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Liberia: Porka District Citizens Laud Green Pasture
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The Inquirer (Monrovia)
28 April 2008
Posted to the web 28 April 2008
Citizens of Bambala Porka District in Grand Cape Mount County have lauded the efforts of Green Pasture, a scrip company, which is operating in the county and is engaged in community scrapping for its efforts towards the development of the district.
A cross section of citizens from the district who attended a meeting aimed at discussing the development of the county and to review the activities of scrap companies operating in the district, said for the relative short period of time that Green Pasture has operated in the county, they are pleased thus far, over the efforts and contributions made thus far by the company towards the rehabilitation of major bridges leading to and from the district among other developmental initiatives.
A cross of the citizens told our reporter who attended the district meeting that Green Pasture has made a contribution of US$30,000 to the district for the rehabilitation of the Konja River bridge, which link the district to the Mano River Union (MRU), a mining site in the western cluster belt of the country. They also said some citizens of the Grand cape Mount based in the USA, also made a contribution of US$15,000 towards the Konjo bridge project.
The citizens said in addition to this amount, the company has already made a contribution of 100 bags of cement to the district for the rehabilitation of the Damballa Bridge, while it has assisted greatly in rehabilitating other major bridges in the three clans of the district.
According to the citizens, the company is contributing toward the construction of the women hall among other important developmental construction in the county.
At the mass meeting, which was attended by all the three clans, namely Kposo. Sokpo and Samuwola, and chaired by a prominent citizens of the district Martin Sherriff, the youth leader of the district outlined the contribution of the company to the district and why they resolved to write the county legislature caucus to turn over the mining dumpsite to the citizens for them to sell directly to the company. Some of the citizens expressed disappointment over the low progress toward development since Every Green and its sub-contractor Obiter entered the district to operate.
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For his part, the company's CEO Simeon Taylor, said his company intends to do more for the district by placing emphasis on farm to market road where the people will be free to move from one place to another to farming products. Mr. Taylor, who himself is a Cape Mountanian, said the concern of his company is to see the road rehabilitated and urged other companies operating scrap deal in the county to do likewise.
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