MONROVIA – The Chairman of the Taylor Mayor Neighborhood within the Township of Caldwell, Montserrado County, Ernest Bull, has formally complained in opposition to China Union Funding to the Caldwell Township Commissioner, Ibrahim Sarpee, accusing the corporate of failing to contribute to the event of the group during which its head workplace is situated.
By Augustus D. R [email protected]
Chairman Bull mentioned that regardless of internet hosting the top workplace of China Union Funding, the Taylor Mayor Neighborhood has not benefited in any significant means from the presence of the multi-million-dollar firm.
In keeping with him, the scenario has left residents pissed off, notably as the corporate continues to function heavy vans and gear by way of the group with out addressing fundamental infrastructure challenges.
China Union Funding is a serious Chinese language firm working in Liberia, primarily throughout the Bong Mines concession space. Over time, the corporate has been on the middle of a number of controversies, together with environmental violations that led to operational shutdowns, labor disputes involving allegations of employee exploitation and unfulfilled commitments to host communities, in addition to legislative scrutiny over its compliance with concession agreements.
Whereas its entry into Liberia was initially welcomed as a catalyst for financial revival, its operations have typically been marked by tensions with native communities and lawmakers who’ve demanded strict adherence to environmental requirements and improvement obligations, though current experiences point out renewed engagements on native improvement initiatives.
Talking in an interview with FrontPage Africa on Monday, January 5, 2026, at his residence in Caldwell, Chairman Bull disclosed that group leaders have on a number of events engaged the administration of China Union Funding to solicit assist for urgent native wants.
These, he mentioned, embrace the rehabilitation of the group highway and help with fundamental initiatives equivalent to the development of hand pumps to enhance entry to protected ingesting water.
In keeping with Bull, all such engagements have thus far yielded no outcomes. “As I communicate to you, China Union Funding vans ply the group road many occasions, together with bringing their big gear to their head workplace right here, however the firm has not seen the necessity to assist with the group highway, particularly throughout raining season when the group highway turns into an enormous problem,” he mentioned.
He defined that the situation of the highway worsens throughout the wet season, making motion tough for residents, schoolchildren, and enterprise operators, whereas on the identical time exposing the group to security dangers because of the fixed motion of heavy vans.
“Owing to the corporate’s refusal to assist the group, my workplace was constrained to do a proper grievance to the workplace of the Township of Caldwell, Ibrahim Sarpee, for his intervention. We can not have a multi-million-dollar firm workplace in our group and we can not profit from it,” Bull mentioned.
He went on to explain the corporate’s failure to determine with the group as “inhuman and depraved,” arguing that company entities working inside native communities have an ethical and social duty to contribute to the welfare and improvement of their host areas.
Chairman Bull additional disclosed that Township Commissioner Ibrahim Sarpee has agreed to intervene within the matter and has proposed a gathering involving himself, group leaders, and the administration of China Union Funding to deal with the considerations raised by the Taylor Mayor Neighborhood. Nevertheless, he didn’t point out when the proposed assembly is anticipated to happen.
In the meantime, efforts to acquire feedback from the administration of China Union Funding concerning the allegations and grievance proved unsuccessful as much as press time, as firm officers couldn’t be reached.
