Sen. Francis Paye of River Cess says Liberia does not need multiple holidays commemorating the birthdays of the country’s various presidents. Instead, he has proposed an act to repeal the holidays celebrating former presidents Joseph Jenkins Roberts and William V. S. Tubman.
OP-ED: “J.J. Roberts Didn’t Build Liberia, I Will Eat My Own Tooâ€
As Liberia celebrates former President Joseph Jenkins Roberts’ birthday, I wonder what has been the government’s purpose for this holiday, especially since the political elites were never interested in the examples of Roberts. I wonder what it will take to make Liberia number one in Africa within this generation. Is it even possible to make Liberia the leading democratic and most developed African country in our lifetime?