Cllr. Fonati Koffa Gains Recognition On The African Continent By Reputation Poll International
PHOTO: Deputy House Speaker, Cllr. Fanati Koffa
By Alfred Kollie, alfredkolliejr92@gmail.com
The Deputy Speaker of Liberia’s House of Representatives has gained Continental Recognition being marked #36 on the list of 100 “Most Reputable African Figures on the Continent”, with the list also including Kenya’s new President William Ruto and the former President of Mozambique, Joaquim Alberto Chissano.
Liberia Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives Cllr. Jonathan Fonati Koffa emerged as one of the “Most Reputable” African figures on the continent.
The Liberian Statesman plus many prominent African heads States were chosen through a rigorous vetting process by Reputation Poll International.
Reputation Poll International is also said to be a strategic consultancy agency specializing in corporate Reputation management. It helps its clients achieve their objectives by communicating more effectively with their customers, investors, employees, policy-makers, regulators, and the wider public.
Reputation Poll International (RPI), a leading global reputation firm has released the 2023 list of 100 Most Reputable Africans.
The list features individuals from diverse sectors including Governance/Leadership, Entertainment, Human rights/Advocacy, Education, and Business. The selection criteria are Integrity, Visibility, and Impact.
The group annually publishes an insight report on activities under the year in review with stakeholders who also endorse the public view of leading personalities, organizations, and brands.
In building an authoritative source for brands to rely on for improvements, RPI is assisted by various media organizations across the world to share their research findings with people across the globe.
Key Personalities of 2023 publication include the Deputy House Speaker and are not limited to the following:
Chantal Moussokoura Fanny (Sen.) – Senator for Folon District
William K. Ruto- President of Kenya
Winnie Byanyima – Under-Secretary General of the UN and Executive Director of UNAIDS
Victoire Sidémého Dzidudu Dogbé Tomegah – Prime Minister of Togo
Tijjani Muhammad-Bande-The Permanent Representative of Nigeria to the United Nations
Joaquim Alberto Chissano – Former President of Mozambique
Goodluck Ebele Azikwe Jonathan (H.E GCFR, GCON)- Former President of Nigeria
Fatoumatta Njai – Representative of ECOWAS.
BENEFIT OF THIS RECOGNITION:
This recognition comes in a wake of several contributions made by by the Liberian Parliamenterian to impact the livelihood of the commoners and sets him on record as respector of good governance and Policy, Business, Human Rights and Advovacy, leadership among others.
BRIEF PROFILE OF CLLR. FONATI KOFFA
Cllr. Koffa is Liberia’s policymaker who has worked in the legal sector with over 20 years of experience.
In 2017, he was elected as District # 2 Representative of Grand Kru County.
Upon the ascendancy of former House speaker Prince Kermue Moye to the House of Senate, Honorable Koffa was overwhelmingly voted by his colleagues in Parliament as Deputy Speaker of the 54th National Legislature.
It can be recalled; the Grand Kru lawmaker and other colleagues of the lower house in 2021 won the “Diaspora Person of the Year award”.
Deputy House Speaker J. Fonati Koffa was joined, in getting this prestigious award, by Representatives Acarous Moses Gray of Montserrado County, District #8, and Cllr. A. Kanie Wesso of Gbarpolu County, District #2.
In separate letters to the three distinguished lawmakers, The All-Liberian Conference on Dual Citizenship (ALCOD) Eminent Chairman Emmanuel S. Wettee, states, “Liberians in the Diaspora including Africa, Europe, Australia, and the Americas represented by The All-Liberian Conference on Dual Citizenship (ALCOD) overwhelmingly voted to recognize you three for your extraordinary efforts that culminated into the passage of the Dual Citizen Bill in the House of Representatives on November 11, 2021.”
“The Diaspora Person of the Year Award is the premier award from the Liberian Diaspora that is given to an individual(s) or institution who has advocated for Dual Citizenship for natural born Liberians and those born of Liberian parentage, in the year under review,” Chairman Wettee further stated.
Past recipients of the award have included former President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, former Vice President, Ambassador Joseph Nyumah Boakai, former Liberian Ambassador to the United States and Mexico, Mr. Jeremiah C. Sulunteh, Senator Varney Sherman, Cllr. Archibald F. Bernard, Cllr. Seward Cooper, among others.