New Democrat (Monrovia)
A. Abbas Dulleh
3 July 2009
The roadside town of Zorzor in Lofa County, one of the most affected during the war, is slowly emerging from its ashes to normalcy since the coming of peace. Commercial activities and farming have peaked, some of the factors for increased rice production in Lofa County.
During her visit to the County recently, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf expressed satisfaction at the pace of development.
"Lofa County still remains the bread basket of Liberia. I hope other counties will follow" the president said when visited Lofa Saturday.
Officials and locals say crime once on the rise, on the rise immediately after the end of the war, is falling once again. This is because local people are assisting the few police officers in the area to combat crime.
The General Police Inspector of Lofa County Anthony N. Weah told the New Democrat in an exclusive interview during a recent visit there that crime is no longer the big problem it was.
The County as a whole is also climbing the ladder. The only renovated and expanded referral hospital, the Curran Lutheran Hospital, has risen again. It was massively looted and ransacked during the war and left in ruins. Last month, t graduated has come alive with the graduation 33 nurses and midwives, all signals of bracing for secured future.
The ongoing construction of the 20-mile bridge linking Zorzor with Guinea will add value to commercial activities.
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