The second phase of President George M. Weah’s nationwide tour has begun with exhilaration and ecstasy, with the people of Bomi County wholeheartedly opening their doors to the President and honoring him with a well-deserved reception.
The first day of the second phase of the tour took President Weah and his entourage to Bomi County. At the entry point of Bomi, Po River Bridge, Dewoin District, the official reception for the President and his entourage was performed by the people of the county. An eye-catching performance by the traditional leaders was performed, as they came along with their country devil to traditionally welcome the Liberian leader and his team.
A town hall meeting was later held in Jenneh #3 Administrative Building, headquarters of Dewoin District, Bomi County. At Sass Town, Tehr District, President Weah made a partial stop to greet the residents and have a tet-a-tet interaction with them, which is one of the major objectives of the tour.
At Klay Administrative Building, Klay District, the people of Bomi hosted President Weah for another town hall meeting. At the town hall meeting, the Traditional Chairman of Bomi, Fakamon Samukai, said that they were very happy to receive President Weah and his entourage. He paid homage to the Traditional Leader of Liberia, Chief Zanzan Kawor, and welcome him, too, to Bomi County. He thanked President Weah for his effort in 2019, which resulted to their being independent, and laid the challenges that they are faced with before the President.
Welcome remarks were made by Klay District Commissioner, Momo P. Seh, and the overview of the town hall meeting was done by the Minister of Internal Affairs, Varney A. Sirleaf.
Remarks were also made by Klay District Representative, Mannah Bishop Johnson; Youth Chairman, Momo Taylor; Women Chairlady, Sarah Karnley and the Marketing Association Chairperson, Konah Karnley.
Speaking on behalf of the Legislative Caucus of Bomi County, Senator Edwin Melvin Snowe welcomed the President and his entourage, and applauded the President for undertaking the great journey to interact with his people.
Speaking to the people of Bomi, President Weah thanked the residents for the warm welcome and for trusting his Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) with national leadership at a time that the people of Bomi did not know them and what they were capable of. He assured Bomi of his government’s preparedness to do the little things that matter to them because, according to him, if they cannot do the little things they will not be able to do the big things.
“The people already say I don’t know anything; so, I can talk my own. But anything I say, trust me, I will do it. I am the talk and do,” President Weah assured the people of Bomi amidst a clapping ovation.
He rhetorically provoked those who claim to know something but described him as someone who knows nothing. He said, “Even though they say I don’t know anything, they who know something could not pay the WAEC fees for our students; they could not renovate our hospitals; they could not build our women centers; they could not connect our roads. But we who don’t know anything are trying our best to do the things our people need, which they could not do in 170 years.” President Weah said.
The President recounted on the DNA machine recently brought to the country to be used during rape cases, doctors being trained abroad, the nation’s first military hospital and market buildings constructed for business people.
President Weah promised to break down huts and build affordable housing units for the people of that county, build a women center and light up the main street of the county. “When I was in Monaco, I met Otis, who said he wanted to go to school to become an engineer, and so I helped him to go to school. Today, Otis is an engineer who knows how to build solar panels and a businessman involved in solar lighting. His company has brought in 10,000 solar lights, and since his company is Liberian-owned, we will deal with his company to light up all the cities, as we promised that Liberians will not be spectators in their own economy,” he added.
He thanked the people of Bomi for keeping the peace and for reposing their confidence in him to lead the country.
One could be left to argue that the first phase of the tour was an eye-opener, which provided guidance for a more organized and coordinated second phase, as the program in Bomi County appeared more unique than almost the entire first phase of the President’s nationwide tour.