MONROVIA: While the government of President Joseph Nyuma Boakai was confronted with a number of challenges right from the day of its ascendency, it was never deterred to tackle some of the areas that were thought could be major obstacles to meeting the goals of the new dispensation and in the process took steps to address issues in the energy, environmental and sanitation sectors of the country and was able to come up with appreciable achievements in the first 100 days.
According to the report of the 100 day action plan, the government had committed to several projects among them were to cleaning of Excess Sewage Spillage in Monrovia, restoration of Water Supply to Central Monrovia, improving Water Supply in Bushrod Island (Water Pressure and Customer Services); restoration of Water to Kakata and Buchanan, increase in power supply by adding additional megawatts to the already existing ones in the country, etc.
Enumerating the outcome of progress made during the period under review, the report said the cleaning of sewage lines has commenced across central Monrovia and the Liberia Water and Sewer Corporation has commissioned four additional sewer tankers to facilitate the cleaning of sewerage across Monrovia and its environs.
Additionally, progress has been made on the following, including Cleaning of sewage is at 20% and is anticipated to significantly increase, the water reservoirs in Monrovia and Paynesville have been repaired at 95% and are anticipated to be tested in the first week in May 2024, the Caldwell water facility has been significantly repaired etc.
The report also said the Liberia Electricity Corporation (LEC) negotiated for an increase in power capacity supply from Cote D’Ivoire Energies from 25 MW to 50 MW, just as the entity has also launched a project for the electrification of the area covering St. Paul Bridge to Po River and gap areas along Kakata corridor including Johnsonville Township and Careysburg District and the Marshall Township, Roberts International Airport (RIA) and Edward Beyan Kesselly Barracks have been electrified and connected to the National Electricity Grid.
The report further said that the National Environmental Policy Council has been established to direct and guide EPA’s policies and the Ministry of Mines & Energy (MME) has completed the compilation of Mining Licenses into categories and has also completed capacity needs assessment and has initiated the baseline review for the formalization of artisanal mining.
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