As the race for the 2023 general election takes shape with politicians staking their claims with the electorates, the presidential bid of Alexander B. Cummings, political leader and Standard Bearer of the Alternative National Congress (ANC) got a huge endorsement from over one thousand women under the banner of the Successful Determined Women in Cotton Tree, Margibi County at a colorful ceremony held on Thursday, July 28, 2022 as well as an increment of new members in the fold of the party.
The Successful Determined Women, mainly a daily saving club of market women, which was established 2019, with members, scattered across several Divisions in the Firestone area, also gowned the ANC number #1 partisan during the impressive event, which attracted hundreds of other well wishers at the Cotton Tree Town Hall.
According to our reporter who witnessed the program, another group of young people, the Youth for Better Liberia with membership of over 100, established in 2019, was in attendance at the program and also pledged support to Cummings’ quest for the Presidency in 2023.
The Chair lady of the Successful Determined Women Madame Cecelia Sammey spoke of Mr. Cummings’ enviable and unmatched humanitarian and educational assistance programs for women and youth groups as well as support to learning institutions in Liberia.
Madam Sammey described the ANC Political Leader as the best alternative, possessing the needed qualifications and competency, capable of pulling Liberia out of the dungeon of economic stagnation to a prosperous nation.
She spoke against continuous neglect of women by the current government and the dire need for economic empowerment and protection of women against gender based violence and rape.
In his acceptance remarks, the ANC Political Leader, Mr. Cummings thanked the women for gowning him, as well as their recognition and pledge of support to his Presidential bid in the 2023 general elections.
Mr. Cummings spoke of the important role of women in accelerating national development, vowing to support women achieve economic empowerment through loan schemes and business opportunities.
He assured the women that under an ANC leadership, the country will experience massive improvement in basic social services including health care delivery service and education, as well as improvement in the living standards of Liberians.
This is the third women group in recent times, who have pledged their unflinching support to the Presidential bid of the ANC Political Leader who is also the Standard Bearer of Collaborating Political Parties (CPP).
The Lofa Women United Group in Mount Barclay, the Successful Women group in King Gray Community, Paynesville have since pledged support to the ANC.
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