Thursday, 22 February 2018

LIBERIA: I inherited a broke country, says George Weah


Liberia's new President George Weah on Tuesday swore to battle debasement as he talked about conditions in his "broke country" on the primary day of an official visit to Paris. 

The previous global football star who, took office on January 22, is looked with a critical monetary circumstance in Liberia following two common wars and a destructive Ebola pandemic in 2013-2015. 



"I inherited a nation that is exceptionally down and out, exhausted by political impropriety. We need to ensure that the things that happened won't occur once more," Weah said amid a gathering. 

"I requested an entire review to ensure that what has a place with the administration goes to the legislature." 

Weah likewise talked about another best
need, education for youngsters who speak to 60 percent of Liberia's 4.7 million tenants.

"I have confidence in instruction. Indeed, I didn't have the open door in my initial days yet after my vocation I backpedaled to class. Today I can gloat of a graduate degree," said the new pioneer, who experienced childhood in a Monrovia ghetto. 



Established 170 years back by liberated slaves, Liberia is "the most seasoned African nation however we don't have a building school. We don't have a determination focus to tell on the off chance that somebody has Ebola," Weah stated, vowing to accomplish more to get youngsters in school and "to leave the road". 

On his first remote outing as president, Weah on Wednesday will meet with French President Emmanuel Macron at the Elysee Palace, alongside a few games figures, and the VP of the World Bank for Africa, Makhtar Diop.

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