By Jamesetta D Williams
The Deputy Minister For Press and Public Affairs on the Ministry of Data has defended President Joseph Boakai’s ongoing engagement in Japan, stressing that the President’s journey is aimed toward advertising Liberia to the world, making the case for funding, partnership and cooperation.
Addressing MICAT’s common press briefing Tuesday, Mr. Daniel O Sando stated President’s participation within the Tokyo Worldwide Convention on African Improvement (TICAD 9) in Japan shouldn’t be about leisure or protocol, highlighting that his “itinerary features a collection of necessary conferences with main worldwide establishments and personal sector actors.”
He disclosed that President Boakai will go to the Toshiyaki Medical Facility, which is one in every of Japan’s largest healthcare networks that has supported Liberia’s medical system by donating dialysis machines throughout the administration of former President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf.
Sando stated the engagement on the largest healthcare networks is to strengthen well being cooperation and appeal to extra assist for JFK and the nation’s broader well being sector.
In accordance with Minister Sando, President had assembly with the administration of Japan Worldwide Cooperation Company (JICA), a partnership he stated has produced tangible outcomes together with the development of the Somalia Drive/ELWA Junction Street, now often called the Japan Freeway.
“Via this renewed engagement, the President is making certain that upcoming initiatives together with the rehabilitation of the Johnson Road hall and the extension of roadworks via Crimson Mild and past proceed to maneuver ahead,” Sando revealed.
“The assembly with the African Improvement Financial institution, the Export-Import Financial institution of Japan, and different monetary establishments conversations are essential to unlocking sources for Liberia mining, agriculture, schooling, and commerce sectors,” he harassed.
Defending the massive delegation touring with the President, Sando stated every of them is a part of the mission, whereas emphasizing the President’s engagement with the United Nations Improvement Programme (UNDP) on assist for Liberia’s improvement priorities, notably in governance, neighborhood empowerment, and institutional reform.
The composition of the delegation is deliberate, he stated, including that each minister and official with the President is there to safe sector-specific partnerships.
“That is how authorities works ,the President leads, however his workforce ensures that alternatives translate into actual initiatives that profit Liberians at dwelling,” Sando famous.
Additionally, the Deputy Data Minister revealed: “Worldwide youth fellowship and different civil society engagements aimed toward fostering people-to-people ties, expertise change, and youth improvement.”
Minister Sando cautioned trivialize and Politicize of the president been accompanied by Minister’s, saying that the president journey shouldn’t be about protocol, however about substance, making certain that Liberia is represented in each sector the place alternatives exist.
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