The Deputy Managing Director of the Liberia Water and Sewer Corporation (LWSC), T. Wilson Gaye, has passionately called on his compatriots to put aside their differences and rally their support around the administration of His Excellency President Joseph N. Boakai for the overall good of the county and its people.
Underscoring that there is an urgent need to change the development landscape of the county, Mr. Gaye stressed that Grand Gedeh stands to benefit immensely from massive development initiatives when the citizens increase their support for the government by supporting development activities and abiding by the laws of Liberia.
The LWSC Deputy Managing Director, who is also a prominent citizen of Grand Gedeh County, expressed optimism that the entire Southeastern Liberia is at the verge of experiencing a significant developmental transformation under the current dispensation, owing to what he calls “the initial positive steps taken by the Boakai-Koung Unity Party led government.”
Gaye named the recent feasibility study tour by the management of the LWSC for the restoration of pipe borne water service to Zwedru and Greenville cities as well as the construction of brand-new water systems in Harper as indications that the Boakai administration is thinking well of the region.
According to Hon. Gaye, when the feasibility study is completed and practical steps are taken, which will see the restoration of pipe borne water to the city of Zwedru, there will be a significant rise in economic activities in the county and a major improvement in the transportation and health care systems of the county.
Gaye then told his fellow compatriots to soberly look inward and do a comparison between Grand Gedeh County, on the one hand, and her other counterparts of Bong, Nimba and Lofa counties, the three other counties that were given county status in 1964, on the other. He asserted that all indexes of development have revealed that the county is at the lowest ebb of the national development ladder, attributing most of the problems to the making of the citizens of the county, which they should work together to collectively correct.
“We cannot correct our legacy errors if we are not ready to leave our exclusive enclaves that only link us loosely with no purposeful direction. Indexes of development in the county are not encouraging as statistics show that there is a rising number of teenage pregnancies, high rate of kids dropping from schools, high number of youths in motorbike riding business, juvenile labor practices in gold mines, high rate of hunger and poverty, near non-existence of infrastructural development, etc.,” Gaye said.
Gaye, who assiduously worked for the emergence of President Boakai during the 2023 general elections, said the new era has opened a new vista for the country to begin the rebuilding process, adding that in a relative short time Liberia has accelerated the pace of its acceptance in the international community as “the doors once closed to the country because of bad governance are beginning to re-open, signaling the era of national renewal.”
Commenting on some of the monument achievements made thus far, Gaye said, “The dignity of the civil service has been restored with the elimination of ghost names, which saved the country millions of dollars; there has been a decisive war against drug abuse; development partners have renewed their faith in the government with mind blowing assistance such as the recent qualification of Liberia for the MCC funding. There has been expanded road construction across the country, just as the country has witnessed significant electricity and water surplus across the country.”
The LWSC Deputy Managing Director made the call on Wednesday, January 29, 2025, when he delivered the keynote address at the induction ceremony of the local chapter of the Liberia National Student Union (LINSU), where he told the student union to transition from advocacy to a more engaging institution that will ensure a cordial and strategic partnership between the government and the larger student community.