Liberia: Land Conflict Looms in Breafbasket - Lofa County

Oct 18, 2014 | Citizens of Quardu Gboni District, Front Page Africa
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Monrovia – Lofa County in the north of Liberia is considered one of the counties that grows a huge quantity of food because of its intense agricultural activities in the country. With Ebola outbreak still ravaging the county and the country at large, the National Legislature is ratifying concession agreements, one of which has not gone down well with citizens of Citizens of Quardu Gboni district.

Aggrieved citizens of Quardu Gboni District recently assembled at the Capitol Building in Monrovia to petition lawmakers to revisit the concession agreement between the government of Liberia and the Liberia Cocoa Cooperation (LCC), an agreement they claimed has been ratified by the Liberian Senate. Acting chairman of the district, Alhaji Sekou Dulleh told FrontPageAfrica, that the government has gone in error, noting that community dwellers own the land they occupy and as such should be consulted before any concession is ratified by the Legislature.

Dulleh believes that the people of Lofa County are engaged in subsistence farming for food and taking their land forcefully will only lead to famine in the district. “We believe our leaders are wise people they will not just endorse a concession that we locals are not aware of,” said Chairman Dulleh.