Ramsey N Singbeh Jr
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President Joseph Nyumah Boakai, Sr recently delivered his second State Of The Nation Address (SONA) and boasted about Liberia’s economic stability in the first year of his leadership.
He said things have improved with his government doing increments in the salaries of teachers, health workers and security amongst others.
He also reported inheriting a completely broken economy from foRmer President George Manneh Weah with Liberians living in extreme hardship. Mr Boakai further told the nation that his immediate predecessor, Weah left a liability of about two billion, five hundred thousand United States Dollars (US$2.5B) as debt against the country.
Therefore, to be able to know the reality about the president’s statement regarding the stability of the country’s economy, there are a lot of ways to conduct assessments and one of them is hearing from the house’s own mouth. In this case, it is necessary to know from the ordinary citizens themselves on how they are feeling the impact of the economy.
Predicated upon this, Throngtalk News Bureau travelled to Lofa County, the home county of the president to engage the views of Lofans in relation to their living condition(s).
Our microphones spoke to a lot of people of Zorzor District next to Voinjama in Lofa and below are the things they explained.
Sumo B Gayflor, Businessman Of Zorzor
He narrated that the behaviors of some of the people can also contribute to the tough living condition.
He blamed most of the people of living according to the way they are not supposed to live there by doing things that are unnecessary for the community. Speaking about the government, Gayflor intoned that they have observed the exchange rate going up too high leading to inflation in the costs of goods and services.
He recommended that the banks in the country take full control of foreign currency while Liberians be allowed to transact in the Liberian Dollars in the country.
Yassah Kolubah of Zorzor Central High School
She focused her conversation on the school lamenting that they are not getting the level of attention and lessons from their teachers they expect. She shifted blames against the government, quoting most of the teachers as saying that they are not on payroll.
The Zorzor Central High School is a government run institution.
Aaron Bestman Of Logan Town Community In Zorzor City, Lofa County
He explained that one of the challenges they are faced with in the area has got to do with the increments in the prices of things.
According to him, the prices of things are high in the county, referencing the gasoline and rice (25kg).
Bestman however called on the government to work on the prices of things in the country as a way of reducing the hardship.
Gofanti Boimah, Zorzor City, Lofa County
He told our news bureau that the living condition is deployable in some of the areas.
On the local radio, he stated that many people usually complain about road connectivity, further complaining about the lack of feeder roads leading to their towns and villages from the main roads in the area.
He said apart from motorcycles, cars can’t access the farm to market roads in Zorzor and some other parts of Lofa.
He noted that another problem is the fact that everyone in Lofa and Liberia as a whole is crying that things are difficult to an extent it is tough to handle money. Gofanti further narrated the unavailability of job opportunities by the government as another challenge in Lofa.
Daniel K Forkpah, Principal Of Zorzor Central High School
He said the government has to double up and do something for the citzens because it sounds too paradoxical to say that the country is rich in resources but has a lot of poor people. There are more people who can’t earn a living, he noted.
He stated that though he and some other people can afford but a lot of other people are unable to do so on a daily basis.
He recommended to the government to focus on its citizens to ensuring that their well-being is catered for.
Duyan G Waiwaiku, Businessman Of Zorzor
He said based on some reasons; life is not actually easy.
According to him, the lawmakers who were voted for in the county should be making the rightful decisions, but things are on the contrary and this is one of the issues Lofans are faced with.
It never used to be very terrible to get money like the way it is now happening, he added.
David K Harris, Motorcyclist From Kpayea
He sang the same song sung by the others that the rate is high, and the prices of things are high, but he also noted that life is not bad with him.
Partial View Of The Main Streets Of Zorzor City Leading To Voinjama City In Lofa
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