Monrovia-Troopers of the Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL) are reportedly going through uphill challenges starting from extreme sanitation challenges and the absence of purposeful sewage methods, restricted entry to wash consuming water, insufficient or non-functional healthcare providers, overcrowded, deteriorating housing items, and households pressured to make use of chamber buckets because of damaged or nonexistent sanitation infrastructure.
With a purpose to tackle these reported appalling situations, Solidarity and Belief for a New Day (STAND), referred to as on the Liberian authorities’s consideration.
In an announcement issued MOnday, STAND mentioned it’s gravely involved concerning the “worsening and chronic neglect of the welfare and primary wants of each female and male personnel of the Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL).”
The Edward Binyah Kesselly (EBK) Barracks, Camp Tubman in Gbarnga, Camp Todee in Montserrado, Camp Jackson Doe in Tappita, and the Barclay Coaching Heart (BTC) in Monrovia, in accordance with STAND are affected by these situations.
Quoting experiences from EBK and different navy installations reveal appalling and unsafe dwelling situations, together with, the advocacy physique mentioned such “situations are usually not solely unacceptable—they’re hazardous. No nation can demand self-discipline, honor, and effectiveness from its armed forces whereas subjecting their households to such indignity and hardship.”
“Furthermore, it’s each troubling and unjust that Liberia’s devoted troopers earn a median month-to-month wage of simply US$250, whereas senior authorities officers proceed to obtain extreme compensation and fringe advantages. This obtrusive inequality is a nationwide shame and should be urgently corrected,” the assertion additional learn.
As STAND highlights its continued advocacy for wage fairness for civil servants and healthcare professionals, saying it firmly stands in solidarity with the women and men of the AFL.
“These people type the core of Liberia’s nationwide protection and inner safety—they need to reside with honor, dignity, and primary human decency, not in neglect and hardship,” it mentioned.
STAND has, nevertheless, referred to as the federal government to take speedy and concrete motion to together with the evaluation and improve AFL salaries to replicate equity and respect for his or her service, launching of a nationwide audit and rehabilitation program for all navy barracks, and making certain the supply of important providers—together with clear water, sanitation, and healthcare—throughout all navy communities.
It additionally urged the federal government to Spend money on long-term welfare applications, together with dignified housing, healthcare, and sustainable pension schemes.
It mentioned: “We can’t proceed to evangelise patriotism whereas ignoring the struggling of those that defend the nation. Liberia should rise to honor its armed forces—not simply with phrases, however via daring and compassionate motion.”
In keeping with STAND, it stays unwavering in its mission to amplify the voices of the marginalized, calling on all patriotic Liberians and anxious stakeholders to rally behind this pressing nationwide enchantment.
