The President of Liberia, George Manneh Weah, has fulfilled a promise to fishermen across coastal communities of Liberia by donating life-jackets to ensure their safety at sea.
It can be recalled in October 2021 at the official launch of Japanese donated Yamaha engines to the Liberian government through the National Fisheries and Aquaculture Authority (NaFAA) in the port city of Buchanan, President Weah, responding to request by fisherfolks gracing the event, promised to provide life-jackets.
“The donation of the lifej-ackets is in fulfilment of the president’s promise to the fishermen”, Mr. Augustine M. Manoballah, Deputy Director General for Administration at the National Fisheries and Aquaculture (NaFAA) informed the local media on Friday March 11, 2022 when the jackets were being offloaded from two 40-foot containers at the fisheries authority’s technical office at the Mesurado Pier…