Dateline Liberia - Monday (04 September 2017)

Dateline
Name of Program: Dateline Liberia
Date: Monday September 04, 2017
Time 10:00am with a Repeat at 10:00pm
Duration: 45’
Producer: Olive Thomas

Interviews or recorded pieces-subject matter and/or content.
  • President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has ended her country tour with the dedication of two projects in Montserrado County.
  • Chiefs of Defense staff in the sub region are expected to convene in Monrovia for a security meeting from September 6 to the 8th.
  • The Special Representative of the UN Secretary General in Liberia has challenged female political candidates to compete with their male counterparts in the political process.
  • Authorities at the National Elections Commission (NEC) last week (Wednesday) set straight Dr. Togba Nah-Tipoteh’s claims that the figure of registered voters announced by the NEC was unrealistic and unimaginable.
  • The Elections Coordinating Committee (ECC) is urging all registered political parties to submit detailed statements of their assets and liabilities in the electoral process.
  • The -  Executive Director of the Peace Building Office (PBO) says his institution has a crucial role to play in ensuring peaceful, free, fair and transparent elections on October 10th.
  • The Ministry of Agriculture says it remains committed to creating an enabling environment to boost food production.
  • The Principal Investigator of PREVAIL 5, a joint Liberia-US clinical research program to assist in developing vaccines and therapeutics to tackle Ebola said sufficient information has been gathered to ensure that the vaccine is safe.
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