Monrovia — Citizens of Gorbo, Tchien District, Grand Gedeh County, have cautioned parties involved in accusations which tend to create disunity among Grand Gedeans to see reasons to disengage.

At a news conference last Friday, the Gorbo citizens, through their President, Jerry G. Yonmah, said recent development between some Grand Gedeans and the Superintendent is not healthy for the development of the county.

To this, he called on the parties to exercise restraints and appealed to the County Legislative Caucus, student leaders and prominent citizens to handle the issue with swiftness aimed at finding an amicable and lasting solution.

"There is nothing greater than the non-compliance posture with the Superintendent announced by some Gbarzon District citizens residing in Monrovia and the alleged attempted assault on the Superintendent by a member of a 14-man concerned youth of Grand Gedeh that one must await before intervening into the unfolding events among ourselves," the Gorbo citizens stated in their statement.

Commenting on the usage of County development fund which is believed to be the main reason for the conflict in the county, the Gorbo citizens, "it is crystal clear that the government of Liberia has systems and processes through which county development funds are disbursed, monitored and audited; some of those systems are the county Project Management Committee (PMC), Ministry of Internal Affairs, County Development Office at the Ministry of Finance and the General Auditing Commission."

The Gorbo citizens said the grievances expressed by the parties concerning the CDF are sufficient to serve as a catalyst for a speedy audit.

To this, the citizens called on the accusing parties to see reasons to wait on the audit result in order to prove their allegations.

According to them, the interest of Grand Gedeh County must be paramount to every citizens of the county and they must resolve their differences through peaceful means.

They believed resolution of the conflict would foster peaceful co-existence in the county, and at the same time, called on Grand Gedeans residing in Monrovia to always send delegation to the county whenever there is problem there for peaceful resolution.

Recently, some citizens of Gbarzon District accused Superintendent Chris Bailey of allegedly mismanaging the county development funds and said there was no visible structure from the CDF in their district.

But the Superintendent denied mismanagement of the CDF as alleged by his accusers. He took journalists to the county to see development projects being implemented by authority of the county.

Some of the projects being undertaken in the county visited by journalists include Paramount Chief Compounds, administrative building, Commissioner's compounds, and roads rehabilitation, among others.