-CDC Gov’t assures investors of Protection, Safety
By Saykpekpo Innis in Buchanan, Liberia
Grand Bassa: The first investment and trade in Grand Bassa County ended at the weekend in the provincial capital, Buchanan, 88 miles from Monrovia.
The business forum was attended by both foreign and local investors, with Liberia’s Commerce and Industry Minister, Prof. Wilson Tarpeh assured the visiting International Delegates in the country that Liberia is save for investment.
Speaking on behalf of President George Manneh Weah, Prof. Tarpeh said the Unification Pavilion on the Fairground in Buchanan, that investors often look for three important things in a country before investing.
The Liberian Commerce Minister named stability, rule of law and predictability as things for the investment climate, something he said that the Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC)-led Government is willing to provide for investors in the country.
“On behalf of President Weah I want to thank the investors for their save arrival in the country as we look forward to know which areas they will like to invest in,” Minister Tarpeh stated.
Grand Bassa County occupies a strategic region in the country based upon the natural resources found in Liberia, Minister Tarpeh noted.
He said for the last 40 years, the county has been responsible for producing close to 39 percent of the country’s Gross Domestic Product.
According to him, Grand Bassa County has always been in the lead of positive development in the country as he thanked the vision bearer, Senator Jonathan Kaipay for organizing the conference.
The Commerce Minister said that this is a broad-based government that came to power by the overwhelming mandate of over 63% of voters from 14 out of the 15 counties that voted President George Manneh Weah.
“Therefore, we have the mandate to change the country for the benefit of the ordinary citizens,” the Commerce Minister told the International Delegates at the 2018 Grand Bassa County trade and investment fair.
He assured the investors that they will be protected for whatever investment they wish to do in Liberia.
It can be recalled that during the State of the Nation Address, President Weah told the private sector that Liberia was opened for business.
President Weah said his government would be known as a business friendly government as they open their door to all foreign direct investment.
The 2018 Grand Bassa Trade and Investment Conference is organized by the Office of Senator Jonathan Kaipay with sponsorship from Orange Liberia, Arcelor Mittal, and Equatorial Palm Oil among others.