By Franklin Doloquee/Nimba County
Ganta, Nimba County – Senator Prince Johnson, former political leader of Movement for Democracy and Reconstruction (MDR) opposition political party and others, including the chairman for the re-election of President George Weah, former superintendent David Dorr Cooper have called on Nimbaians to not support not attend the re-election program being planned for the President in Saclepea, Nimba County.
The pending Saclepea program, which is dubbed, “Nimba for Weah,” has brewed tension among Nimbaians and has divided the once united county for Weah.
According to the aggressive Nimbaians, their decision to boycott the “Weah for Nimba” pending program in Saclepea is based on what they said is “disrespect” that the President has shown their county. According to them, President Weah had promised to them that based on their support in 2017, Nimbaians would have been given more top ministerial posts and they are yet to receive such job opportunities from the Weah Administration. There is only one notably present of a Nimbaian in a top ministerial post, Cllr. Cooper Kruah, Sr, who is the Minister of Post and Telecommunications.
One of the men, who most Nimbaians listen to when it comes to whom to vote for and once a staunched supporter of the President but now disgruntled, Senator Prince Johnson, has openly expressed disappointment in the leadership of President Weah. It’s inarguable that he made Weah win the 2017 numbers in vote-rich Nimba County.
Senator Johnson, who most Nimbaians look up to as the ‘godfather’ of the county, told Nimbaians that President Weah is not someone to trust and as such no Nimbaians should support his re-election bid.
“President George Weah is not someone to trust; the boy fooled us. So, this pending program in Saclepea, I will not go there and no Nimbaians should attend such program,” Johnson urged his county men and women.
He disclosed that he along with Senator Jeremiah Koung, who is now the political leader of MDR, attended a meeting with the seniors in government, but the meeting ended in disarray.
The Nimba County self-proclaimed ‘godfather’ urged Nimbaians not to even line the streets to neither await the Liberian leader nor even attend the program in Saclepea.
Also speaking, the chairman for the President’s re-election, former Nimba Superintendent David Dorr Cooper also joined Senator Johnson and called on Nimbaians not to support and attend the Saclepea program.
Cooper added that Nimbaians are poorly represented in Weah Administration.
He further accused the President of stalling Associate Justice Yamie Quiqui Gbeisay of taking seat on the Supreme Court Bench, even though the Associate Justice has been confirmed by the Senate.
According to the former Supt., it has been more than 60 days now since Gbeisay was passed by the Senate and President is yet to do his confirmation, which has created an imbalanced on the nation’s highest court’s bench. He added: “Nimbaians are not happy with the Liberia Leader.”
Further expressing disappointment and frustration in President Weah, he accused him for not been supportive of Nimbaians working in his government but rather only people from the Southeast while Nimbaians who voted him continue to car and suffer for government jobs.
Southeastern Liberia comprises of five counties but all of their votes put together can’t reach the number of voters in Nimba County alone.
“How we will be happy when Nimbaians are not happy and not working in ministerial positions,” former Superintendent Cooper stressed.
Our Nimba County correspondent said several CDCians/partisans of the President’s party in the county, have vowed not to take part in the Saclepea program. They, too, have expressed how dissatisfy they are with their political leader, the President.
They are now joining the aggressive Nimbaians to boycott the “Weah for Nimba” pending program in Saclepea.
