TUBMANBURG, Bomi – First Lady Kartumu Yarta Boakai has attended the induction ceremony of local government officials in Bomi where she announced an upcoming contest for all cities within Liberia to compete for the title of the cleanest city in the nation.
“We will soon be establishing a contest where every six months, the best county – the cleanest capital city – will be recognized and be given a token,” she said, adding that the initiative was meant to keep Liberia’s cities clean and green.
Boakai, a native of Bomi, told attendees of the May 6 event that she would fully support the county’s development agenda.
“This place has been underdeveloped for many years,” she said. “The people have suffered, so it’s time that all of us make sure that Bomi comes next to no other county.”
She said her husband, President Joseph Boakai, who attended school in Bomi, asked her to deliver a message that the Bomi officials need to work as hard as possible.
“You have been inducted into office today by these noble men and women who believe in you because they believe in me although they don’t see me often,” she continued.
Miatta Dorley, the newly inducted superintendent of Bomi, said a collaborative environment was the only way possible to develop the county. She asked for all local officials to put aside their political differences to work together.
“We need to agree to build Bomi, think Bomi, and love Bomi,” she said, using a modified version of Pres. Boakai’s 2023 campaign slogan. Dorley vowed to help implement the Boakai administration’s ARREST agenda, which she said would move Bomi into the 21st century.
Meanwhile, the deputy minister of administration at the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Samuel Brown, served as induction officer at the ceremony. He called on the local government officials to serve with diligence and commit to the government’s ARREST agenda.
He reminded the newly inducted officials that the Local Government Act was established to allow superintendents and other members of the county administration to supervise funding from the national government that go to the counties for development purposes. The deputy minister charged the newly inducted local leaders to work in the interest of the state and its people.
Featured photo by Richard Williams
