Monrovia-President Joseph Nyumah Boakai has acknowledged and introduced two certificates to the Liberia Agriculture Commodity Regulatory Authority LACRA as the perfect performing authorities establishment and for the establishment’s dedication to public service and operational excellence.
The Liberia Agriculture Commodity Regulatory Authority (LACRA) was established to exchange the Liberian Produce Advertising and marketing Company (LPMC) as outlined in Chapter 57 of the Government Regulation of 1973 for the needs of: selling manufacturing, processing and advertising of top quality agricultural commodities significantly cocoa, espresso, palm and different agricultural produce and to work to make sure the supply of a properly regulated marketplace for cocoa, espresso, palm and different agricultural merchandise for truthful competitors amongst all actors within the worth chain.
The entity additionally facilitates standardization of high quality of agricultural commodities together with cocoa, espresso, palm and different agricultural produce in accordance with established regional and worldwide requirements.
The 2 certificates had been introduced to LACRA’s Director Normal Christopher D. Sankolo at a ceremony held on the Ministerial advanced organized by the Cupboard Secretariat of the Ministry of State which is spearheading the implementation of the EfficiencyAdministration and Compliance System.
The Efficiency Administration and Compliance System is authorities’s effort to strengthen transparency, service supply, and institutional accountability throughout all sectors.
On the ceremony President Boakai described the PMCS as a nationwide turning level the place there ought to be no guarantees however efficiency, inputs to influence, and excuses to excellence.
The Liberian chief lauded high-performing establishments for assembly and exceeding their 2024–2025 targets, significantly in implementing the Service Supply Charters and strengthening inside methods.
He emphasised that such establishments have set a brand new benchmark and will probably be acknowledged for his or her dedication to service excellence.
Nonetheless, President Boakai additionally confused the necessity for establishments that failed to fulfill their obligations, to double up their efforts within the second part of the PMCS noting that whereas the primary yr was a studying curve, future non-compliance can have penalties.
Chatting with Reporters second after the popularity, LACRA Director Normal Christopher D. Sankolothanked the Ministry of State by the President for the popularity which he devoted to the hard-working workers of the Liberia Agriculture Commodity Regulatory Authority.
“We wouldn’t have been acknowledged if it wasn’t for the dedication and dedication of our workers in Monrovia and different counties who’ve been working assiduously since we took over in ensuring our cocoa beans from Liberia are of high quality earlier than being exported to overseas markets”.
Main achievements of the Christopher D. SankoloAdministration of LACRA.
Christopher D. Sankolo took over a totally damaged establishment and has labored to rebrand it as mandated by His Excellency President Joseph Nyumah Boakai. He alongside together with his deputies-initiated sequence of reform measures to make sure the establishment operate correctly few days upon taking workplace.
His first and largest achievement was the coaching and deployment of over fifty High quality Management officers to assist monitor the commodity commerce and improve service supply by offering schooling to farmers on how one can ferment and retailer cocoa beans.
Underneath the earlier administration, workers had no workplace area to work, no computer systems or different workplace equipment to carry out their operate. Few days into his administration, he labored to make sure workplaces are recondition and desk and chairs are positioned there fixing the issue of lack of workplace area for employees. He went additional to make sure air situation are positioned in these workplaces to offer consolation for employees. Bogs had been additionally reconditioned easing the burden of lack of bathroom amenities for employees, and a further three-room bathroom facility was constructed.
when he took over, there was a 2.5 KVA Generator left behind by the earlier administration which couldn’t present electrical energy for all the workplace facility of LACRA. The Generator solely offered electrical energy for the previous DG workplace.
Due to his love for humanity and his quest to make sure a conducive work surroundings, he ordered the generator workers to not put the generator on till a much bigger one is procured to provide electrical energy for everybody. So, for a number of weeks, DG Sankolo labored at the hours of darkness whereas the procurement workers had been working to buy a much bigger generator. Few months later, the procurement division bought a 50KVA generator that’s now offering steady electrical energy for all the constructing. As well as, he instructed the procurement division to additionally proceed with procurement processes for a 100KWatt transformer to function backup for the generator. The transformer is now put in as backup to the 50kva generator fixing the electrical energy issues at LACRA amongst many others.
The primary certificates in recognition of LACRA’s glorious efficiency underneath the Efficiency Administration and Compliance System for the yr 2024/2025 reads: In recognition of your excellent management in public service, accountability and efficiency as the primary prime performing public establishment underneath the 2024 efficiency Administration and Compliance System
The second certificates additionally reads: in recognition of your excellent dedication to service supply, accountability, and achievements of efficiency goal, underneath the 2024 efficiency Administration and Compliance System contributing to public sector excellence in Liberia”
