The Inquirer (Monrovia)
11 October 2008
The Press Union of Liberia(PUL) has received a deposit slip for US$100,000(one Hundred thousand USD) from President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf towards the union's construction project.
The President told the union that she received the donation from friends and has place the money into a special account at the International Bank in the name of the union.
Making the presentation at a brief ceremony attended by an eleven member Executive Committee at her Foreign Ministry Office, President Sirleaf said she made the appeal for the money top friends since government did not have any allocation for such amount in the budget.
The President told the Union that while she anticipates additional donations from outside sources, her government was contemplating including the media in the next national budget.
She assured that the request for the money was made out of her desire to see a modern facility erected for the Union as is in other countries in the sub-region. She dismissed the impression that the gesture was intended to influence the reportage of the media.
Receiving the amount, PUL President George Barpeen expressed thanks to President Sirleaf for the money, adding that it was a manifestation of government's commitment to develop the media.
While describing the gesture as magnanimous, Mr. Barpeen assured the President that the donation will be used for the intended purpose.
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