…Public Works Scheduled Monthly Press Briefing Soon
An official ceremony marking the handing over of the Ministry of Public Works Wainsue facility in Bong County has taken place with a call for local dwellers to get involved in the protection of the facility.
Speaking at a brief ceremony in Wainsue, 10 kilometers north of Gbarnga, Assistant Public Works Minister for Administration says the Ministry of Public Works (MPW) intends to transform the facility into its regional office charged with the management and operation of roads, bridges, buildings, water and sanitation and all other MPW activities in Nimba, Lofa and Bong Counties. This Regional Office will be a model for four (4) other strategic locations nationwide.
Mr. Klahn-Gboloh Jarbah recounted the many benefits the headquarter will provide to local inhabitants especially in the area of employment. “The facility will be used as a central point for MPW’s activities in Bong, Nimba and Lofa Counties.
Once it is functioning well, jobs will eventually be closer at your door steps”, Minister Jarbah maintained. He expressed special thanks to the Bangladeshi contingent of UNMIL for protecting the facility thus far adding “we as citizens and members of MPW family will forever remember you”.
Earlier, the Operation Officer of Bangladeshi Battalion 16 of UNMIL, Major Mo Bubayel-Ahmed thanked the Ministry of Public works authority for allowing them use the facility during their operation in Liberia. He said it is sad to leave Liberia but happy that stability has again return to Liberia. The Bangladeshi Battalion stationed at Camp Wainsue is expected to depart Liberia late April as a result of the expiration of their term of duty in Liberia.
For her part, Bong County Assistant Superintendent for Development Lucinda Herbert warned citizens of Wainsue to desist from looting and vandalizing the facility. She said the local government will be vigilant in buttressing support to MPW security in ensuring that the facility is protected.
Camp Wainsue as it is commonly called was temporarily given to UNMIL by the Ministry of Public Works to be used to keep the peace in Liberia. It is located in north-central Bong County. The structure was built and used by MPW prior to the civil war but was massively destroyed during Liberia’s civil war.
The turning over of the structure and its subsequent rehabilitation will put MPW in a better position to swiftly handle roads and infrastructure work at the regional.
The structure according to Assistant Minister Jarbah is expected to be rehabilitated in a sixty (60) day period.
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Public Works has announced that it will this month launch its monthly press briefing named and styled “Rebuilding Liberia Together” in a bid to further inform and educate the Liberian people about its roads and infrastructure interventions currently spread across Liberia.
The disclosure was made yesterday when the New Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism Hon. Cletus Sieh paid a courtesy call on the Minister of Public Works in an effort to develop a collective strategy on government’s information dissemination.
Stressing the importance of the Monthly Press Briefing, Minister Samuel Kofi Woods, II said the press briefing will be used to interact with the Liberian Press and provide information to the public on MPW’s intervention on Infrastructure and basic services within the context of the Poverty Reduction Strategy.
In welcoming Minister Cletus Sieh, Minister Woods expressed delight for his preferment by the President and subsequent confirmation by the National Legislature, and admonished the new MICAT boss to move with speed and clarity in ensuring that the general populace are correctly inform about the many positive and concrete accomplishments of this government .
According to Minister Samuel Kofi Woods, II the Ministry as the frontline agency of the Liberian government responsible for roads and infrastructural development, every effort must be exerted to inform the people about how their government is operating and what plans and activities are being initiated to improve their lives and raised the structural profile of the state.
In brief remarks, Hon. Cletus Sieh expressed satisfaction about the Ministry of Public Works’ current activities and promised to jointly work with the agency in ensuring that citizens are duly informed about the various initiatives of the Public Works Ministry.
He encouraged the MPW to take advantage of the various news outlets of the Information Ministry including the “New Liberian Newspaper” and the Liberia News Agency (LINA) in its information dissemination drive.
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