Rivercess County Liberia: – The Public Works Minister Ruth Coker Collins and Health Minister of Health Wilhemina Jallah have urged the people of Rivercess County to give President George Weah another six years term.
President Weah’s first term in office, Ministers argued has seen positive changes, in road infrastructure development, economic stability education and expansion of basic healthcare to rural communities, a basis for which they believe the Liberian people must trust him with another term in office.
The two Ministers who hail from Rivercess County made the plead Saturday as they launched the “Team Ruth Coker Collins” for Weah’s re-election bid at the Cestos City Hall following a grand parade with hundreds of citizens.
In separate remark, Public Works Minister Ruth Coker-Collins said in the face of difficulties, Pres Weah has stood the test of time and worked to strengthen “our education system, the president has paid WASSCE fees, declared public institutions tuition free and constructed hospitals, schools and roads”.
She rained praise on Weah’s “humble beginning” and “deep sense of humanity” saying: “President Weah is one of us, he’s down to earth, he’s the person that sits with us to eat and play football, he’s humble, the president that can go anywhere and talk with anyone”
“President Weah is a leader who does not pick and choose. If you are qualified President Weah will give you a chance to serve”
“If somebody like me from the slum of Old Road community can be called a minister today, anyone of you in this hall can be a minister. It does not matter who you are and where you come from”
Minister Collins branded Weah as “the future of Liberia” and disclosed several infrastructure expansions plans the government has laid out for Rivercess county, which is home to the president’s deceased mother.
“We must come out on October 10 and vote for President Weah because in few months, the streets of Cestos will be paved, as we speak, we are finalizing negotiations to pave the road from Buchanan to Cestos Junction and to Attia.
“In our budget we have planned to pave Timbo Road. We are negotiating to put bridge over Cestos River” she told the people stressing “these things we have started doing them, and that is why you must re-elect President Weah so that he can continue”
For her part, the Minster of Health- Dr Wilhemina Jallah said she had gone home to ask her people to give approval for President Weah’s second term as according to her, the Liberian leader has done remarkably well.
Said Dr Jallah “We want to say want to thank you to President Weah for the Hospital he built on the road here in Rivercess”
“My people, with President Weah, there is more to come” adding that that the president has “a better healthcare delivery plan for Rivercess and the entire country”.
Dr Jallah told the citizens that the Weah administration has invested in healthcare in Rivercess county by increasing salary and wages of health workers and making sure that clear providers who are not stationed in the county are removed from government payroll and replaced immediately”.
“We can’t stop now, we are almost there, so I encourage you all to vote for President Weah on October 10”, the Health Minister, a daughter of Rivercess concluded.
At the same time, Public Works Minister Ruth Coker Collins announced that she has consulted and agreed with the Minister-Dr Jallah and Labor Minister -Cllr Charles Gibson to underwrite the cost of registration for all students at the government run Cestos High School.
Minister Coker also asked the people of Rivercess to support female aspirants in the quest to increase the women political participation.
Your know the party remains supreme right, so we have to ensure that the party is supreme” she said before declaring, “ I support women empowerment and I am asking all of you to support women candidates who are contesting”.
Minister Collins thanked her team for organizing the event and challenged the people of Rivercess County to keep in mind the incredible journey of growth, progress, and shared achievements under the CDC administration.
Under a Weah second term, she believes the President will work to ensure the promotion and improvement of the well-being of all Liberians as he has done since his election ascension to the Liberian presidency.
