I am not sure exectly what madame johnson wants to accomplish with her new measures, or is it just one of her skills with language, the ability to use language effectively, especially to persuade or influence people. In order to successfully implement such policy, her cabinet must be equally represented by individual from each county respectively. in other words, no county will fell or be left out of the development process. what madame johnson needs to do is to engage and pursue the members of the senate and rep to carry out her idea rather than, the use of threats, because they are the ones who were elected to represent their constituents.

It's pandering at its worst.

Unless these are necessary or lawful residential requirements for the holding such jobs I really think this is unnecessary; we can not force people in things, especially enter businesses (shop) if that's not what they want to do.

he condition Ellen Sets Condition for Cabinet Ministers is the second foolish decision taken by the President of Liberia. The first was Charles Taylor firing his entire cabinet for not attending function he Taylor was attending. Suppose the cabinet Minister don't have land to farm or build a house. What do you expect him/her to do? Don't you think He/She might use their power just to please the President by taking land (Illegally) and using our people to farm (cheap labor)? I strongly believe that any cabinet minister that want to farm or build house in their respective county should do it on their own term. Having land or, farm, house in your county shouldn't be a prequisite for ascending to cabinet post. President Sirleaf should be looking at how competent her cabinet is in steering the state of affair in Liberia.

I think coercing cabinet ministers in Ellen's Administration to build houses and shops and make farms in their counties of origin is a recipe for corruption. This opinion is relevant because one want to know how much her cabinet ministers are earning including salaries and other entitlements less taxes on a monthly basis. Is she giving the ministers loan to undertake this kind of investment? If that is so, then why limit such opportunity to only cabinet ministers? I agree that the poverty reduction strategy can succeed only with the direct investment of Liberians in the rural areas where it is less expensive to acquire a land. PRS should not be used as a mechanism to engender mere popularity with the electorate most especially as the 2011 election gets nearer.

a minister who is not a business man/woman can not be expected to run a shop; what else would they be asked to do next. Building a house in one's home town should be an examplary sense of responsibility, and i my view shouldn't be mandated. Also there is a risks of ministries siphoning public funds to build personal dwellings. if the president is serious about rewarding those who have this sense of personal responsibility, then she should include it in her selection criteria. don't appoint before asking to build, but appoint those who have taken the iniated already. i wonder how many liberians will qualify!!! On a separate but related comment, i suggest that the president instill a sense of responsibility in her ministers and appointed officials; they should stop using official vehicles for personal uses - tax payers pay the fuel and maintenace and this can amount to millions of dollars. i look forward to a ban on the use of official vehicles during weekends, at nightclubs etc.

The condition Ellen Sets Condition for Cabinet Ministers is the second foolish decision taken by the President of Liberia. The first was Charles Taylor firing his entire cabinet for not attending function he Taylor was attending. Suppose the cabinet Minister don't have land to farm or build a house. What do you expect him/her to do? Don't you think He/She might use their power just to please the President by taking land (Illegally) and using our people to farm (cheap labor)? I strongly believe that any cabinet minister that want to farm or build house in their respective county should do it on their own term. Having land or, farm, house in your county shouldn't be a prequisite for ascending to cabinet post. President Sirleaf should be looking at how competent her cabinet is in steering the state of affair in Liberia.

CONCLUSION: SHE IS A SOUPIST.

Kindest Felicitations.

I think it is a good idea. but the place and manner in which she suggested it seems authoritative. This is something she should have discuss with her cabinet ministers in one of their formal meetings. Infact she should summon a meeting with tribal chiefs who contol the lands and ask them to make lands available for community farming.

Doesn't that suggest that while she rides a democratic horse, the horse's battle cry is AUTHORITARIANISM, a classic soupist coup de grace?

Hope she changes for her own good, because the inhabitants of the soupist occupied ... NOW should know how to deal with rogue leaders, without the help of the Nigerians, of course.

Cheers.

Terrible. Where will they get the money from? This will encourage corruption big time.