• Liberians praise UNMIL, Source: The New Dawn
• ‘Sacking Tenured Job Holders Will Cause Instability’, Sources: New DEMOCRAT and The ANALYST
• MCC workers deny media report, Sources: The INQUIRER and The New Dawn
• Religious group wants Weah to lead Liberia to Jesus, Source: The New Dawn
• BCTC students reject new president, Source: The New Dawn
• CU signs agreement with BCTC, Source: The New Dawn

Liberians praise UNMIL, Source: The New Dawn

Liberians are lavishing praises on the UN peacekeeping mission, the UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) for its job well done, days after a farewell program was held in Monrovia for the departure of the remaining small size of the mission. In an interview, the Liberians including petty traders, motorcyclists, and money exchangers said it was a great experience working and living while UNMIL was keeping the peace in the country, extending their thanks and appreciations to the men and women of the UN peacekeeping force who sacrificed their lives and time in order to restore Liberia. Read more

‘Sacking Tenured Job Holders Will Cause Instability’, Sources: New DEMOCRAT and The ANALYST

This paper reports that President George Weah is under intense job pressure to remove government officials with tenure positions aimed at satisfying partisans, River Gee County lawmaker, Francis Dopoh told legislative reporters Wednesday in Monrovia. Representative Dopoh alleges President Weah’s directive requesting those occupying tenured positions to submit their letters of appointment and commissioning to him is a plot to replace them. “From, our information, President George Weah is under serious pressure to award tenured positions to his loyalists”. The opposition Unity Party lawmaker said sacking tenured job holders is an unlawful act that would lead to instability in the government.

Areas the tenured positions are targeted by the president according to Representative Dopoh include Liberia Revenue Authority (LRA), National Social Security and Welfare Corporation (NASSCORP), Liberia Aviation Authority (LAA), the Central Bank of Liberia (CBL), and General Auditing Commission (GAC), among others.

MCC workers deny media report, Sources: The INQUIRER and The New Dawn

Workers at the Monrovia City Corporation (MCC) have strongly distanced itself from a media report that the newly nominated mayor of Monrovia, Jefferson Koijee has taken office ahead of Senate confirmation hearing. The MCC workers chairman, Eric Doe said on 2 February, they hosted a welcoming and appreciation program for the mayor-designate, but he says the event was being wrongly reported in the media that it was a turning over ceremony to the youth wing chairman of ruling Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC).

“The program was to express gratitude to President George Weah for the preferment on a young Liberian whose track records speak of his ability to promote and advance the pro-poor agenda of the CDC-led government, and not a formal take over ceremony as being perceived in some quarters,” Mr. Doe said. According to him, the MCC Workers Union is fully cognizant of the legislative procedures of the confirming of officials of government appointed by the president before formally beginning their official duties. Read more

Religious group wants Weah to lead Liberia to Jesus, Source: The New Dawn

A religious group under the banner Emmanuel Love is urging President George Weah to lead Liberia to Jesus Christ if he must succeed as Liberia’s 24th president. Speaking to The New Dawn Tuesday, Evangelist Donatus Nayensuabo said Emmanuel Love was celebrating its 198th Anniversary of the redemption of the church by the Lord Jesus Christ. He says he wants people to know that if the divine mission of preaching repentance, salvation and the second coming of Jesus Christ is not fulfilled, God will destroy and turn the land over to foreigners. Nayensuabo warns that the failure of President Weah to unite the people and take them to Jesus Christ will not only destroy his leadership as president, but will cause Liberians to suffer from the wrath of God. Read more

BCTC students reject new president, Source: The New Dawn

Students at the Bong County Technical College (BCTC) are requesting President George Weah to cancel the appointment of Dr. Roland Massaquoi as college president in favor of current acting president Dr. Charles Mulbah to head the institution. “All that we have to tell our president is not to appoint Dr. Massaquoi as president of our struggling college, otherwise it will be a real academic catastrophe for us as students,” student Abraham Kumakeh said Wednesday in an interview with The New Dawn. Read more

CU signs agreement with BCTC, Source: The New Dawn

Cuttington University (CU) and Bong County Technical College (BCTC) have signed a –three-year institutional linkage agreement to strengthen academic excellence and broaden experiences between students of the two institutions. The signing ceremony took place recently on the main campus of the BCTC in Gbarnga. Under the agreement, CU will consider students from BCTC’s Departments of Agriculture and Health Sciences upon their nomination to have access to CU’s Colleges of Agriculture and Allied Health Sciences. Students to benefit the exchange program at CU under the agreement must have a minimum GPA of 2.00 and sufficient academic preparation in the pre-nursing courses and skill required. The document further states that after admission at CU, BCTC students must meet the university’s standard and maintain a minimum GPA of at least 2.50 to remain on the program. Read more