Monrovia – A visiting former President of the College of Liberia Scholar Union (ULSU), Christian R. W Baker, has described the sanitary situations, particularly in Central Monrovia as ‘‘very horrible’’, calling on President Joseph Nyuma Boakai and Vice President Jeremiah Okay. Koung Authorities to urgently tackle the poor sanitary situations or else the individuals may perish.
By Augustus D.R [email protected]
Mr. Baker, who’s visiting Liberia after being away for 25 years, stated he was extraordinarily discouraged when he took a tour on Benson, Gurley and Newport Streets the place he noticed the inexcusable dwelling situations of the Liberian individuals.
Talking in an interview with the FrontPage Africa (FPA) following the tour of Central Monrovia just lately, Mr. Baker decried the dwelling situations of the individuals on these streets, saying the federal government should open its eyes and urgently tackle the sanitary situations of those communities.
‘‘We have now main sanitary issues. I noticed the individuals strolling over feces, water coming down. The sanitary situations performed on me and that day I didn’t even eat any meals . On Newport Avenue, I noticed baggage with feces in them. How will you be working a authorities and topic your individuals to this factor. I’m not saying the federal government just isn’t doing different good issues. However I’m solely talking on what I’ve seen. The well being of your individuals is essential and it should all the time be addressed as a result of it will probably create sicknesses and declare lives, ’’Mr. Baker, who’s the Pastor of the Church of the Divine Covenant located in Levittown, Pennsylvania, United States of America informed the FPA.
‘‘The federal government should cope with the sanitary situations. What I see in Central Monrovia is discouraging and it should be addressed urgently,’’ he emphasised.
Pastor Baker, who stated the church despatched him on a mission to Liberia to see how they will create a Liberia-America Pastoral Internet Work the place they in America might be within the place to assist poor Liberian church buildings with books, clothes, meals and and many others., expressed the hope that the federal government will heed his name in urgently addressing the sanatory situations in Central Monrovia.
On the similar, the famend US primarily based Liberian clergy stated his consideration has additionally been drawn to the key highway main from the Roberts Worldwide Airport(RIA) to city , terming the highway as ‘‘harmful’’.
‘‘The RIA Street could be very harmful. The pot holes, the darkness-no lights. I don’t perceive how the federal government might be bringing international dignitaries into this nation and can topic them using in that type of highway. After which they sit in air situation places of work and assume that they’re working authorities. One of many areas they actually need to give attention to earlier than addressing the nationwide highway community is to get the RIA Street fixed- effectively paved and have good avenue lights,’’ the outspoken Liberian Pastor identified.
In the meantime, Mr. Baker has challenged the Unity Celebration(UP)-led Authorities to handle the essential wants of the Liberian individuals for which the celebration was elected for.
He noticed that the UP Authorities must do extra in offering jobs, defending lives and properties and enhancing the social wants of the Liberian individuals.
The well-known Liberian clergy, Pastor Baker, quoting Thomas Hobbes and John Locke, two main proponents of the social contract principle, proclaimed that the federal government ought to exist for the individuals to guard liberty, property and life, however not vice versa.
He stated if the federal government fails to work for the welfare of the society, the individuals have the appropriate to alter the federal government via democratic change.
‘‘The social contract establishes social society. In that contract, the individuals implicitly enter into an settlement with a authorities by voting a political celebration in energy. In return, so the celebration authorities will present the individuals with the primary requirements of life. If the celebration fails to reside as much as that contract with the individuals, the individuals have each proper to protest, name for mass demonstrations and use their voting powers throughout basic elections, to impact the required change and take away the federal government for failing on its implicit contract with the individuals,’’ he acknowledged.
Towards this backdrop, Pastor Baker uttered: ‘‘ The federal government should not enrich itself and neglect about what it promised to do for the Liberian individuals or else the Liberian individuals will vote it out.’’
‘‘The federal government should tackle the essential wants, creating jobs and enhancing the social companies. Nothing is happening the job market. I don’t assume the UP is assembly its guarantees of the Liberian individuals. And the celebration should get up and tackle them now or else the celebration will blame itself if not reelected in 2029,’’ he, amongst different issues, added.
