By: Martin K. N. Kollie
Just seven (7) of them are getting US$7.7 million (L$1.6 billion) of your money in 12 months. Should we give their offices this much? They are becoming overnight millionaires as a result of leeching on your scarce resources.
What do you get or have to show for voting them? Liberians remain the poorest of the poor because their leaders are GREEDY and CORRUPT. I became perturbed beyond limit while driving through West Point this evening. Our people are really catching hard time.
It is rough. They are in a ‘Catch 22’ situation. The road leading to Southeastern Liberia is almost impassable due to its deplorable state even though George Weah, Bhofal Chambers, and Albert Chie are from Southeastern Liberia.
What do you have for giving them power? See what they are getting in 12 months (2019-2020 National Budget): 1. President George M. Weah – US$2,103,675 2. Vice President Jewel Howard-Taylor – US$1,837,246 3. Speaker Bhofal Chambers – US$1,043,265 4. Senate Pro-Temp Albert Chie – US$1,188,444 5. Deputy Speaker Prince Moye – US$722,942 6. Chief Justice Francis Korkpoh – US$179,844 7. Humanitarian Outreach for First Lady – US$700,000 8. Total for just 7 offices – US$7,775,416 Why are we giving just 7 offices over US$7.7 million (L$1.6 billion) when our people are dying slowly.
Most of their children are out of school this academic year due to tuition hike. Civil servants are yet to be paid amidst salary cut. Over 85% of Liberians are unemployed and impoverished. Even those who have jobs are working poor. Liberians have become beggars in their homeland.
They lack access to basic social services including health, safe drinking water, electricity, sanitation, food, housing, etc. Does Liberia have leaders or looters? The latter is inescapably factual. If they didn’t have Liberia in their heart, all of us would have been dead by now, I surmise.
GREED on an industrial scale. I am going to bed with tears in my eyes tonight. SAD AND GLOOMY MOMENT for our NATION and PEOPLE.
