of Liberias
blooming fashion industry,
including Montserrado
District 9 Representative
Munah Pelham Youngblood
(and spouse).
The judges included Cllr.
Ophelia Mathis, Dr. Dawn
Cooper Barnes, Cllr. Yvette
Chesson Wureh, Minister
Julia Duncan Cassell, US
Embassy Deputy Chief of
Mission Sheila Passman,
Chris DAngeles and Amy
Hamlin, the latter two also of
the US Embassy.
Bricks in Beijing
By Yewa Sandy
I
ts refreshing to know
that local Liberian
artists are making
major progressions
internationally and taking
their talents and music to
heightened levels.
The Da Who hit maker
Jon Bricks, has been in
Beijing, China for several
months and has been giving
the Asian community a
whiff of what hes got; and
what Liberia has.
Oh! Im out here to push
Lib music internationally,
he gladly reminded.
The Off and On hit
maker recently contacted
LIB LIFE via Facebook
and expressed his intention
of being in Asia.
Like I have always said,
Im here to see how I can
attract other investors into
our industry out there in
Liberia because there are
lots of wasted talents out
there, you know, and I pray
that God sees me through
cause if Im successful,
Liberia is ok, he added.
Liberia is okay indeed;
especially knowing that
majority of the Liberians in
Asia have connected their
talents to show off what
theyve gained from their
home.
My frst international
show here at the rich club
in Guangzhou city was the
biggest and frst Liberian
show ever, well attended
with different nationals,
he added.
Im getting good signals
though, we are all pushing
for international exposure,
okay.
Jon Bricks on right
DAILY OBSERVER Thursday, December 12, 2013
Friday, December 13, 2013 Page 11
Short Story:
The Case of the Angry
Candidate (1)
Criminal Lawyer Jason Doe Solves:
By Omari Jackson
T
he echoes of the
early morning
traffc flled
Benson Street
as Criminal Lawyer Jason
Doe entered his offce
and grinned at his private
secretary Janet Lovebird,
who was busy at her
personal computer.
The lawyer hesitated and
with a smile, said, Im
feeling a little challenged
this morning, Lovebird.
The woman lifted her head
from her assignment and
with a smile said, I can
feel the challenge.
With a practiced of early
chatting with one of his
confdant, the lawyer
strolled to her desk and said,
What is it, Lovebird?
She said, There is a man
waiting for you at the utter
offce who wants to see you
very urgently.
Though he does not have
an appointment but he has
insisted he cannot leave
until he consults with you.
Whats his name and
what does he want?
She consulted an
information sheet and after
a couple of seconds, turned
to the lawyer.
Ephraim Sackor is his
name and he looks about
twenty eight or thirty years.
He was a candidate of the
recent election at the Press
Union and he claimed his
rights were abused and as
a result he lost the elections
but he said he would want
to tell you his story his own
way.
However, there is
something about him that
seems suspicious. He looks
famboyant, and mamas
boy is written on his face.
The lawyer strolled to
the inner offce and the
young woman followed
him.
What about his clothes?
The woman replied
with a laugh, He looks
presentable and at second
look there appears to that
either got some money
from his family or from
somewhere because he
looks well attired.
The lawyer grinned,
said, You have interested
me with Mr. Sackor and I
am wondering if he could
come back
Well, she interrupted
him, he is waiting at the
clients room right now and
since your next scheduled
client will not be around till
eight oclock, you can see
him.
Jason Doe considered his
wrist watch and continued,
There is some excitement
about this client and I think
I will give him at least
twenty minutes.
Janet you may send
him in. The woman turned
swiftly and the light echoes
of her shoes hammered
the cushioned foor, and
within seconds returned
with a smallish looking
young man behind her. She
allowed him to walk pass
her and she closed the door
behind him.
The man followed
closely behind her and as
they advanced towards
him, Jason Doe folded the
morning paper and placed
it on his desk and stared at
them with a smile.
The man extended his
right hand and Jason Doe
grabbed it with enthusiasm.
Counselor I am mighty
glad you can see me even
though I dont have an
appointment this morning.
Jason Doe gave him a
look-over and he could
imagine the mans self
importance. His appraisal
of the client confrmed his
secretarys observation that
mamas boy was written on
his face. His clothes were
well ironed and his watch
loosely hang on his wrist,
and his head was well cut.
Smiling at his statement,
Jason Doe pumped his
hands and indicated a chair
to his left.
Since I did not come
by appointment, I will be
snappy with my case, he
said.
Ok, the lawyer replied,
I fgured that when I was
informed about the urgency
of your case, Mr. Sackor.
Thank you, sir.
Ok let me have it, what
is your problem?
I was an unsuccessful
candidate for the recent
Media Union leadership
elections and for some
reasons I want a pay back.
Well, the lawyer said,
there are many who went
into the elections but did
not win.
But not when my rights
as a candidate were abused.
The point is, I am serious
about all things I do, and I
went into the elections with
a large investment.
Nowadays elections
mean spending money
and I doled out money to
my colleagues but in the
end a particular candidate
organized and convinced
many of the voters not to
vote for me.
Do you have any
evidence?
The man gave that some
thought and said, I have
video recording of what
happened.
But does it worth
consulting me, knowing
that I am a trial lawyer? I
fght before a jury, when
someones life is underline.
My area is different and
Thats the reason I am
consulting you Counselor
Doe, the man interrupted
him, because I dont want
to be arrested.
His remark surprised
the lawyer, who said, Go
ahead, Sackor, what do you
have in your sleeves?
I took someones money
for the elections and if I had
won, could have allowed
me the chance to pay back.
I am trying to be sincere
with myself for the money
was huge.
How much are you
talking about?
About U$30,000.00. I
used part of the money to
renovate my house and
spent much on my friends
before the elections.
I had an understanding
with the lender, and truly
the money was not for the
reasons I used it. When I
lost the elections and those
who had promised to give
as much of the money
refused, I went to the
lender and explained my
predicament.
Twenty minutes after I
left, the lender reportedly
collapsed and later died and
there is the likelihood that
I might be held responsible
for his death.
The lawyer said with
some excitement, The
story appeared in the local
dailies last week and the
District Attorney has a
warrant out for your arrest.
He is preparing to charge
you with the murder of
Clinton Dahn, 55, of Logan
Town.
Ephraim Sackor lowered
his head and clasped his
hands together.
In a whisper of
disappointment, he said, I
dont know how I am going
to handle this. Now I am
broke, unable to repay my
debt and the lender is dead
and the police will come
get me.
The lawyer allowed
some seconds to pass and
said, What was your intent
when you visited the lender
with the news of your
loss?
I wanted him to know
that I lost the elections
and therefore I could not
repay the money as we had
agreed upon as readily as
possible.
I see, Jason Doe said,
but the District Attorney
will claim your visit was
intentional, knowing
that the lender was not
particularly in good health.
He would claim you
made your visit on
premeditation and that all
you wanted was to ensure
that the lender was dead.
The man lifted his hands
and mopped his face, and
said, I have evidence that I
acquired the money in good
faith and part of it was used
for my bid to lead the Press
Union.
The lawyer said, The
DA will not believe you
since circumstantially
you borrowed the money,
and then you went to the
lender, knowing very well
your inability to repay the
money, as well being aware
of the lenders poor state of
health.
The DA will claim that
you cleverly delivered
the killer punch when you
provided the information
about your loss and that you
knew the lenders health
would be affected with
the news and hence you
might have thought about
these developments before
delivering your deadly
news which eventually
killed him.
Sackor grimaced and
deliberately looked at the
lawyer: What are my
chances, Mr. Doe?
Well, the lawyer said,
if you want my honest
opinion, I can surmise that
the DA will be asking for
you head.
Ephraim Sackors eyes
dimmed and he waited in
impatience as he said, I
did not mean it, as you just
explained.
Exactly, the lawyer
said, but the DA will
prove that you meant it;
and what about your anger
for a payback at some of
the members of the Media
Union?
Sackor reclined on the
arm of the chair and said,
I think they have some
explaining to make.
Why?
Sackor lifted his chin, and
with his eyes directly at the
lawyer, said, Counselor
look at the circumstances,
is it not possible that they
could be drawn into the
case, if I am arrested and
charged with murder?
How can you prove their
involvement?
Counselor this was an
election period. And if
I could borrow such an
amount, imagine how
much money others in
the competition might
have borrowed from
other lenders. Imagine the
connection and the real
premeditation to get me
lose and get me locked up
for good?
Counselor Doe said,
You make quite an
interesting case but it will
be diffcult to draw those
you have in mind into the
case.
Sackor said, hopelessly,
Can you get me from
being arrested? Can you
defend me from the evil
plot against me?
Counselor, I have
followed several of your
cases and I am confdent
in your ability to save me
from disgrace.
The lawyer said, Will
you be willing to be sincere
with me and be prepared
to tell me all necessary
information relating to the
money?
Sackor said hurriedly,
Yes, but the only problem
is that I may not have the
money now to pay for your
services.
Counselor Doe said, I
am an offcer of the law
and since I am going to be
your lawyer, please note
that I am an offcer of the
law. There is a warrant
out for your arrest and not
jeopardize your case, I am
going to call the DA that
you are with me. Every
curve of Ephraim Sackors
features seemed to express
a man who was flled with
extreme ambition which
Counselor Doe saw as
the ultimate drive to the
unfortunate circumstances
of his life.
Sackor folded his hands
across his chest and lowered
his head on the lawyers
table as Counselor Doe
dialed the DAs number.
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64 NEAR FAR INCORPORATED Benny Omoko, Cecelia G. Doe Brown, Walmah W. Brown, Alvin N. Brown, Quetta Brown 80,389.90 65 MAND E BUSINESS CENTER MARTHA BARCLAY 80,320.03 66 LENDER SERVICES INC. 79,834.34 67 C. C .O . BUSINESS INC Christian C. Okonkwo 79,766.42 68 FAST MOTOR CENTER ISSAM TAGEDDINE 79,763.48 69 SADIA BAR AND RESTAURANT SADIA FREEMAN 79,135.02 70 ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERN OF LIBERIA B.BENEDICT TOGBA 79,118.76 71 LIBERIA MOTORCYCLE TRANSPORT UNION ROBERT M. SAMMIE/AUGUSTINE M. KANNEH/ISAAC Y. KERMUE/LASSANA Y. K. SHERIF 78,187.14 72 DIPLOMAT GROUP OF COMPANIES INC Igbinneweks Charles Brown 77,330.49 73 WEATO PRINTING PRESS Charles Q. Senneh 76,506.24 74 GOLDEN BROTHER CLUB Anayo Justin 74,902.06 75 NKEM JOHN YOUNG 74,648.28 76 ST. GEORGES GALLERY WAHIB RAJAB 74,566.37 77 WE-HAUL LIBERIA LIMITED EMMANUEL AANINIG 74,470.40 78 PROGRESSIVE LIBERIAN BUSINESS ASS. Richard M. Morlue 74,442.25 79 XL ENTERPRISE HASSAN A. NASHER& ALI NASHAR 73,678.20 80 GENESIS LIBERIA INC OPS GEORGE HOWARD 73,527.20 81 FRIENDLY BUSINESS CENTER MARDEA O. BRIGHT 73,499.36 82 AFRICAN CONCERN INTERNATIONAL Emmanuel Mumba 73,388.80 83 TCHAKOHNI INC. SOUMAORA SEKOU 73,274.39 84 THINKERS VILLAGE SAVINGS CLUB WAHYAHYEA WESSEH 72,493.28 85 MONROVIA MERCHANDISE MART EDWARD GBOR 72,199.84 86 UNIVERSAL CONSTRUCTION MINIKON TALO / LOUISE TARWAN 72,093.79 87 AFIF ELECTRONICS SERVICES AFIF NANOUH 71,986.84 88 SAF HOLDINGS INC SAFFIATU BUNDU 71,941.74 89 NEW JESSY STORE CHARLES ROBERT 71,866.01 90 KORWULA INC LAMIE GAIE / ERNEST K. GAIE 71,564.74 91 WONDER LAND ENTERPRISE LOSSENEE KANNEH 71,375.90 92 STEVEN LIB. LTD' CONSTRUCTION CO. NATHANIEL P. STEVENS 71,360.45 93 RAVI ENTERPRISES SUNIL MOHANLAL JHAMNAI 71,281.58 94 AMERICAN WOOD PROCESSING CORPORATON HIKMAN T. TANNOUS 70,983.95 95 FUTURE PROGRESS Presley Tenwah 70,795.79
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PSI/Liberia EMBARKS ON ANOTHER
HIV-PREVENTION AND VCT CAMPAIGN
W
ith the support of UNFPA,
Population Services International
held its 6th annual Live @ the
Y event at the Monrovia YMCA
to encourage Liberian youth to know their HIV
status, protect themselves and their partners.
The event brought together many youth from
various schools and youth groups to take part in
the Know your HIV status campaign, resulting
in over 100 youth participating in confdential
HIV counseling and testing. During the all-
day event, a series of fun activities, including a
quiz competition and a basketball tournament,
were held. In dramatic fashion, Carver Mission
Academy emerged as the winner. In addition to
the competition, a live version of PSIs youth
radio show, Lets Talk About Sex was broadcast
on UNMIL radio 91.5.
A participant taking his HIV test
Counselors from NACP doing the testing
LTAS host presenting the radio show on UNMIL
Students reading a poster from NACP
PSILiberia staff with winner(Carver Mission Academy) of the in-school qiuzzing
competition
A student reading the Modern Family Planning brochure
DAILY OBSERVER Page 8 Friday December 13, 2013
Request for Quotation (RFQ)
Liberia Teacher Training Program
RFQ Title: Supply of Business Calculators
RFQ #: 3180-33LTTP-00436
Date of Issue: December 12, 2013
Questions Due: December 13, 2013 (must be submitted in writing to the address or e-mail stated
below)
Answers to Questions: December 16, 2013 (responses will be sent in writing to all participating vendors)
Due/Closing Date: December 18, 2013 at 4:00 PM Local Time
INTRODUCTION & BACKGROUND
Liberia Teacher Training Program (LTTP) is fve years follow on project funded by the United States
Agency for International Development (USAID) [herein after referred to as the client] and implemented
by Family Health International (FHI 360) as the prime contractor. LTTP is focused on supporting the
development of a coordinated system for placing and developing both new and existing teachers in class-
rooms.
In issuing this RFQ, FHI 360 is not acting as agent or on behalf of its client and the client is not a party
to any sub-contract resulting from this RFQ. Issuance of this solicitation does not constitute an award
commitment on the part of FHI 360 or the client, nor does it commit FHI 360 or the client to pay for costs
incurred in the preparation and submission of a quotation. FHI 360 also reserves the right to cancel this
solicitation at any time during or after the closing date and time.

FHI 360/LTTP welcomes the submission of price quotation from suitable entity for the supply of business
calculators for its project at the address below. The detail scope of work/specifcation is provided in the
complete RFQ document which can be provided upon request. We anticipate awarding the contract to the
most responsive offeror based on the evaluation criteria stated in the RFQ.
All interested vendors must come along with their entitys offcial stamp at LTTP head offce at the address
below for the complete RFQ package including detailed specifcations or via the e-mail address below:
Liberia Teacher Training Program
The Wento Suites, Behind Sajj Restaurant
18th Street & Warner Avenue, Sinkor
Monrovia, Liberia
E-mail: vdonzo@fhi360.org
For direction to the offce, please call 0886-618558
TERMS OF REFERENCE
HUMAN RIGHTS MONITORS TO OPERATE IN
MARYLAND, GRAND KRU, RIVER GEE (HUB 2),
SINOE AND GRAND GEDEH (HUB 3) COUNTIES
T
he Joint Justice and Security Programme envisage the establishment of fve
regional hubs to strengthen the justice and security institution in all Counties.
Each of the fve hubs will be strategically situated, so as to enhance justice
and security services throughout Liberia. The fve regional hubs will service
two or three counties providing more effective operational control and proximity for
staff deployment, communication and service delivery.
The hubs will be staffed by the representatives of various institutions including the
Police, Corrections, the BIN, Judiciary and the Ministry of Justice. As human rights
plays a signifcant role in enhancing justice and security in the country, 2 INCHR
human rights monitors per county will also be placed in Maryland, Grand Kru, River
Gee, Sinoe and Grand Gedeh Counties.
Their Terms of Reference will include, but not limited to the following:
Human rights monitoring
ESCR including labor related human rights issues in mining and plantation
companies in the counties;
Right to access, affordable and quality health services to poor and marginalized
population in the fve counties;
Right to Free and compulsory education;
Human rights impact of harmful traditional practices;
Monitor access to justice, fair & speedy trial; rights or prisoners and detainees
Pay regular visit to prisons, police and courts;
Monitoring of civil and political rights in general;
Interact with state actors and non-state actors in the respective counties on
human rights issues;
Receive human rights complaints in the respective counties and channel them
as per INCHR internal procedures and direction.
Human rights capacity building
Collaborate with government agencies and non-government agencies in the
area of Human Rights protection and promotion in the counties and also in
the Hub;
In collaboration with partners, organize human rights training for the staff in
the Hub and various government agencies and NGO partners in the fve coun-
ties;
Undertake and coordinate Human Rights education and sensitization activities
in the fve counties.
Human rights reporting and other activities
Provide situation report periodically on specifc issues on Human Rights and
Governance in the fve counties;
Provide monthly reports on human rights violation and abuses;
Carry out activities of human rights as directed by the Independent National
Commission on Human Rights (INCHR).
Document statistics as it relates to the tracking of human rights indicators
monitored by the Justice and Security Joint Program and report same to the
Regional Coordinator of the Justice and Security Joint Program on a monthly
basis.
Education Requirement:
College degree or 3 years experience in Human Rights Monitoring.
Candidates with majors in Social Science and humanities and/or Sociology
will be a plus, but not a must.
Preferred Candidates:
Local residents of Maryland, Grand Kru, River Gee, Sinoe and Grand Gedeh
Counties are encouraged to apply.
Members of Civil Society Organizations with experience in Human Rights
Monitoring and Advocacy are also encouraged to apply
Send Curriculum Vitae along with cover letter to:
Board of Commissioners
Independent National Commission on Human Rights
Tubman Boulevard @ VP Road Junction
Monrovia
Email: lib_inchr@yahoo.com

Note: ALL APPLICATIONS SHOULD BE RECEIVED NO LATER THAN 4:00
P.M, DECEMBER 20, 2013.
United Nations Development Programme

LIBERIA
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DAILY OBSERVER Page 9 Friday December 13, 2013
T
he Liberian Agricultural Company (LAC) located in District #3, Grand
Bassa County has vacancy in its ConstructionDepartment for the position
of SECRETARY/CLERK on its Plantation.
REQUIRED COMPETENCE:
1. Must be a High School graduate (Submission of High School Diploma
and WAEC Certifcate). Basic knowledge in administration and or ex-
perience in working in the Construction environment will be an added
advantage,
2. Must have the ability to effciently enter and maintain electronic docu-
mentation
3. Must be computer literate and profcient in Microsoft Word and Micro-
soft Excel
4. Must have good organizational skills and the ability to work indepen-
dently.
5. Must have excellent interpersonal and verbal or written communications
skills
6. Must be able to keep confdential information
7. Must be able to work within a small team but with frequent interactions
with other departments
8. Ability to work under pressure and be willing to work long hours on the
job.
WORKING EXPERIENCE:
He/she must have worked in similar capacity for a minimum of two (2) years.
Application, Resume and Supporting Documents including contact cell phone
numbers should be submitted to the:
HUMAN RESOURCE ASSISTANT MANAGER
LIBERIAN AGRICULTURAL COMPANY (LAC)
20TH STREET, SINKOR TUBMAN BOULEVARD
MONROVIA, LIBERIA.
ONLY SHORT LISTED CANDIDATES WILL BE CONTACTED FOR AN IN-
TERVIEW OR OTHERWISE.
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF APPLICATION IS December 16, 2013.
JOB VACANCY
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Procedures:
1. Application forms are free and available at LBDI Branches
on 9th Street Sinkor and Randall & Ashmun Streets
2. Payment can be made by Cash, Managers Check or Debit
Authorization
This offer
document is simply
an Information
Memorandum and
does not in any
respect represent
a prospectus. The
offer document
and the securities
that it bears are
directed at selected
investors as well
as the members of
the general public.
Every prospective
investor to whom
this document has
been addressed is
expected to conduct
i n d e p e n d e n t
evaluation of the
Financial Position
and operating
results of the
Liberia Cement
Company.
Private Placement of
206,572
Common Stocks of the
Liberia Cement Corporation
at US$12 per Stock Payable
in Full On Application
OFFER CONDITIONS:
Individual: Minimum of 5 stocks
at US$12 each
Institutions: Minimum of 1,000
Common stocks and additional
common stock in multiple of 100.
NOV. 18, 2013: Close
of Offer: Dec. 20,
2013
LBDI Central Monrovia
Branch
Ashmun & Randall
Streets
Monrovia, Liberia.
LBDI Sinkor Branch
9th Street, Sinkor,
Tubman
Boulevard,
Monrovia, Liberia
Liberian Bank for Development and Investment
Information Memorandum
INVEST
TODAY!
Visit our branches
and be a proud
owner of CEMENCO
MINISTRY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS
Offce of the Superintendent
Grand Bassa County Development Fund
City of Buchanan, Grand Bassa County
NATIONAL COMPETITIVE BIDDING (NCB)
INVITATION FOR BID (IFB)
FOR THE PURCHASE OF A BRAND NEW VEHICLE
IFB NO. GBC/NCB/100/01/2012/2013
T
he Grand Bassa County Administration has received funding from Arcelor Mittal/The National Gov-
ernment of Liberia through the County Social Development fund and intends to use portion of the
fund towards the purchase of one new vehicle to facilitate the smooth implementation of projects in
the County.
The County therefore invites SEALED bids from eligible and qualifed bidders for the supply of one new
vehicle as indicated below:
Bidding will be conducted through the NATIONAL COMPETITIVE BIDDING PROCEDURES as
specifed in th PUBLIC PROCUREMENT CONCESSION ACTS (PPCA) and approved by the PUBLIC
PROCUREMENT COMMISSION.
QUALIFICATION/REQUIREMENT INCLUDES:
PAST PERFORMANCE INCLUDING THE NAME OF AT LEAST 2 CLIENTS,
CURRENT BUSINESS REGISTRATION
CURRENT TAX CLEARANCE
SOCIAL SECURITY TAX CLEARANCE
GUARANTEE SCHEDULE OF DELIVERY
Bid security of 2% of quoted bid price by bidder in absolute value drawn on a reputable bank in
Liberia
Availability of spare parts
Vehicle maintenance workshop is an added advantage
Interested bidders may obtain additional information and bid documents from the Procurement Unit in
the Offce of the Assistant Superintendent for Development Buchanan City, Grand Bassa County Starting
from December 6, 2013 (Monday to Friday) 9:00 A.M. - 4:00 P.M. Daily for a Non-refundable fee of
US$100.00(One Hundred United States Dollars)
Sealed bid must be delivered to the Procurement Unit of the Procurement Committee on the 3rd day of
January 2014 at the hour of 2:00 P.M. and bids will be opened the same day in the presence of bidders or their
representatives. All late bids will be returned unopened. No alternative bids or electronic bids will be accepted.
THE ADDRESSED REFERRED TO ABOVE IS:
The Procurement Unit
Project Management Committee (PMC)
Offce of the Assistant Superintendent for Development
Grand Bassa County
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Friday, December 13, 2013 Page 16
IN THE NAME OF ALLAH, THE MOST
COMPASSIONATE, THE MOST MERCIFUL
The Advent and the Necessity
of Being Prepared for
Opportunities (Part Two): Why
Preparations are Essential
The Rev. James B. Sellee,
Rector of St. Thomas
Episcopal Church, Camp
Johnson Road, Monrovia
T
he focus of this
second article
of the series on
the necessity of
preparations is on some of
the major reasons why it is
absolutely vital for everyone
to prepare and be prepared
for certain essential things
of life. The necessity of
preparation for most important
things of life cannot be over
emphasized. Such important
things as a marriage, a career,
a new home, expecting a
baby, and moving to a new
job or location outside of
ones county require certain
necessary preparations.
Generally those who prepare
tend to do better than those
who do not. Those who prepare
in the right way and at the right
time tend to get a lot more out
of opportunities than those
who fail to prepare for them.
The frst article (introductory)
on the liturgical season of
Advent and preparation made
the following observations:
Advent is the frst of seven
seasons of the Church year.
The word Advent literally
means coming and in the
secular sense it can mean
the coming into being of
something like the advent
of the printing press. In the
Christian context it refers to
the coming of Jesus Christ
into the world as its Savior and
Gods most precious gift to
mankind.
Advent is a season of
preparation for Christmas
which celebrates the birth
of Jesus Christ. During the
frst Advent God sent his
messenger (prophet) John to
prepare the way for Jesus. And
John indeed had a message for
all.
His message was a call
for individual and national
renewal and the preparations
needed to be ready to be
directed and led by God
Almighty Himself in all the
vicissitudes and changes of
life. Hence, Advent is about
preparing our hearts and minds
and homes to receive Gods
supreme gift, Jesus Christ
and, to strive to live the way
he desires. The best way to
prepare for this important gift
and event is repentance which
means the change of heart,
mind and conduct. This in turn
means getting rid of evil in its
myriad forms and holding fast
to what is good. In other words,
not to be overcome and ruled
by evil but rather to overcome
evil with good by thinking and
doing those things that build
up self, the family, community
and the wider society. The
message of Advent is that
believers should prepare, be
continuously preparing and
ready at all times since they do
not know when their Master
will come or call them home.
The particular emphasis of
the series is on preparation.
What then does it mean
to prepare for someone or
something important? The
Oxford Advanced Learners
Dictionary defnes the word
to prepare as the art of making
someone or something ready
to be used or to do something.
It means to make yourself
ready to do something or
for something you expect to
happen. Now there is a slight
difference between preparation
and readiness. To be ready is
not always the same as to be
prepared. Readiness has a lot
to do with willingness and
availability to do something.
Many Liberians are ready to
vie for the presidency or be a
senator but how many of them
are prepared for what it takes
to occupy those positions?
For certain signifcant things
in life one must be both ready
and prepared to undertake
them. To be prepared is to have
skills, experience, character,
and willingness of course to
do what is required.
Why is being prepared so
important in life? Someone
has clearly and rightly said
that if we fail to prepare we
prepare to fail! The fact of the
matter is that preparation is
one of the key requirements
for succeeding in life in
general and in most endeavors.
Preparation helps one make
use of the many opportunities
and challenges that come
ones way. It ensures success
or at least the satisfaction
of having done ones best.
Success should not always be
the measure of ones worth but
rather giving ones best in term
of preparation and doing ones
best in the face of a particular
challenge or opportunity. If
one does his/her part well
and yet fails then, from a
Christian perspective, God
has something better in store.
One must always prepare for
the important things in life
in order to take advantage of
opportunities when they come
and to experience the pleasure
of having done ones best in
executing signifcant tasks.
Civilization-Al-Islamic Perspective
Building an Ideal Muslim Society
(Part Twenty Eight)
By Sheikh Kafumba F.
Konneh

All praise belongs to Allah; and
may His peace and blessings be
upon His Prophet, his household,
his companions and all those who
rightly follow their foot-steps.
Ameen!
I
n our last discourse we
commented on the bulk
of verses 27-29 of chapter
twenty. Today, we shall, by
Allahs will, address ourselves
to the enjoinment appertains to
eating from the sacrifce you made
in commemoration of Ibrahims
Day, as well as sharing with your
relatives, neighbours. Al-Islam as
religion of liberality, generosity
and humanitarian, the Scripture
also enjoins sharing the said
sacrifce meat with the indigent
and the needy (particularly those)
who are in need of alms. All
these ritual activities mentioned
in these verses are to be carried
out during the ten days of Dhul-
Hijjah. The Prophet (SAW) is to
have said that: There are no days
that are greater before Allah or in
which deeds are more beloved to
Him (Allah) than these ten days,
so increase you Tahalil (a ritual
utterance of the formula of la
ilah illa llah There is no god but
Allah; Takbir (praising Allah with
laudation, extolment, exaltation,
glorifcation and exclamation; and
Tahmid (commendable praising
and encomiums) during these
days. Also within these ten days,
there are few memorable holy
days. Such as Arafat which
ritual activity is usually held on the
ninth day of Dhul-Hajjah at Mount
Arafat and of An-Nahr the day
of sacrifce which is usually held
on the tenth day of the said month.
Mount Arafat is where the alpha
parent (Adam and Hawwah/Eve
met after falling apart from heaven.
There all the pilgrims assemble
to listen to annual sermon in
commemoration of Prophet (AS)
attempt to sacrifce his son. After
carrying out of all these rituals,
a pilgrim is urged that before
departure, he/she should: again
go round the ancient Sacrosanct
House in procession. This latter
enjoinment is regard as a way of
bearing fare-ware to the Holy
House of Kaba.
By the same trend the Scripture
enjoins the pilgrims thus: And
when you have concluded your
religious devotions and pilgrimage
has had all its rites, then praise
Allah and extol His glorious
attributes as you customarily
praise your forefathers in pagan
times, but Allahs praises and
glorious attributes should be
extolled from ones heart and
inmost being with the deepest
mental feeling. Nonetheless,
among people are those whose
thoughts are those whose thoughts
are set upon the mundane things
of this world; they invoke Allah to
bestow upon them the comforts of
life to minister to their enjoyment
and content, and in consequence
never shall such-like persons have
a share in the Hereafter. There
are also others whose thoughts
are set upon both, this world and
the world-to-come: they invoke
Allah to bestow upon them His
prevenient and effcacious grace
here and His effcacious grace
Hereafter nd to save their bodies
and minds from the suffering
inficted by the Fire. Such-like
persons shall be apportioned the
reward they merit for their deeds.
Allah is swift indeed in putting the
law in execution (2:200-202).
Al-Islam also sets aside number
of months and days for devotional
thoughts, religious and spiritual
rites. Explaining the rationale
behind the creation of calendar,
months and days, the Scripture tells
us that: The calendar introduced
by Allah at the point of time at
which He created the universe
the heavens and the earth
determines the month as the space
of time from one new moon to the
next, which corresponds to the
period of one complete revolution
of the moon in reference to a point,
fxed or movable, and divides
the year accordingly into twelve
revolutions or months, four of
which are sacred and exclusively
appropriated to some special
purpose which is emblematic
of this right and commendable
religion. Therefore, do not wrong
yourselves during this period of
time nor discredit yourselves by
word or thought (9:36).
The four of the twelve months
refers to in the just quoted
Al-Quranic verse are known
and called within Al-Islamic
terminology as: Dhul al Qadah,
Dhul al Hijjah, Muharram and
Rajab. The 11th, 12th and 13th
of Dhul Hajj are considered as
spiritual celebrative days after
the performance of pilgrimage.
In this regard, the Scripture says
thus: And exercise your minds in
the devotional thought and in the
spoken discourse of the meditative
character on certain numbered
(three) days which follow the
conclusion of pilgrimage when
Satans fgure is pelted with stones
in the valley of Mina. Optional
as this is, you incur no blame if
you should leave Makka (Mecca)
two days earlier or two days or
two days later than the due date if
deep in your hearts you venerate
Allah and entertain the profound
reverence dutiful to Him and
you faithfully realize that to Him
(Allah) shall you be thronged
(2:203). This verse spells out that
Al-Islamic calendar, months of the
year and days of the week are all
ordained by Allah-the Almighty;
and that there is no idolatry term
or language associated with any.
What a spiritual virtue!
Recoursing to the main theme, it
is worth mentioning that Prophet
Ibrahim/Abraham (AS) used to
remind himself of the response
Allah gives to his inquiry as to
whether his assignation as Imam/
Religious leader of the world; and
the Lord said that: My assignation
is not designate to the wrong-
headed who are wrongful of
actions. So, every aspect of his act
was calculated toward realization
of the end objective of his mission,
including winning the pleasure
of Allah-thereby absorbing his
progeny (particularly those who
are unmitigatedly) devout (Divine
Services) with prayful minds and
expressive of prayer.
Perhaps it was against this
background that Prophet
Muhammad (SAW) enlists ten
additional ritual acts and activities
which Allah assigns to Prophet
Ibrahim/Abraham (AS). They are
referred to in Al-Islamic parlance
as Taharah (purity, ablution).
They are also called as: Fitrah
(meaning: instinct, natural
constitution). Five of the ten can
be found on the head and the
remaining fve are on the body. In
aggregate they are: (1) trimming
the mustache; (2) growing the
beard; (3) using Siwak; (4)
rinsing the mouth; (5) inhaling and
then exhaling water (in ablution).
These are the fve can be found on
the head. The remaining fve are:
(6 trimming the nails; (7) shaving
the public hairs; (8) circumcision
(this is mandatory for male and an
act of honour for female; and of
course, it is one time in ones life);
(9) plucking hairs under the arm;
and (10) washing the private parts
with water after answering the call
of nature.
Another testing Prophet Ibrahim/
Abraham (AS) underwent and he
implemented were abandoning his
disbelieving people when Allah
commanded him to do so, disputing
with Nimrod (king of Babylon)
about Allah. The Scripture tells us
this story thus: Have you not seen
(O Muhammad) into the discourse
which was held by the one who
argued with Ibrahim/Abraham
against Allah, the Creator, just
because he was in a position of
power over the kingdom which
was conferred on him by Allah.
Ibrahim/Abraham said: Allah, my
Creator, is He Who gives life and
determines the moment of death.
The man said: So do I, I grant life
and occasion death. Then Ibrahim/
Abraham said: Allah causes the
sun to rise in the east, do then
cause it to rise from the west.
And there was the presumptuous
infdel thrown into confusion
and defeat, and Allah does not
guide to His path of rectitude the
wrong-headed who are wrongful
of actions (2:258). Another
testing were: being patient when
he was thrown in the fre (although
this was extremely traumatic),
migrating from his homeland
when Allah commanded him to do
so, patience with the monetary and
material demand of hosting guests
by Allahs command, and Allahs
order for him to slaughter his son.
All these and many others indicate
the inscrutable testing of Allah. A
servant of Allah, or man of God in
the Liberian theological parlance,
is bound to withstand, abide by,
and exercise! May Allah guide us
to this direction. Ameen!
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Friday, December 13, 2013 Page 17
AfDB Remain Committed to
Economy Growth of Liberia
By David A. Yates
T
he Resident
Re p r e s e n t a t i v e
of the African
Development Bank
(AfDB), Dr. Margaret Kilo,
said the Bank will remain
dedicated to the growth of
the Liberian economy and its
developmental initiatives.
Dr. Margaret Kilo made the
assertion at the headquarters of
the AfDB, in Monrovia, when
offcials of the ILO offce led
a team of Community Based
Organizations from south-
eastern Liberia paid a courtesy
call on Bank recently.
According to her, the idea
of Africas multilateral
banking institution, the
African Development Bank
did originate within Liberia,
in person of the late Romeo A.
Horton some times in the early
70s and this is why the Banks
has an offce here in Liberia.
Dr. Kilo acknowledged
the International Labor
Organization (ILO) for the
successful implementation
of a short-term training for
some community-based
organizations (CBOs) from
South-eastern Liberia,
maintaining that, One of
Liberias main challenges is
road network, and so I am very
grateful for the exercise.
The 30 participants were
drawn from three of Liberias
(L-r) Resident Representative of the AfDB, Dr. Margaret Kilo and ILO National
Project Coordinator of the Labour-based Public Works Project, Mr. Jemell A. kiazolu,
leads CBOs on a tour of MPW
Ghanaian SMEs Poised
to Enter Liberian Market
G
hanaian small
and medium
e n t e r p r i s e s
(SMEs) have
shown interest in exporting
to the Liberian market to
contribute to the rebuilding
of that country, while creating
jobs in Ghana.
The companies are
particularly encouraged
by the return of Liberia
to democratic rule, with
associated reconstruction and
infrastructure development,
which is affecting many parts
of the country, especially the
capital, Monrovia, and its
surrounding communities.
The enterprises, which are
among the 40 participating in
the second Solo Exhibition
on Made-in-Ghana products
in Monrovia, Liberia, have
been dazzled by the interest
shown by Liberian customers
and private sector about the
quality of their products and
packaging. They said they
would use the occasion to
strengthen their supplies to the
country.
The exhibitors were
sponsored by the Ghana
Export Promotion Authority,
with support from the Export
Development and Agricultural
Investment Fund (EDAIF),
as part of the governments
strategy to scale up revenue
from non-traditional exports
(NTEs) to US$5 billion by
2015.
While some of the
enterprises established
contacts to represent them,
others are yet to capitalise on
the opportunity to make leads,
while yet others will look for
more suppliers and strengthen
existing ones.
The Vice President of
the Association of Ghana
Industries, Mr Samuel
Appenteng, said the fair, being
a build up on last years, would
enable enterprises from Ghana
to reinforce their presence and
establish new contacts in the
country.
Mr Appenteng, whose
Joissam (Gh) Limited is also
exhibiting at the fair, said
the patronage of the Vice
President of Liberia gave a
lot of impetus to this years
fair, adding that the Vice
Presidents call for Ghanaian
companies to establish
facilities to manufacture
locally would require the
establishment of a sizeable
market before their physical
presence could follow.
Alcoholic beverage
manufacturer Kasapreko
said the company had held
meetings with some suppliers
to expand their reach within
the market.
They would also support
the current distributor with
publicity and marketing
activities to enable them to
deliver the volumes they
require.
We have made a lot of
leads and held meetings with
potential distributors and
before the fair ends, we will
fnalise some of the deals.
We want to have a stronger
presence in Liberia be
visible in all gas stations, bars
and restaurants, Key Account
Supervisor of Kasapreko, Mr
Norbert Mwin, said.
He said come 2014
Kasapreko would carry out a
lot of marketing activities in
Liberia to make their brands,
which have been well received
there, even more popular and
widely distributed.
A Sales Executive at Nallem
Clothing, Ms Angela Gli, told
the GRAPHIC BUSINESS
that although the company
already had a wholesaler in
Liberia, the Ghanaian clothing
maker intended to open its
own branch there to deepen
their presence.
Perhaps, one of Ghanas
success stories which could
beneft some more from
Liberias transition is Tropical
Cable and Conductor Ltd,
the copper and aluminium
electrical and telephone cable
manufacturer.
We see the market as new
and a good opportunity for
us as the country is in the
phase of transformation and is
rebuilding its infrastructure,
the Marketing Manager, Mr
Kof Sam, said and added that
TCCL was keen and ready to
enter the Liberian market.
He said they would use their
presence for feasibility studies,
scout for representatives and
distributors for the Liberian
market.
The same goes for aluminium
cookware manufacturer and
multiple export award winner,
Lion Aluminium, whose
Marketing Executive, Mr
Stephen Ayittey, believes he
would even start from selling
all his wares at the seven-day
fair.
My aim is to get distributors
from the three main markets
weve identifed in Liberia.
Looking at the rate at which
they are showing interest in
our products, I believe our
aim would be achieved, Mr
Ayittey said.
Besides clothing, textiles
and accessories which form
the bulk of exhibits which
are dazzling the West African
sub-regional markets, there
are also exhibits from
pharmaceutical companies,
underground water solutions
companies, herbal products,
cosmetics, beauty and skin
care manufacturers, leather
and footwear and alcoholic
beverages, among others.
South-eastern counties to
include fve female candidates
forming parts of the exercise
as heads.
Earlier, the Senior Transport
Infrastructure Engineer, Mr.
Prince Tamba, of the Bank
praised the efforts of the
ILO in implementing the
just-ended project, which is
making impact in the lives of
the people.
He maintained that the AfDB
will continue to work in close
consultation and collaboration
with the ILO to provide
them list of roads that are
maintainable to be worked on
by these CBOs.
Mr. Tamba also assured
participants that a mobile
vocational institution will be
instituted in the counties to
ease the tension of traveling
long distances to come to
the urban area for training
workshops.
Plans are underway to engage
into agriculture venture mainly
cassava production; adding,
Markets will be built in the
counties to enhance the CBOs
works, he stated. He noted
that the project will be used as
case study.
The tour also took the CBOs
to the Ministry of Public
Works where they met and
held discussions with the
Assistant Minister for Rural
Development, Mr. Jackson
Paye.
Minister Paye lauded
the ILO and African
Development Bank on behalf
of the Public Work Minister
for the collaboration and
successful implementation of
Public Works Labor-based
small-scale contractors and
knowledge provided for the
CBOs in carrying the project.
Reading a position statement
on behalf of the CBOs, Ms.
Elitha M. Kun, thanked
the Bank and ILO for ably
providing funding for the
project which they are target
benefciaries.
She assured the AfDB and
ILO that once they are trained,
they will take on the tasks of
good road rehabilitation in the
County.
Wuhan Iron & Steel to Renew
IPO Push for Liberia Mining Unit
(http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-
subclass-cnt.aspx?cid=1206&MainCatI
D=12&id=20131212000039)
C
hinas Wuhan Iron
and Steel Group
one of the countrys
largest steel
producers is planning to
renew its bid to sell shares on
the Hong Kong stock market
for a subsidiary at the center of
a mining project in Liberia, as
headway will be made in the
project next year, according
to Shanghais China Business
News.
The subsidiary is planning to
speed up its IPO preparations
after an earlier application
was turned down by the Hong
Kong Stock Exchange last
year, the paper said.
The renewed efforts for a
public listing arose as the
project to mine iron ore in
Liberias central county of
Bong is scheduled to progress
to the second stage next year.
The project, worth over US$2
billion, is expected to provide
the company with 10 million
metric tonnes of high-quality
iron ore every year following
its completion, while mass
production will begin in 2017.
The mine covers an area of
78.47 square kilometers, with
resources totaling 4.09 billion
metric tonnes.
The initial stage of the
project was completed at
the end of July, providing 1
million metric tonnes of iron
ore every year.
The mining project marks the
latest effort by the Wuhan Iron
and Steel Group to explore
overseas ore resources,
tapping into countries such as
Brazil, Canada and Australia.

The Wuhan Iron and Steel headquarters in Wuhan, Hubei province. (Photo/CFP)
DAILY OBSERVER Page 18
Friday, December 13, 2013
students of the university;
instead, those activities rep-
resent the designs of no more
than a handful of criminals,
bent on destroying the future
of the young people of the
country, she explained.
Dr. Brownell disclosed that
her detractors have organized
a cartel or syndicate that in-
sists on business as usual,
and these criminals are de-
termined to enrich themselves
at the expense of the students.
In a petition by aggrieved
faculty staff about three weeks
ago, the faculty alleged that
the students in question had
not all failed the last entrance;
instead, Dr. Brownell had
unilaterally declared that all
25,000 students from the main
campus as well as from Fen-
dall, had failed.
In reaction, Dr. Brownell
declared that, No candidate
made the required minimum
threshold scores of 50% in
Math and 70% in English set
by the faculty senate; there
were 316 students who at-
tained 50% and above in Math
but did not make the required
minimum score of 70% in
English.
According to her, after re-
viewing the results, the faculty
senate changed the threshold
to the minimum scores of 40%
in Math and 50% in English.
That lowering of the threshold
produced 1,681 freshmen for
the 2013-2014 academic year.
She furthered that those
making calls for her resigna-
tion and demonstrating against
her are the same people who
do not want any change at
the university, but insist on
continuing in academic mal-
feasance, corruption and other
clandestine activities, while
frmly resisting any change
that would upset their surrepti-
tious ventures.
But we will clean up the ed-
ucation mess, and no amount
of threat, intimidation, or
Academic Mary Broh
loud noise will deter us, Dr.
Brownell stressed.
Because the steps directed
at cleaning the system is af-
fecting those defling it, such
individuals became desper-
ate and resorted to designing
scare tactics and intimida-
tion, she explained. Going
to her residence to vandalize
her bedroom, taking away her
fat television screen and other
valuables, is the result of those
tactics and acts of intimidation
by thugs in cahoots with the
criminal element entrenched
at the University.
With desperation setting in,
these criminals and cowards
are turning to intimidation and
scare tactics; they sent thugs
with cutlasses to my home to
intimidate me, but I do not
scare easily, she said.
She stressed that the Thugs
were successful in getting at
her because they took advan-
tage of her gender as a wom-
an. If I were a man, they
would not have gotten to me,
but were successful in their
criminal deeds because I am a
woman, she noted.
Commenting on other aca-
demic malfeasance activities,
the UL Provost noted that
some faculty staffs are dual
full-time employees, teaching
at other universities and send-
ing teaching assistants who are
not qualifed.
She added that some people
were on payroll of the univer-
sity without working but re-
ceiving salaries that were not
justifed; something she said
led her to collect LD$20 mil-
lion for the university.
She furthered that You
teach I chop exists at the uni-
versity, in which a chairperson
of a department hires adjunct
faculty with the expressed un-
derstanding that the adjunct
faculty will give some of his/
her compensation as kickback.
The Provost also indicated
that change of grade without
documented evidence, fake
grades, and illegal entry to the
UL, are ills she is striving to
curtail as Provost; but because
those engaged in these acts do
not want to see such changes,
they incite a few students and
other criminals from outside
the university to go against
their efforts aimed at turning
things around.
She added that they had to
revoke some students degrees
upon realizing that some of
the Criminals granted them
(students) degrees that they
had not sat in class for.
Meanwhile, information
from the University of Libe-
ria has it that another person
is acting as Vice President for
Academic Affairs & Provost
in place of Dr. Brownell. She
however explained that for
now she is about to go for a
three-week vacation; it is a
usual protocol that someone
acts in her stead while she is
away.
She said this does not indi-
cate in any way that she has re-
signed or she is being removed
from the UL.
Regarding the names of
Criminals, Dr. Brownell
said the University Board has
sent a Team of Inquiry to in-
vestigate the matter, and when
the investigation kicks-off,
and each party begins to ex-
plain its side, names, dates of
events and other instances that
people have built on that they
do not want to change will
spring up.
Regarding her academic
credential that students have
overly said is lacking, Dr.
Brownell said she completed
high school at the College of
West Africa among 37 stu-
dents in 1973, got her univer-
sity degree at the UL in 1978,
and received her Master De-
gree in the United States in
1984 and PhD in Accounting
at the Oklahoma University in
1990.
She said as she goes for her
three-week vacation, she will
bring all her diplomas and
pass them on to the media
for publication; also, she will
provide the channels through
which those anxious to know
about her can get to the uni-
versities in the United States
from which she obtained her
credentials them.
Liberia as a compact eligible
country.
According to Finance Min-
ister Amara M. Konneh, the
MCCs governance bench-
marks are in alignment with
the Liberian governments
governance reform policies
and national aspirations. The
Government says it will exert
all efforts to improve its gov-
ernance performance and will
also continue to scale up its
commitment of the requisite
resources.
The committee is chaired
by Liberias Minister of Fi-
nance Amara M. Konneh. A
few years ago, President Ellen
Johnson Sirleaf established
the MCC Steering Committee
and charged it with a mandate
to prioritize continued gover-
nance reforms and focuse on
improvement in actual perfor-
mance indicators.
As a result of the Com-
mittees oversight, the Gov-
ernment says it has shown
improvement over most of
its key performance indica-
tors over the past years and
remains committed to con-
tinuing such performance im-
provement over the next year
with the goal of exceeding the
median threshold performance
of other low-income countries.
The government has also
reaffrmed its commitment to
achieving the following four
governance policy objectives
including the protection of up
to 13% of Liberias biomes
within the next two years: im-
provement of the control in
the traffcking of persons, and
the reform of civil libel laws
through the decriminalization
of civil libel. The Government
has also assured the public of
its commitment to continuing
the improvement of its perfor-
mance on such governance in-
dicators as economic freedom,
investing in people, and ruling
justly.
In fulfllment of its commit-
ment to successfully complete
the MCC compact develop-
ment process, the Government
has established since May
2013, a country Core Team
with the responsibility to im-
plement the compact develop-
ment process in collaboration
with the MCC.
The team has already suc-
cessfully completed Phase1 of
the process by producing an
Economic Constraints Analy-
sis (ECA), which is available
to the public on the Ministry
of Finances website).Further-
more, the team has under tak-
en national consultations on
the fndings of the Constraints
Analysis in Monrovia and four
provincial cities: Tubmanburg,
Kakata, Gbarnga, Ganta, Zwe-
dru, and Voinjama.
Based on the ECA fndings
and the national consultations,
initial project proposals have
been submitted to the MCC
covering roads and electric-
ity. These concepts, according
to the government, were dis-
cussed by the Core Team and
the MCC in Washington DC,
in November 2013.
The Government has also
announced that it has now em-
barked on developing a more
comprehensive and in-depth
proposal for submission to the
MCC, by early 2014.
In a separate development,
the Executive Board of the
International Monetary Fund
(IMF) has completed its re-
view of the Extended Credit
Facility (ECF) for Liberia,
enabling the disbursement of
US$11.4 million as part of
support to Liberias fnancial
sector.
The latest approval brings
to roughly US$34.2 million in
IMF fnancing under the ECF
arrangement since its adoption
on November 19, 2012 by the
IMFs Executive Board.
In completing the review, the
Board approved the waiver for
the nonobservance of the per-
formance criteria on the foor
on revenue collection of the
central government, the ceil-
ing on Central Bank of Libe-
rias gross direct credit to the
government, and the foor on
foreign reserves of the CBL.
Speaking after the decision,
Mr. Naoyuki Shinohara, Dep-
uty Managing Director of IMF
and Acting Chair, said Libe-
rias economic growth remains
strong and the medium-term
outlook is positive, provided
new projects in the mining and
plantation sectors come on
stream.
Non-resource real GDP
growth is expected to continue
to pick up in 2014-15, as the
authorities continue to press
ahead with the implementa-
tion of large energy and road
infrastructure projects, in line
with their Agenda for Trans-
formation, he said
The IMF offcial, however,
noted: While the authori-
ties remain fully committed
to reforms underpinned by
the ECF arrangement, institu-
tional and capacity constraints
have affected recent program
performance. Deviations in
government revenue and do-
mestic fnancing were minor,
but foreign reserves fell below
the program foor refecting
in part, higher intervention
in the foreign exchange mar-
ket to mitigate depreciation
pressures. The authorities are
taking appropriate action to
rebuild an adequate reserves
buffer, by strengthening the
foreign exchange auction and
enhancing liquidity manage-
ment.
Action is being taken to
strengthen budget execu-
tion while scaling up public
investment. The authorities
have identifed savings in the
FY2014 budget to be able to
meet their defcit target while
protecting capital spending.
They are also enhancing cash
management through estab-
lishing a Treasury Single Ac-
count. Timely approval of
annual budgets, together with
careful prioritization and prep-
aration of investment projects,
would help remove implemen-
tation bottlenecks.
In response to these develop-
ments, Finance Minister Ama-
ra Konneh, praised the team
working on both efforts and
cited the governments contin-
ued commitment to engaging
with the MCC and following
up on the recommendations
from the IMF.
The progress we have seen
from these two programs is in-
dicative of this governments
desire to strengthen our fscal
and growth programs, while
remaining compliant with the
various rules and requirements
enshrined in these programs.
There are challenges but we
are working very hard to deal
with them, in spite of the many
constraints we face.
Liberia Retains
Africa during the early days of
independence produced great
leaders like Kwame Nkrumah
of Ghana, and Julius Nyerere
of Tanzania, who he said were
men with vision who under-
stood what Africa needed.
Unfortunately, they were
either overthrown or taken for
granted, making it diffcult for
these men to mobilize their
people. Since that time, Africa
has experienced a drought of
ideas.
Dr. Fahnbulleh said, Nk-
rumah proffered the argument
that the independence of Ghana
was meaningless without the
total liberation of Africa.
Fahnbulleh recalled that Nk-
rumah was the only African
leader who had a deep under-
standing that the struggle in
Congo (DRC) and the assassi-
nation of then Prime Minister,
Patrice Lumumba, was tied
in with the total liberation of
southern Africa.
He said, however, Africa has
had to bear the shame of turn-
ing out some of the worlds
greatest buffoons (clowns, co-
medians) for political leaders.
He named men like Jean Be-
del Bokassa, former leader of
the Central African Republic,
who made himself an emperor;
and Mobutu Sese Sekou of the
Congo, as two such examples.
The continent produced
these people who have no idea
about anything positive; they
merely acted as gendarmes
of foreign interests, Dr. Fan-
bulleh said with disgust.
Speaking in Monrovia Thurs-
day, December 12, Dr. Fah-
bulleh expressed his belief that
after political independence,
the next phase of the struggle
he considers a highly important
dynamic, is economic indepen-
dence.
Economic liberation cannot
be achieved with a single social
class, only the masses in their
entirety. It can be accomplished
through self-reliance provided
by agriculturally based ad-
vancement and reproduction,
its only the people who can
defend whatever gains a leader
makes, he asserted.
Dr. Fahnbulleh said the eco-
nomic deprivation of Africa is
affecting every country on the
continent. He used Liberia as a
typical example where citizens
in areas such as West Point,
New Kru Town, and other parts
of the leeward counties live as
if they are in the Middle Ages.
You can have political inde-
pendence, but if your people do
not have economic power that
enables them to provide for
themselves, then you remain a
beggar nation, he said, adding,
Your dignity is questioned,
because you keep on begging
and receiving aid when you
have resources in your coun-
try, Dr. Fahnbulleh explained.
Those people you beg will
either think that psychologi-
cally something is wrong with
you, or you just willingly ac-
cept your status as a slave, he
noted.
Dr. Fahnbulleh said Libe-
ria must build a middle class
economy that invests primarily
in its own people and their con-
tributions to the nation. He said
we have to create employment
opportunities so that Liberians
are involved in all sectors of
the economy, whether in the oil
industry when it starts, or on
the plantation.
Liberians ought to occupy
a large market share of our
economy; that is the only way
we can go forward. We are not
going to go to other peoples
countries and remain cleaners
and sweepers. The resources
are here and when you invest,
you employ your people, and
then you have a greater stake
within the system. The eco-
nomic empowerment of our
people is not something to
wait for; it is something that
we have to demand, Dr. Fan-
bulleh concluded.
Leadership Defcit
ERRATUM
In our History and Us column yesterday, we inad-
vertently made a few mistakes, which we deeply
regret. But they have all been corrected on our
website, www.liberianobserver.com.
First, the second man on the historical photo was
John Lewis (not Louis) Cooper.
Second, Mrs. Georgia Payne Cooper was never
married to Mr. Jesse Reed Cooper. She had sev-
eral children by Mr. Cooper: Adriana, Sam Payne
and Bismark Cooper.
Third, Mrs. Katherine (Kate) Cooper Robertss
daughter Izetta (Lady) was married to Dr. Nehe-
miah Cooper, founder of The Cooper SDA Clinic
at 12th Street, Sinkor, Monrovia.
Fourth, Mr. R.S.S. Bright had two children before
his marriage to Mrs. Clavenda Sherman Bright.
They were Dr. Cyril Bright who, of course, was
mentioned in yesterdays column, and Mrs.
Greeta Bright Brewer.
The errors are deeply regretted.
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Friday, December 13, 2013
Faces of Africa: King George
Serves His country
--A CCTV Documentary Retells the George Weah Story
By Omari Jackson
T
he Chinese Central
Television, CCTV
recently sent a team
to Liberia and com-
pleted a documentary promi-
nent Africans who made con-
siderable contribution to the
world of sports, along with
leaving a legacy for future
generations.
The team focused on soccer
icon, George Manneh Weah
and during almost a week in
Monrovia, traveled to several
places, including Clara Town
where the legend began his
soccer career.
The team of a reporter and
two cameramen engaged sev-
eral individuals, who spoke
enthusiastically about the man
known to European football
fans as King George. Weah
was also interviewed while he
was in United States for the
program.
The team paid a visit to the
Daily Observer and spent con-
siderable time with the Ob-
servers sports writers on back
issues of the paper that dealt
with the progress of George
Weah, and this writer had the
opportunity to be interviewed
on his experiences covering
the period that George Weah
and his team were making
headlines, not only in Europe
but in Liberia.(Check here for
the documentary: http://ow.ly/
roDwi
The documentary depicts
George Weah as one of the
fnest African players ever
to grace the European conti-
nents stadiums and more than
a footballer, George, despite
his retirement from the game,
has become an icon in Liberia,
where he strives to build his
legacy not only as a success-
ful athlete, but as a man who
dedicated his life to his fellow
Liberians.
It described the marshland
slums of Clara Town, Mon-
rovia where youngsters start
playing football almost as
soon as they can walk. Their
commitment to the game is es-
pecially strong, and for good
reason: they play on the same
feld that saw the beginnings
of a man who will surely go
down in history as one of the
greatest Africa footballers of
all time, a CCTV narrator
said.
The documentary explains
the inspiring nature of George
Weahs career from a slum
community in Liberia to the
top fight of European football.
It says he is still the example
that Liberian aspiring foot-
ballers strive to emulate today.
The narrator recounts King
Georges early association
with Mighty Barolle and In-
vincible Eleven, though leav-
ing out Bong Range United
and Young Survivors. It also
notes the exceptional role
Weah had in scoring goals dur-
ing games with other clubs of
the period.
George was magnifcent
and when there was no goal,
George would come on and he
would make the difference,
someone comments in an in-
terview.
The narrator reviews his soc-
cer career at 22, after playing
in Cameroon for a while and
then moving on to Europe by
current Arsenal manager Ar-
sene Wenger, then the chief
technician at AS Monaco.
Weah was extremely success-
ful in the Ligue 1, the top
division in French football,
scoring 79 goals in 199 ap-
pearances for Monaco and
Paris Saint-Germain.
Weahs infuence on the
pitch and his astounding drib-
bling skills caught the atten-
tion of one of the most pres-
tigious clubs on the continent:
Italian giants AC Milan. It
was after transferring to Milan
that George was at the peak of
his ability. He won award after
award, including the presti-
gious Ballon dOr, Fifa World
Player of the Year and was
voted African player of the
Century, elevating him to the
company of such illustrious
players as Brazilian legend
Pele and mythical Dutchman
Johan Cruyff, the narrator
said.
A portion of the narration
was devoted to his career as
a politician when he publicly
called for the UN to intervene
in the disastrous civil war that
raged between 1989 and 1996.
That action reportedly angered
then President Charles Taylor.
When I was on the feld, for
90 minutes I tried to uphold
the positive image of Liberia.
After the match, I would go
home and it was like my whole
world was crumbling, Weah
explains.
The narrator explains about
his use of his (George Weahs)
personal resources to fnance
the national soccer team, Lone
Star, including paying for
chartered fights and all ex-
penses.
Weah explains why: It was
my responsibility. In the doc-
umentary Weah also explains
being an active philanthropist
in the feld of education.
After his retirement in 2003,
he decided to go into politics
and ran for president in 2005,
losing the run off by 19% mar-
gin as well as his unsuccessful
attempt as vice president in
2011.
He has every intention of
running for president again in
2017. My dream is for every
Liberian to be part of the so-
ciety and that everyone live
the Liberian dream that we all
expect.
Please check here for the
documentary: http://ow.ly/
roDwi
George Weah was named African Footballer of the
Century by a panel of journalists.
George Weah was an advocate of UN peacekeeping
mission ECOMOG during the Civil
War.
George casts his ballot in the 2011 Liberian Presidential
election in which he ran for Vice-President.
Weah won theBallon dOr, the most prestigious
individual award in professional football, in 1995.
George Weah remains the primary role model for all of
Liberias aspiring footballers, a group of which are seen
here stretching on the very pitch George played on as a
child.
LFA Cellcom Wednesdays League Results
I
n continuation of the LFA
Cellcom national soccer
league last Wednesday,
BYC put up an incredible
show to defeat Ganta Black
Star 4-1.
Invincible Eleven settled a
1-1 draw against Monrovia
Club Breweries and Jubilee
managed a 2-0 over Mighty
Blue Angels.
Oilers and Keitrace settled to
a goalless draw and Watanga
FC made it over National Port
Authority with a 2-0 victory.
Another loss fell on Red Li-
ons, losing 1-0 to LISCR FC.
NPAs cheering squad in a celebratory mood. But last Wednesday Watanga FC made
the end diffcult when they lost 2-0.
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By Keith Morris
T
he vice presi-
dent for Aca-
demic Affairs
and Provost of
the University
of Liberia, Dr.
Wede Elliott-Brownell, wants
laws enacted to curtail aca-
demic malfeasance and cor-
ruption in the education sector.
Addressing a news confer-
ence Thursday, December 12,
in Monrovia, Dr. Brownell
pleaded with the National
Legislature to a enact law that
would criminalize academic
malfeasance. She proposed
the title of said legislation as,
Academic Felony. The in-
tent, Dr. Brownell indicated,
Is for educators, who are de-
termined to destroy the future
of Liberia by destroying the
minds of our young people, to
be prosecuted harshly.
She maintained that there ex-
ists scores of academic crimi-
nals at the state-run univer-
sity for which there needs to
be laws enacted to protect the
future of Liberian students and
the entire education sector.
Dr. Brownell did not say
whether she, or any member
of the public has drafted the
proposed legislation and is
willing to present it to the Leg-
islature for enactment; she did
say that when enacted, said
Bill will improve the countrys
educational system and pro-
mote better learning at the UL.
If Dr. Brownell does not
have draft legislation but has
the concept, legislative com-
mentators observed, The UL
Provost could engage lawmak-
ers that have direct oversight
into the matter in order to de-
velop a draft for its presenta-
tion to the lawmakers.
She described the propose
legislation as the only alterna-
tive to tackling academic mal-
feasance, particularly at the
University of Liberia. I have
uncovered over LD$2 million
(US$25,000 at prevailing rate
of L$80) from many illegal
activities at the UL from these
criminal gangs that are active
in the system of the universi-
ty, the UL Provost added.
Interestingly, this proposed
legislation is vital to the sur-
vivability of Liberias educa-
tional sector that was recently
described as a Mess by Pres-
ident Johnson Sirleaf.
Since the Presidents pro-
nouncement, little or nothing
has been done to clean up the
sector thereby forcing critics
to share the opinion that gov-
ernment is losing its grip when
it comes to academy fraud.
It is important that the legis-
lation is crafted before the leg-
islature resumes its legislative
session in January next year.
Most members of the legisla-
ture will be engaged with elec-
tion related issues.
Dr. Brownell is struggling
against being removed from
offce by UL faculty members
and a group of students who
are determined to see her va-
cate the UL; they say it is in
an effort to pave the way for
what they claim should result
in a more professional man-
agement of the nations high-
est institution of learning.
But Dr. Brownell has since
described those calling for
her removal as a handful of
noise-makers that want to ruin
the institution.
Academic Felony Bill in Sight
By Abednego Davis

A
mid criti-
cism from
the public re-
garding the
Tax Courts
failure to
proceed with the prosecution
of tax evaders, Judge Mozart
Chesson, is shifting the blame
to state lawyers.
Speaking to the Daily Ob-
server in his Chamber at the
Temple of Justice, Judge Ches-
son said that since his appoint-
ment in July 2013, he has dealt
with four alleged offenders,
most of whom have been for-
warded to the Board of Tax Ap-
peal (BOTA).
BOTA is not a legal institu-
tion, and only hears complaints
about tax issue and forwards
the matter to that Tax Court, if
the need arises.
He said the reason for that
roundabout practice was that
state lawyers refuse to follow
the right procedure.
The Tax Court is responsi-
ble for enforcement activities
to enable them to pursue tax
cheaters in the country.
But, Judge Chesson stressed:
You cant blame the court for
the lack of enforcement, be-
cause prosecution has to bring
the alleged tax offenders to us.
We are not to go after them.
It is prosecutions responsibil-
ity to bring them to Court.
But, the Observer reporter
Govt Losing Millions in Taxes
-As Judge Shifts Blame to State Lawyers
who visited the court said that
he saw over 50 undecided cases
on the courts docket.
Most of them were business
institutions involved in the
practices of withholding gov-
ernment taxes.
State lawyers are reluctant
to forward tax-related cases to
the Court. I dont know why,
Judge Chesson vented his frus-
tration.
But, their failure, according
to legal experts causes govern-
ment to lose millions of United
States Dollars.
His predecessor, Judge Eva
Mappy Morgan, raised in two
years, millions of United
States Dollars from tax evaders
in the country.
One of those caught in her
web is the president of the
Liberia Football Association
(LFA), Mr. Musa Bility.
Unfortunately, Bility did not
complete his tax payment un-
der the jurisdiction of Judge
Morgan.
The reason? She was replaced
by Judge Chesson.
Explaining Mr. Bilitys case,
the presiding Tax Court Judge
said that prosecution and de-
fense lawyers informed the
court that they had reached an
out of court settlement.
They came to me and said
they had agreed to an out of
court settlement. What do you
want me to do? Judge Ches-
son asked, It is their case and
they can do what they want to
do with it.
You cant run after them
for cases, he complained. It
is they who have the case and
must bring it to me, he ex-
plained.
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