-As BMA chair extols President Weah for the efforts
The chairman of the Borough Men Association (BMA) has commended President George Weah and the government’s timely intervention in rescuing the D. Tweh Memorial High School from sea erosion.
President Weah has said government and its partners will do all in their powers to save D. Tweh and the Borough of New Kru Town (NKT) from further sea erosion.
He was speaking at the launch of the government/United Nations Development Program coastal pilot project “Enhancing Resilience of Liberia Montserrado County Vulnerable Coastal Area to Climate Change Risks’’ in NKT in July 2018.
And Mr. Richard Walker believes the efforts by President Weah, along with Representative Dixon Seboe, to save such a heritage is worth commendation.
Walker was delivering an inaugural address at the corporation hall in NKT January 12.
“I will be remised if I don’t quickly recognize the notable efforts of President Weah, who has saved the D. Tweh Memorial High School High, a heritage of the Borough,” Walker said.
“This monumental structure would have gone down into history as a former institution if our illustrious lawmaker, Hon. Seboe, who was great influence and interest, didn’t make a case.
“Today, we are proud that our D. Tweh High School is safe along with many residential areas. We salute these great personalities and we trust that posterity will judge them positively.”
BMA was established six years ago to engage in community development, educational and health initiatives.
It has made contributions to the Juah Sarwee Elementary & Junior High School, Redemption Hospital and runs a scholarship program among others.
And Walker stressed that the BMA is now even challenged to make an impact amid the challenges of high school dropouts, prostitution and teenage pregnancy.
“The blood bank at Redemption Hospital must be functional and active. We can’t continuously sit and allow people to die from curable diseases.
“To you my fellow BMA members, let’s with united hearts, minds and strengths press vigorously and persistently forward to raise our borough to a higher and yet higher stratum,” Walker concluded.
Others inducted along with Walker were Wesley Sieh Jlue, co-chairman; Jerome Julius, secretary-general; Edward Wiah Dennis, financial secretary; Matthew Snowea, treasurer and Aloysius Tarplah, permanent advisor.
Commerce Minister Wilson Tarpeh, who performed the installation, urged the elected officials to govern the organization by the dictates of the constitution.
Prof. Tarpeh, who grew-up in the borough, said he will always come back to identify in whatever way he can.
“For those of us, who grew-up in this town, there is nowhere in this country that you can find the best minds better than New Kru Town.
“Whether people will doubt it, that is the fact. The honorable has served it all. The only thing I can say in addition is we have to hold one another’s hand. I am sure this organization will do that,” said Tarpeh, a former finance minister.
Serving as guest speaker, Representative Seboe the BMA was one of the few organizations with a small membership but very effective.
“Many at times, people tend to believe that the viability of any organization is how many members it has. That is not true.
“With your small membership and personal donations, I am further convinced that the importance of any organization doesn’t depend on the membership but the things it does,” said Seboe.