The Chief Executive Officer and President of Morweh Energy Group, Mr. Christopher Z. Neyor, has called on public officials to exhibit good stewardship in managing the wealth and resources of the country.

According to him, the management of the country's resources has a positive or negative impact on the present and unborn generations, and therefore, the resources must be managed properly by those at the helm of power. He said Liberia's history has been replete with "poor stewardship" over the years by those selected to "care for and manage public resources."

He stated that the squandering of resources, which amounts to corruption, has been embedded into the country for a long time.

Mr. Neyor made these comments recently when he delivered the keynote address at the 73rd thanksgiving and closing exercises of the J. F. Yancy Elementary and Junior High School Camphor Mission in Grand Bassa County. Although the issue of corruption is an age-old problem in the country, Mr. Neyor indicated that, "it is now time for corruption to die" in the Liberian society through the collective effort of every Liberian.

According to him, corruption can be resolved in Liberia when public officials exercise "good stewardship of collective resources" distribution to benefit the citizenry. He said the resources must be shared with "proportional with benefits, satisfaction and peace of mind."

"Let us now come to the stewardship of that which belongs to all of us. We call this public service. This relates to those who are called to care for and manage properties, resources that have collective ownership. We are talking about our government and those who are called to serve as leaders (Presidents, Legislators, Ministers, Judges, Managing Directors and other Public Servants).

The history of our country is regrettably replete with poor stewardship by those selected to care for and manage public resources. Corruption just did not start in recent years, but this cancer has been imbedded in the country for a long time. Corruption is systemic and no matter its age, it is time for it to die," he emphasized.

Mr. Neyor continued: "We can resolve to put away corruption when we realize that good stewardship of the collective resources means we enlarge the national pie whereby our slice of the pie increases proportionally with benefits, satisfaction and peace of mind more rewarding than whatever ill-begotten wealth we may get from corruption. Good stewardship by its magic creates wealth exponentially in any society. Corruption does not only stagnate a country but leads to instability and conflict in the long term."

Speaking on the topic; "A Call For Renewed Stewardship" the former President of the National Oil Company of Liberia (NOCAL) pointed out that a "vital outcome of effective stewardship is preparation of the next generations for their own stewardship."

"What we do today with resources and the environment we inherited will impact our children and their children. A good steward embraces education for it is through education and continuing development of the youth that we achieve sustainability in development and human progress," he amongst other things stated.

In a related development, Mr. Neyor has presented a brand new laptop computer to the J. F. Yancy Elementary and Junior High School for use by the students. He promised to work with the school authorities to help establish an IT center at the institution.

He also pledged to sponsor five (5) female students during the launch of the Girls' Education Fund Drive at the school.