Gbarpolu County Senator, Amara Mohammed Konneh, has outlined his office’s accomplishment in 2025, describing the year as a productive and impactful period across county, regional, national, and international platforms by championing just, accountable, and development-focused policies while exercising strong legislative oversight to advance the national interest.
Senator Konneh disclosed that his office responded decisively to emerging national challenges, including the drug epidemic and the Constitutional crisis in the House of Representatives, while driving a broader agenda of fiscal accountability and socioeconomic reforms.
According to him, On July 8, 2025 he alongside Senator Abraham Darius Dillon requested Senate plenary through a communication to invite the Presidential Committee on Drugs to appear before the Senate. The hearing assessed Liberia’s progress in combating illicit drug use and trafficking. The Committee has since submitted its national framework document for legislative review and appropriate oversight.
Also, he said, following the Supreme Court’s ruling affirming former Speaker Fonati Koffa’s leadership of the House of Representatives, his office issued a public statement urging full compliance with the rule of law and calling for national reconciliation to restore stability.
He further observed that on May 29, 2025 he requested that plenary summon the Ministry of Justice, Liberia National Police, and National Fire Service to explain delays in releasing the final report on the December 2024 Capitol Building fire. A full Senate hearing was held on June 4, 2025, that gave senators and the country an insight into that incident, which is now before the courts.
Senator Konneh outlined several strides in strengthening fiscal accountability and governance, including Joint Public Accounts Committee Hearings and Consolidated Audit Report; oversight for stronger budget discipline, including health sector budget accountability for service delivery, budget oversight and rising national debt; growth and people-centered investment; and academic engagement.
He made it emphatically clear that he supported the TotalEnergies Production-Sharing Agreement (PSA) but opposed the Oranto Petroleum PSA due to technical and governance concerns, even though the Senate voted to ratify it.
He revealed that he abstained from voting on the Ivanhoe (formerly HPX) Agreement, citing procedural flaws rather than opposition to investment, when plenary did not create an opportunity to read the Joint Committee’s report from public hearings and professional research that were conducted on the concession of a significant national asset negotiated by the Executive Branch with fiscal, infrastructural, employment, and other economic implications.
At the county level, Senator Konneh disclosed that he delivered tangible improvements in health, education, infrastructure, and community cohesion in Gbarpolu County.
According to him, in January 2025 he delivered medical equipment, supplies, generic medication—all approved by the Liberia Medicines and Health Products Regulatory Authority (LMHRA)—and educational materials valued at approximately US$1 million, benefiting Emirates Hospital, clinics, and schools, and distributed through the county education and health teams, in collaboration with his county teams.
He disclosed that his office repaired the storm-damaged roof of Kongbor Elementary School, and rehabilitated the Balla-Bassa Elementary School and living quarters for teachers. “The latter project is expected to be turned over to the community in January 2026,” he stated.
He further disclosed that he rehabilitated four hand pumps along the Jinja River, and worked with national authorities to halt harmful mining activities that are obstructing sources of safe-drinking water for communities.
The senator mentioned the completion of major rehabilitation of the Yangayah, Nyaboi, and Yangayah Junction–Weasua roads, reconnecting communities for the first time in nearly a decade at a cost of approximately US$50,000.
He noted that efforts are underway to rehabilitate the Dokorta Bridge and to install a ferry (completed and ready for deployment) on the St. Paul River as a temporary gap-filler. At the same time, the bridge linking Gabrpolu and Bong counties is being constructed. This project is expected to provide farmers and citizens of the N’Gouwonlala District with access to markets and to prevent post-harvest losses.
Meanwhile, Senator Konneh has expressed deep gratitude to the people of Gbarpolu County for the opportunity to represent them in the Liberian Senate. He said as the Senate resumes session for 2026 on Monday, his office remains fully engaged with the matters outlined above, many of which require on-going oversight.
He reaffirmed his commitment to effective representation, oversight, accountability, and service delivery, and pledged to continue collaborating with colleagues and advocating for laws and policies that meaningfully improve the lives of the people of Gbarpolu County and Liberia at large.
