GANTA, Nimba County – The Nationwide Outreach Workforce established by the Authorities of Liberia (GoL) has efficiently concluded its inaugural consciousness tour in Nimba County, selling the forthcoming institution of the Anti-Corruption Court docket and the Conflict and Financial Crime Court docket.
By D. Franklin Doloquee
The crew obtained overwhelming assist from residents throughout the county throughout the eight-day marketing campaign.
Launched on July 19, 2025, this nationwide outreach initiative goals to coach Liberians about two important authorized establishments designed to strengthen justice and accountability within the nation.
These courts-a Conflict and Financial Crime Court docket and an Anti-Corruption Court docket are key pillars in President Joseph Nyuma Boakai’s Authorities Agenda to fight impunity and increase nationwide improvement by the rule of regulation.
The outreach crew, working underneath the Workplace of Conflict and Financial Crime Courts (OWECC), engaged communities by visits to cities, non secular facilities, colleges and media platforms. Its members addressed congregations in church buildings and mosques in main cities together with Tappita, Saclepea, Sanniquellie, and Ganta, delivering detailed details about the courts’ mandates and timelines.
The Chairperson of the outreach crew, Counselor Asatu Bah Kenneth, expressed profound satisfaction with the nice and cozy reception from Nimbaians.
“We had been initially involved because of public hypothesis following the dying of Senator Prince Yormie Johnson that these courts may by no means materialize,” she mentioned. “However witnessing the passion, cooperation and real curiosity of the folks has been actually inspiring.”
Counselor Kenneth highlighted the strategic division of the outreach crew into three teams to maximise protection and engagement.
She emphasised that the excessive stage of professionalism maintained by the crew throughout each encounter fostered belief and openness among the many communities. No incidents of hostility or opposition had been reported all through their mission.
The crew clarified that the Conflict and Financial Crime Court docket will likely be formally established in November 2027. It’s going to deal with circumstances together with these courting again to 1979 associated to struggle crimes, financial sabotage and different severe offenses.
The Anti-Corruption Court docket, deliberate for launch a yr earlier in November 2026, will particularly deal with corruption and monetary crimes, aiming to deliver perpetrators together with high-ranking officers to justice.
Many Nimba residents expressed that previous to the outreach go to, they believed the courts had been created solely to analyze the late Senator Prince Yormie Johnson, who handed away not too long ago.
“The presence of the crew right here has satisfied us that these courts are for everybody and never focused at people,” mentioned a area people chief in Ganta, stressing that, “We pledge our assist for this initiative.”
Native stakeholders, together with Madam Kebeh Monger, President of the Rural Girls of Liberia, joined the marketing campaign, underscoring the roles of girls and kids as main victims of wartime violence equivalent to rape and homicide.
“These courts signify hope for justice and therapeutic for survivors,” she famous, praising the group’s constructive response.
Peterson Ok. Sonyah, Govt Director of the Conflict Victims Affiliation and a survivor himself, emphasised the significance of justice for victims who’ve lengthy awaited accountability. “Some perpetrators proceed to boast about their actions throughout the civil battle with out concern of repercussions,” Sonyah lamented. “The institution of those courts will lastly deliver justice.”
In a press convention, Dr. Aaron Weah, Director of the Decor Institute for Social and Financial Analysis, elaborated on the broader societal advantages.
“These courts won’t solely serve justice but in addition set up requirements to discourage corruption for future generations,” he defined. “Liberia’s continued mismanagement of public funds hampers nationwide improvement, permitting different international locations to surge forward.”
Madam Yassah D. Karmo, representing the Ministry of Inside Affairs, known as on chiefs and conventional leaders nationwide to champion this trigger. She pressured that corruption impacts all sectors, together with rural areas the place public assets are sometimes misappropriated or abused. “Our conventional leaders’ assist is essential for the success and legitimacy of those courts,” she mentioned.
Because the outreach marketing campaign concludes, it leaves behind a renewed sense of optimism amongst Liberians, significantly in Nimba County, that justice and accountability will quickly take stronger root.
The institution of the Conflict and Financial Crime Court docket and the Anti-Corruption Court docket marks a big step in Liberia’s journey in the direction of therapeutic, transparency, and sustainable improvement.
