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APM Terminals Deepens Partnership With LRA
Operator of the Free
Port of Monrovia,
…Presents Equipment
A P M T e r m i n a l s
L i b e r i a , h a s p r e s e n t e d
working tools and assets to the
Liberia Revenue Authority
(LRA) to boost the Authority's
m a n d a t e i n r e v e n u e
mobilization.
The items presented include
two Toyota Hiace mini vans,
two Toyota Hilux Pickups, 40
pieces of Lenovo AMD Ryzen
Laptops with 20 pieces of
system units and monitors, 50
pieces of Samsung Galaxy
tabs together with I.T
accessories as well as
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APM Terminals
uniforms amounting to a total
of $600,000 in asset support.
Managing Director and
Chief Finance Officer of
APM Terminals Liberia on
behalf of the company
presented the items to
officials of LRA at the
company's premises on
Thursday.
Receiving the items on
behalf of the Authority,
Commissioner General of the
Liberia Revenue Authority,
Mr. Thomas Doe Nah said
APM Terminals Liberia has
distinguished itself as a
worthy partner to the LRA
and to government's revenue
mobilization agenda.
He further assured that these
tools and assets will be put to
good use to serve its intended
purpose.
“APMT has proven itself to
be a trustworthy partner to
our mandate as an Authority
and I'm happy to receive this
on behalf of the LRA. We
cannot wait to put it to use
e s p e c i a l l y f o r t h e I T
infrastructure which is
needed for our digitization
agenda. We are going to put
this to efficient use and it is
my hope that we will continue
to strengthen this partnership
into the future,” Mr. Nah said.
A s a k e y r e v e n u e
mobilization point for the
economy, the Free Port of
Monrovia has been a key
p a r t n e r t o t h e L i b e r i a
Revenue Authority. This
partnership is underlined by
t h e M e m o r a n d u m o f
Understanding that exists
between APM Terminals
Liberia and LRA.
Managing Director of APM
Te r m i n a l s L i b e r i a M r.
Jonathan Graham said the
presentation is in furtherance
of that partnership especially
as both entities drive Liberia's
Port digitization agenda
together with the National
Port Authority.
“For us this partnership is
not only about the concession
agreement but a real desire to
s u p p o r t t h e r e v e n u e
mobilization effort of the
Authority. Having the right
tools to support our collective
digitization agenda is critical
and we hope that through this
we can further deepen this
partnership. We are glad to be
able to do this because we
know that it will ultimately go
to support the economy of
Liberia grow which is one of
our primary goals,” Mr.
Graham remarked in a short
speech.
Witnessing the presentation
were officials of the LRA and
some staff of APM Terminals
Liberia.
APM Terminals Liberia
operates a state-of-the-art
multi-purpose port in the Free
Port of Monrovia. The
Terminal supports more than
2,500 direct and contracted
employment opportunities.
Partnership and cooperation
with key stakeholders of the
e c o n o m y s u c h a s t h e
Ministries of Finance and
Commerce, National Port
A u t h o r i t y, t h e L i b e r i a
Revenue Authority, Union
Groups, Custom Brokers are
mainstay of the company's
operation in Liberia.
These different partners
have been providing either
regulatory guidance or
industry support to the
company and have been
instrumental in the new drive
to improve efficiency and
customer service at the Free
Port of Monrovia.
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EXERCISING THEIR
RIGHTS
Women’s Land Rights Awareness
Campaign Bears Fruits
MONROVIA
Adah Johnson,*
56, from
Flumpa, Nimba
County in
north-eastern Liberia
is a beneficiary of the
continued awareness
sessions on the rights
of women to land and
participation in land
governance decisionmaking
processes
conducted by a local
non-governmental
organization, Rights and
Rice Foundation (RRF),
with support from UN
Women Liberia.
When Ms. Johnson
lost her husband in
September 2022, her
relatives evicted her from
her house and gave her
the option to marry her
late husband’s brother so
that she could continue
staying at the house.
She was not interested
in this arrangement. In
contrary to this proposed
arrangement and in
accordance to the Land
Rights Act of 2018, on
the demise of a partner
or spouse the living
spouse and their children
have the right to all the
property left behind by
the deceased.
Although Ms. Johnson
had not attended any of
the awareness sessions,
her friends from the
community who had been
active participants invited
her to one of the sessions
so that she could share
her experience.
Some community
leaders who had benefitted
from the trainings on
women’s land rights and
participation in land
governance, pleaded with
the family and explained
to them that under the
Land Rights Act, Ms.
Johnson has a right to her
late husband’s property
and should not be forced
to marry against her will.
According to the
Women’s Land Rights Act,
all community members
including women have
a right to own land. In
addition, widows have
the right to inherit the
land of their deceased
spouses as articulated in
the inheritance law.
After some negotiations,
Ms. Johnson got her
farmland back, but she
is yet to recover her
house. Authorities have
intervened and are in
discussions with the
family so that they give Ms.
Johnson her house back.
She is currently living in
Kakata, Margibi County
with her four children.
She sells charcoal and
firewood to earn a living.
“Papay Edwin Zengbay,
General Town Chief
of Flumpa and others
intervened and told them
they were wrong. They
then gave me the land
back but not the house.
My husband’s people are
living in the house now.
I felt bad but I don’t have
money to go to the law
and I am powerless, so I
left the house to them,”
said Ms. Johnson.
According to Ms.
Johnson, “It is necessary
to keep encouraging
women to speak out when
oppressed and denied
of their rights. Women
should also seek advice
because they do not have
money to go to the law as
was in my case.”
The Rights and Rice
Foundation (RRF)
has been conducting
awareness sessions
and trainings on land
rights and participation
in land governance. “It
is an opportunity for
community members to
get more information and
resolve conflicts they may
have over lands. We don’t
go to court on behalf of
beneficiaries. We leave
it to community elders
and the people to resolve
conflicts, says Joseph
Ballah, Gender Specialist
at RRF.
Empowering women
also means empowering
men to be champions
for women rights as seen
in this case where male
elders also fought for Ms.
Johnson’s rights.
Ms. Johnson is one of
many women in rural
Liberia who were forced
to leave their homes when
theirs husbands died but
have been empowered to
know more about women’s
land rights. UN Women
is supporting Rights
and Rice Foundation to
conduct awareness raising
sessions on women’s land
rights under the project,
“Sustaining Peace and
Reconciliation through
Strengthening Land
Governance and Dispute
Resolution mechanisms,”
funded by the United
Nations Peace Building
Fund.
*Name has been
changed to protect
the identify of the
beneficiary.
APM TERMINALS LIBERIA
DEEPENS PARTNERSHIP
WITH LRA
Presents equipment to support the Authority
MONROVIA
Operators of
the Free Port
of Monrovia,
APM
Terminals Liberia has
presented working tools
and assets to the Liberia
Revenue Authority (LRA)
to boost the Authority’s
mandate in revenue
mobilization. The items
presented include two
Toyota Hiace mini vans,
two Toyota Hilux Pickups,
40 pieces of Lenovo AMD
Ryzen Laptops with 20
pieces of system units
and monitors, 50 pieces
of Samsung Galaxy
tabs together with I.T
accessories as well as
uniforms amounting to a
total of $600,000 in asset
support.
Managing Director and
Chief Finance Officer of
APM Terminals Liberia
on behalf of the company
presented these items
to officials of LRA at the
company’s premises on
Thursday.
Receiving the items on
behalf of the Authority,
Commissioner General
of the Liberia Revenue
Authority Mr Thomas Doe
Nah said APM Terminals
Liberia has distinguished
itself as a worthy partner
to the LRA and to
government’s revenue
mobilization agenda. He
further assured that these
tools and assets will be
put to good use to serve
its intended purpose.
“APMT has proven itself
to be a trustworthy partner
to our mandate as an
Authority and I’m happy
to receive this on behalf
the LRA. We cannot wait
to put it to use especially
for the IT infrastructure
which is needed for our
digitization agenda. We
are going to put this to
efficient use and it is
my hope that we will
continue to strengthen
this partnership into the
future” Mr Nah said.
As a key revenue
mobilization point for the
economy, the Free Port
of Monrovia has been a
key partner to the Liberia
Revenue Authority. This
partnership is underlined
by the Memorandum of
Understanding that exist
between APM Terminals
Liberia and LRA.
Managing Director of
APM Terminals Liberia
Mr Jonathan Graham
said the presentation is
in furtherance of that
partnership especially
as both entities drive
Liberia’s Port digitization
agenda together with the
National Port Authority.
“For us this partnership
is not only about the
concession agreement
but a real desire to
support the revenue
mobilization effort of
the Authority. Having
the right tools to support
our collective digitization
agenda is critical and we
hope that through this
we can further deepen
this partnership. We are
glad to be able to do this
because we know that
it will ultimately go to
support the economy of
Liberia grow which is one
of our primary goals” Mr
Graham remarked in a
short speech.
Witnessing the
presentation were officials
of the LRA and some
staff of APM Terminals
Liberia.
APM Terminals Liberia
operates a state-of-the-art
multi-purpose port in the
Free Port of Monrovia. The
Terminal supports more
than 2,500 direct and
contracted employment
opportunities.
Partnerships and
cooperation with key
stakeholders of the
economy such as the
Ministries of Finance and
Commerce, National Port
Authority, the Liberia
Revenue Authority,
Union Groups, Custom
Brokers are a mainstay of
the company’s operation
in Liberia.
These different partners
have been providing
either regulatory guidance
or industry support to the
company and have been
instrumental in the new
drive to improve efficiency
and customer service at
the Free Port of Monrovia
ALL THINGS AFRICA

WEDNESDAY
APRIL 20
2022
more headline news
Keyara’s Gift to raise
scholarship beneficiaries to 500
Keyara’s Gift, a local
group has disclosed
plans to increase the
number of beneficiaries on its
scholarship from 150 to 500
across eight counties.
E x e c u t i v e D i r e c t o r
Reverend Francis Kollie, said
over 150 students are
currently benefitting from
Prison Fellowship Liberia,
further disclosed that
students whose academic
e n d e a v o r s h a v e b e e n
disrupted as a result of loss
of parents to Ebola, Corona
virus as well as children of
inmates will benefit from the
scholarship program.
He said the scholarship is
www.thenewdawnliberia.com
and noted that tuitions in
private schools are too
exorbitant, so private school
students are not benefitting
from the scholarship.
Rev. Kollie also appealed to
President George Weah to
intervene in order to reduce
high fees being paid by
students in private schools in
NEW DAWN 10
more headline news
UN Joint Rule of Law Programme and Partners train Justice
Actors to improve the efficiency of Criminal Courts E
scholars being offered in
three counties.
He made the disclosure
when Keyara’s Gift hosted an
Easter Reception for over 150
scholarship beneficiaries in
Monrovia.
Reverend Kollie, who is
also Country Director of
perators of the
OF r e e p o r t o f
M o n r o v i a , A P M
Terminals Liberia, have
presented working tools and
assets to the Liberia Revenue
Authority (LRA) to boost the
authority’s operation in
revenue mobilization.
The items presented,
according to press release,
include two Toyota Hiace mini
vans, two Toyota Hilux
Pickups, 40 pieces of Lenovo
AMD Ryzen Laptops with 20
pieces of system units and
holistic because it includes
housing for the students,
health insurance, book bags
and textbooks for some of
the students
H e c a l l e d o n t h e
government to strengthen
the monitoring department
at the Ministry of Education,
monitors, 50 pieces of
S a m s u n g G a l a x y t a b s
together with I.T. accessories
a s w e l l a s u n i f o r m s ,
amounting to a total of
$600,000 in asset support.
APM Terminals Liberia
Managing Director and Chief
Finance Officer Mr Jonathan
Graham, on behalf of the
company, presented these
items to officials of LRA at
the company’s premises on
Thursday.
Receiving the items on
the country.
He added that the gesture
is to buttress government’s
efforts in developing its
citizens for the betterment of
the country, so it should not
sit idly and allow school
authorities to have their will
when it comes to fees.
APM Terminals Liberia deepens
partnership with LRA
–Presents equipment to support the Authority
behalf of the Authority, the
Commissioner General of the
Liberia Revenue Authority Mr
Thomas Doe Nah said APM
Te r m i n a l s L i b e r i a h a s
distinguished itself as a worthy
partner to the LRA and to the
g o v e r n m e n t ’s r e v e n u e
mobilization agenda. He
further assured that these tools
and assets will be put to good
use to serve its intended
purpose.
“APMT has proven itself to
be a trustworthy partner to our
mandate as an Authority and
I’m happy to receive this on
behalf the LRA,” said Mr. Nah.
“We cannot wait to put it to
use especially for the IT
infrastructure which is needed
for our digitization agenda. We
are going to put this to efficient
use and it is my hope that we
will continue to strengthen this
partnership into the future,” Mr
Nah added.
A s a k e y r e v e n u e
mobilization point for the
economy, the Freeport of
Monrovia has been a key
partner to the Liberia Revenue
Authority.
T h i s p a r t n e r s h i p i s
underlined by the Memorandum
of Understanding that exists
between APM Terminals Liberia
and LRA.Managing Director of
APM Terminals Liberia Mr
he UN Joint Rule of
TLaw Programme in
collaboration with the
crime units of the Ministries of
Justice, Gender, Children and
Social Protection and the Health
Ministry is conducting a three -
day refresher training in Grand
Bassa County from April 19 – 21,
2022. The training seeks to
enhance the efficiency of
specialised courts handling
sexual offenses (“Criminal
Courts E”).
It forms part of ongoing
support for Justice and security
a c t o r s f r o m t h e t h r e e
Ministries, the Women and
Children Protection Section
(WACPS) of the Liberia National
Police, Prosecutors, Case
Liaison Officers, and Victim
Support officers, Public
Defenders, Nurses, and Court
Staff. It serves as a refresher for
staff engaged in investigation,
handling and gathering forensic
evidence in rape cases,
strengthening, and enforcing
legislations, policies and
standards that support the
prevention and response to
GBV.
The training will provide
knowledge on tools to advance
and promote ongoing efforts of
prosecution services, support the
rights of victims, increase access
to justice, uphold the Rule of Law
and strengthen capacities.
Justice actors investigating
and prosecuting cases in Grand
Bassa, Bong, Nimba, Lofa,
Montserrado will acquire skills in
crime scene investigation,
forensic evidence gathering
when dealing with rape and other
sex-related offenses, social
b e l i e f s a n d g e n d e r
discriminatory biases that can
obstruct the fight against GBV.
The training will also feature
the application of international
treaties/protocols, integrating
h u m a n r i g h t s a p p r o a c h ,
psychosocial support for
survivors and monitoring
programmes on GBV.
The overall goal is to improve
institutional capacities at the
national and local levels to
better respond to SGBV crimes
and ensure increased access to
justice for victims and survivors.
Participants will use the
knowledge to add value to the
work they do and improve
perceptions, and cultural and
social norms, which contribute to
gender-based violence.
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Jonathan Graham said the
presentation is in furtherance of
that partnership especially as
both entities drive Liberia’s Port
digitization agenda together
with the National Port Authority.
“For us this partnership is not
only about the concession
agreement but a real desire to
s u p p o r t t h e r e v e n u e
mobilization effort of the
Authority,” said Mr. Graham.
“Having the right tools to
s u p p o r t o u r c o l l e c t i v e
digitization agenda is critical
and we hope that through this
we can further deepen this
partnership,” he said further.
He said APM Terminals Liberia
was glad to be able to do this
“because we know that it will
ultimately go to support the
economy of Liberia, which is one
of our primary goals,” Mr
Graham remarked.
Witnessing the presentation
were officials of the LRA and some
staff of APM Terminals Liberia.
APM Terminals Liberia operates
a state-of-the-art multi-purpose
port in the Freeport of Monrovia.
The Terminal supports more than
2,500 direct and contracted
employment opportunities.
Partnerships and cooperation
with key stakeholders of the
economy such as the Ministries of
Finance and Commerce, National
Port Authority, the Liberia
Revenue Authority, Union Groups,
Custom Brokers are a mainstay of
the company’s operation in
Liberia. These different partners
have been providing either
regulatory guidance or industry
support to the company and have
been instrumental in the new
drive to improve efficiency and
customer service at the Freeport
of Monrovia.