JUST IN CASE YOU DON’T KNOW WHO I REALLY AM
For the last 30 years beginning 1993, you knew me just as a journalist reporting for the BBC and The Associated Press from Liberia. I covered all the brutal wars without a life or even medical insurance and benefits. And in a landmark move, I sent out one report that caused the US President at the time, George W. Bush, Jr., to call for an end to the war ongoing in Liberia.
It was in June 2003 when angry people displaced by the Monrovia fighting collected and dumped before the US Embassy the bodies of displaced people killed in a shocking rocket attack on the US Embassy-owned Greystone Compound. By their action, the displaced people wanted to put pressure on the US government to act to stop the war. My experience covering the back-to-back wars is endless and could come out in the form of a book someday.
But I’ve come this afternoon to let you know that I’m more than a brave journalist. I’m an educated leader. I am BWI-made. I have one college degree and a graduate (Master’s) degree. My college and university education taught me leadership and governance, public administration, conflict prevention and transformation, community development, regional development planning, international relations, mass communication, rational decision-making, population studies, humanities, etc.
I successfully served as president of the BWI Alumni Association, one of the biggest and strongest alumni associations in the Mano River Union region, for over 5 years. At BWI I also was president of the Nimba Students Association. I have headed key committees in the Press Union of Liberia, including chairman of the Press Club and chair on the grievance and ethics committee.
I’ve served on at least two electoral committees of the Press Union of Liberia. So I’m experienced, equipped academically and administratively to serve the people of District 8, Nimba County, if God speaks to the hearts of the disappointed people there to elect me in October. A real transformational change is knocking on the doors of District 8.
And this one may sound unbelievable because this is Liberia where people seek public/political office for money. But mark my word. I will be the first lawmaker in Liberia whose monthly salary will be decided by the people of the electoral district. What this means is I will turn my government-approved salary over to the district people who will in turn decide what my actual salary will be because they will be my employers. God willing, this veteran journalist will set that record. I can’t wait to see October 10 come.
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