Monrovia — Few months following his exit from government, the controversial son of President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf , Robert Sirleaf has resurfaced in government.
Sirleaf, former Chair of the Board of Directors of the National Oil Company of Liberia has been tipped by his mother to lead negotiations with the Kuwaiti government for cheap petroleum products for Liberia.
Making the announcement on Thursday at the Ministry of Information regular press briefing, Information Minister Lewis Brown said that the President was giving Sirleaf the lead role to help speed up a process that has been in the pipeline for the past two years.
"They will take off some of the prices associated with getting it and give it to us at prices below what others are buying," said Minister Brown.
Continued Brown: "Mr. Robert Sirleaf is in Kuwait as special envoy of the President. Many of you have heard that for at least two years, the government of Liberia has been negotiating with the Kuwaiti government, for the supply of petroleum product (what better time) at concessionary prices to be used in our overall sustainable economic growth and development initiatives; but also to assist the government in lowering (if we can get petroleum product supply in our country at concessionary prices-concession means, that's not the normal price they will give it to us for)."
The information minister said the government is pushing ahead with the negotiations because it wants to accelerate its energy priorities and bring cheap power supply to poor communities.
"Then what this will do is to enable us supply hospitals, LEC. Most of the LEC customers as many of you may not know are from the lowest income sectors of the economy," he said.
"This is deliberate. How do you fight poverty, if you can't provide power to some of the struggling communities? That is why we are prioritizing villages and towns; that is why in Monrovia, some places where the big shots live don't have power. "
The government is on the mends of its energy program and believes that with its Kuwaiti partners coming onboard most of the issues associated with petroleum supply in the country will be addressed and a huge segment of its people will get relief.
Sirleaf, former Chair of the Board of Directors of the National Oil Company of Liberia has been tipped by his mother to lead negotiations with the Kuwaiti government for cheap petroleum products for Liberia.
Making the announcement on Thursday at the Ministry of Information regular press briefing, Information Minister Lewis Brown said that the President was giving Sirleaf the lead role to help speed up a process that has been in the pipeline for the past two years.
"They will take off some of the prices associated with getting it and give it to us at prices below what others are buying," said Minister Brown.
Continued Brown: "Mr. Robert Sirleaf is in Kuwait as special envoy of the President. Many of you have heard that for at least two years, the government of Liberia has been negotiating with the Kuwaiti government, for the supply of petroleum product (what better time) at concessionary prices to be used in our overall sustainable economic growth and development initiatives; but also to assist the government in lowering (if we can get petroleum product supply in our country at concessionary prices-concession means, that's not the normal price they will give it to us for)."
The information minister said the government is pushing ahead with the negotiations because it wants to accelerate its energy priorities and bring cheap power supply to poor communities.
"Then what this will do is to enable us supply hospitals, LEC. Most of the LEC customers as many of you may not know are from the lowest income sectors of the economy," he said.
"This is deliberate. How do you fight poverty, if you can't provide power to some of the struggling communities? That is why we are prioritizing villages and towns; that is why in Monrovia, some places where the big shots live don't have power. "
The government is on the mends of its energy program and believes that with its Kuwaiti partners coming onboard most of the issues associated with petroleum supply in the country will be addressed and a huge segment of its people will get relief.
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