His Excellency Alassane Dramane Ouattara, President of Cote D’Ivoire, was born on January 1, 1942 to a predominantly Muslim family in a predominantly Christian (Catholic) ivory Coast. His mother hails from Upper Volta, now Burkina Faso, and his father a native Ivorian born. President Ouattara worked as an economist at the Central Bank of West African States and the IMF.
Seeing his performance, with the approval of Paris, President Felix Houphouet-Boigny appointed Ouattara as the Prime Minister of Côte D’Ivoire from November 1990 to 1993. With the help of Paris, regardless of his religious affiliation, Ouattara, a devoted Muslim, became the President of Cote D’Ivoire, a predominantly Christian-Catholic country, from 2010 up to present.
As Liberia approaches the October 2029 general and presidential election, the nation’s political landscape is undergoing significant shifts. The National Patriotic Party (NPP), the Congress for Democratic Change (CDC), the Alternative National Congress (ANC), the Unity Party (UP), and now the Citizens Movement for Change (CMC) are all maneuvering to establish their early influence and dominance by appealing to the sentiments of voters.
Local assessments indicate that many Liberians, both at home and throughout the diaspora, are increasingly searching for a third political option beyond the long-standing dominance of the CDC and UP. This growing appetite for an alternative reflects widespread voter’s fatigue and a desire for a fresh political direction that is capable of addressing longstanding social and economic challenges and self-inflicted hardship.
The Liberian diaspora, a major driver of the nation’s economy through remittances, investment, and expertise, is expected to play an influential role in shaping the political discourse ahead of 2029. Technical teams within the diaspora and inside Liberia have been mobilizing, networking and working consistently to promote new political pathways and reduce the country’s reliance on the traditional two-party dominance.
Apparently, Representative Musa Bility, a smart Liberian businessman and a self-made millionaire, sensing the political gap as a business opportunity, has started to wisely invest his capital, time and energy as the third dimensional political investment that has started bringing forth the desired political dividends. With the smart political sales messaging, pointing to the citizens needs and the early uncontested political engagements, Bility is planting his early image of an astute political figure in the minds of the would-be voters come 2029.
Representative Musa Bility, a devoted Muslim on both sides of the parents, has smartly married a Christian wife, Denise Bility, giving him stake in both religious societies (Muslim and Christian). Owing to his stake in Christianity, through marriage, Bility has placed in his circle of friends and associates mostly fraternal Christian brothers, ranging from sports, business, religion and education.
Born April 6, 1967 in Saclepea, Nimba County, Representative Bility has held many high-profile jobs, including the President of the Liberia Football Association (LFA) from 2010 to 2018. Bility also ran to become the President of FIFA in the 2016 election but his candidacy was rejected. He held many positions during the Unity Party (UP) government of President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, and especially as a roaming Ambassador, handling complex tasks for the Presidency.
Representative Bility was elected Chairman of the Liberty Party (LP) in 2021, but due to leadership conflict between him and the Political Leader, Senator Nyonblee Karnga-Lawrence, on September 2024 Representative Bility resigned as Chairman of the Liberty Party (LP). In March 2025, Representative Bility founded the Citizens Movement for Change (CMC), that is currently making a rude debut on the political stage.
With the outdated thinking and mindset that Liberia is a predominantly Christian society and there is no place for a Muslim President, Representative Bility broke the yoke in Nimba County by becoming a representative in a predominantly tribal society.
With such a victory still fresh on mind, Bility is set to do likewise nationwide if his candidacy is approved by Washington, D.C. Like Paris, Washington may just follow suit and endorse Bility to change the political mindset in Liberia.