Liberia: Madam President, I Beg to Differ

opinion

Few days ago, I was part of a forum of heads of media institutions to an interaction with President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, prior to her departure to the United States to attend the ongoing World Bank Spring forum on post-Ebola reconstructive. As expected the President touched on a wide range of issues, including the GAC audit on the Ebola Trust Funds, the Liberian girls in Lebanon and the country's educational system, which she once described as a "Mess."

Following the interaction, the two major issues that formed major headlines and issues of discussion were that of the GAC audit to which she admittedly said there might have been procedural errors and also that of the Liberian girls in Lebanon, who it is reported were allegedly being used as sex slaves.

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