Boakai Taken To Activity
For ‘Reluctance’ To Reward His Most Dedicated Allies
Liberia- President Joseph Nyuma Boakai has been taken to process for his “reluctance” to reward a few of his most dedicated political allies who labored tirelessly to safe his rise to energy.
In an announcement issued over the weekend, Activist Daniel Jackson expressed concern over what he describes because the downplaying of key allies and supporters of the President’s political agenda.
Jackson questioned whether or not President Boakai has forgotten some very key personalities who actually labored so exhausting and truthfully to deliver him to energy. He pointed particularly to Mr. Nyah Mantein and Mr. Bronie J. Samuka, whom he credited as instrumental figures throughout each the 2017 and 2023 political campaigns.
Jackson recalled Mr. Mantein’s management of the Nationwide Motion to Assist Boakai (NAMBO) in 2017, a grassroots group which, based on him, launched a nationwide-campaign actions even earlier than the ruling Unity Occasion mobilized.
Although Boakai misplaced the 2017 election, Jackson argued that the groundwork laid by NAMBO and its management considerably influenced Boakai’s eventual 2023 victory.
“Rewards for exhausting sacrifice, dedication and loyalty to political struggles will not be paid in Heaven, however slightly they’re paid right here on earth. The time is now, President Boakai, to start to provide appointment issues to individuals whose data of longstanding sacrifice, dedication, and loyalty can’t be questioned,” Jackson acknowledged.
The activist described it as “fairly troubling” that, practically two years into Boakai’s presidency, figures like Mantein haven’t been supplied important authorities roles regardless of their loyalty and contributions.
He emphasised that sidelining such people’ dangers sending the unsuitable message to those that commit themselves to political causes sooner or later.
Jackson, who serves as Nationwide Chairperson of the Mission for Liberia Transformation Motion, has been an outspoken determine on problems with governance and accountability.
He beforehand ran for a legislative seat in Grand Bassa County and has lengthy aligned himself with Boakai’s political journey, together with his assist for the Rescue Mission in 2023 alongside then vice standard-bearer Jeremiah Kpan Koung.
Regardless of his criticism, Jackson expressed hope for Boakai’s success, stressing that the president’s efficiency will finally decide Liberia’s trajectory.
“I truthfully pray that President Boakai succeeds in his administration, as a result of when he succeeds, Liberia succeeds, and if he fails, Liberia fails,” Jackson added.
