As Two-Day Retreat Ends
PHOTO: LRRRC’s Executive Director (in light blue shirt) posed for a group photo with employees
By Augustine Octavius, augustineoctavius@gmail.com
As the Liberia Refugee Repartition and Resettlement Commission (LRRRC) ended a two-day retreat for staff of the commission, the new Executive Director Patrick Worzie is calling for audit of the entiry.
Speaking in an interview shortly after the retreat, Worzie underscored the importance of the retreat, and said that he has requested the Civil Service Agency, the General Services Agency, and the General Auditing Commission to conduct a system audit with emphasis on assets, personnel and finance.
Mr. Worzie stressed that the exercise is intended to fill the gaps in order to propel the institution on the right trajectory for the full implementation of the government’s ARREST agenda in consonance with the institution mandate.
He said the retreat brought together current and volunteer staffers of the commission and the discussion centered on the mandate of the LRRC, the role of the commission in assisting people who may be affected by disaster such as rain and storm .
“The retreat also focused on former Ivorian and Sierra Leonean refugees who have chosen to settle in Liberia, there is a need to seek passport for most of them.”
“We have also taken into consideration the plight of people who appeared to be stateless as a result of their failure to show any identification cards to claim the Liberian nationality,” the new LRRRC boss explained.
According to him, “the retreat has prompted the commission to be developing a contingency plan that will respond to the vulnerable including fire and flood victims.”
He added that, “it will also provide the critical path analysis that will be used to launch and implement the operation “Bring back our people from Ghana’’.
According to Executive Director Worzie, the participants resolved that the commission needs to be rebranded, be reconfigured and reviewed some of the work of the previous leadership of the institution.
The LRRRC boss made it clear that these activities are expected to be carried out in close collaboration with the President’s Delivery Unit Ministry of State and other relevant Government ministries and agencies.