Liberia: Urgent Need for Intervention Is Now, but

editorial

The issue of environmental desecration is currently at the core of the news in Monrovia. Prominently being featured in its role is the Liberia Cocoa-Cola Bottling Corporation or LCCBC, otherwise known in Liberia as Cocoa-Cola Factory, years back owned and managed by the United States Trading Company or USTC. Other than the bad labor practices and failure to honor its social responsibilities to the community in which it operates in the Paynesville suburb of Monrovia, the company is also accused of polluting the environment with its wastes.

As the direct result of the decision by the company to remain complacent over the concerns of residents and its workers, protest actions on Wednesday and Thursday by the community attracted the intervention of the Liberia National Police and Paynesville City Corporation to avert the possible violence that may have characterized the protests. Even though assurances for positive intervention have been given the citizens of the Cocoa-Cola Factory Community, the authorities have until next Tuesday to quickly resolve the situation.

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