The Inquirer (Monrovia)
14 April 2008
Monrovia — The Buchanan Renewable Energies (BRE) has been outlining its achievements since the ratification and the signing of its concession agreement with the Government of Liberia.
The company said that since the signing of its concession agreement, it has employed about 560 Liberians from Grand Bassa and would increase its work force further by creating 260 jobs by the end of June 2008.
Addressing a news conference in Buchanan on Saturday on behalf of the BRE's Executive Vice President, Mr. Martin Greenwood, the Government Representative to the company Roosevelt Woods said the BRE is patching up the potholes and maintaining the Buchanan Highway.
Mr. Greenwood said the company's total investment up to present is in the excess of US$32 million and that a further investment of US$ 130 million will take over the next three years.
The BRE Executive said the power station, which the company is plans to install in Liberia would provide a further 3,000 jobs within the overall project.
He said the company currently supports and funds orphanages in Grand Bassa County and Kakata in Margibi County, which serves about 190 children.
Mr. Greenwood stated further that the BRE had refurbished a school in Big Joe Town, and supplied desks and uniform among other things.
" The Children are the future of this country, and in doing this, we have taken our cue from President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf who has placed emphasis on the development and the education of the Liberian Child," Mr. Greenwood indicated.
Mr. Greenwood said President Sirleaf had personally asked him to rebuild the markets for the traders outside the BRE compound and that the work would start within the next three weeks.
The BRE Executive Vice President said the company had provided 250KVA generator for the use by the Grand Bassa County administration; supplied a fire engine with equipment and uniforms, saying " BRE's also brought in international fire fighters from England to train Liberia's local Fire department which would be completed in September this year."
He said the senior management staff of BRE personally paid for the ambulance, which was donated to the City of Buchanan.
Meanwhile, the BRE is currently empowering hundreds of Liberian women to engage in agriculture in a bid to attain self- sufficiency in food production.
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