The President of Liberia George Weah has announced that his country is “broke” and depleted by bad governance.
During his trip on Tuesday to Paris for an official visit President Weah said he is committed to dealing with corruption to resuscitate Liberia’s economy.
“I inherited a country that is very broke, depleted by political malfeasance. We have to make sure that the things that happened will not happen again,” Weah said.
The former football star further said “I ordered a complete audit to make sure that what belongs to the government goes to the government.”
George Weah took over from Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf last month after winning the presidential election in 2017, defeating the incumbent government.
Liberia’s economy was devastated by a deadly Ebola epidemic in 2013-2015 following years of civil wars.
Weah said his top priority for his country would be education for young people who represent 60% of 4.7 million Liberians.
“I believe in education. Yes, I didn’t have the opportunity in my early days but after my career I went back to school. Today I can boast of a masters degree,” Weah said.
Liberia was Founded 170 years ago by freed slaves, Liberia according to President Weah is “the oldest African country but we don’t have an engineering school. We don’t even have a diagnosis centre to tell if someone has Ebola.”
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Source: Africafeeds.com
