The Liberian president statue allegedly spotted on Owerri
The
unfinished statue of Liberian President, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, has
been spotted in Owerri, the Imo state capital ahead of the president's
2-day visit to the state.
The Governor Rochas Okorocha-led Imo state government on Tuesday, announced that Liberian President, Mrs. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, will on Thursday, be conferred with a chieftaincy title and a road named after her in the state.
The Governor Rochas Okorocha-led Imo state government on Tuesday, announced that Liberian President, Mrs. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, will on Thursday, be conferred with a chieftaincy title and a road named after her in the state.
According to a statement in Owerri by the Governor’s Chief Press
Secretary, Sam Onwuemeodo, Sirleaf would also deliver lecture on “Women
in politics.”
The release read; “On arrival on Thursday, Mrs. Sirleaf would
be taken to the Palace of Eze Imo to be accorded the African way of
receiving an august visitor like her and the Chairman of the State
Council of Traditional Rulers, HRM Eze Samuel Ohiri will be expected to
decorate her with a Chieftaincy title.
The Liberian President, Mrs Ellen Johnson Sirleaf set to arrive our dear Imo State for a two day working visit on Thursday 9th Nov. 2017 pic.twitter.com/kTikdmYZbr— Gov. Rochas Okorocha (@GovernorRochas) November 7, 2017
“Taking into account that she took over the leadership of
Liberia soon after a bloody Civil War and she has been able to sustain
the peace of that Country for ten years now.
“The following day being Friday, November 10, 2017, Mrs.
Sirleaf will then be at the Rochas Foundation College of Africa where
she will meet with the Students and also specifically interact with the
Liberian Students.
“And all these will help to instill confidence in the students
and brandish a juicy future for them. After her outing to the College,
the Liberian President will deliver a lecture to Imo women at Imo
International Convention Centre, IICC, and the topic will be women in
politics.
“And the lecture is structured to encourage women in the State
to develop interest in leadership, especially when it is recalled that
Mrs. Sirleaf is the first female President in Africa.”
Meanwhile, the photo of an unfinished statue of Liberian President,
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, which was visibly spotted in Owerri ahead of the
president's two-day visit to Imo state, has emerged on social media and
has been trailed with criticisms and mixed reaction.
Recall that Gov. Okorocha had last month came under heavy attacks
for erecting the statue of President Jacob Zuma of South Africa in the
state.
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