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Africa-Press – Liberia. <\/strong><\/span>Liberian opposition leader Mr. Alexander B. Cummings has proposed strategies to address ongoing food crises here, warning that the current regime\u2019s \u2018panicked reaction\u2019 doesn\u2019t solve food shortages and crises.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis situation cannot be resolved by resorting to tentative actions and panicked reaction to shortages and crises as the Weah Government has been prone to do over the last five years,\u201d Cummings said.<\/p>\n

The Collaborating Political Parties (CPP) leader returned home over the weekend from visits to Canada and the United States.<\/p>\n

Mr. Cummings said during his visit overseas, he held very important meetings with Liberians and global political, business, and educational leaders concerning the development of Liberia.<\/p>\n

In those meetings, he said he spoke about the urgency to deal with the food insecurity situation and improved agricultural production in Liberia.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have therefore proposed a comprehensive strategy to include [the] emergency provision of rice, our essential staple, at [a] concessionary price while we pursue an accelerated and sustained program of domestic production,\u201d Cummings said.<\/p>\n

He noted that the program will entail intensive training of Liberians at universities in rice-producing states, provision of experts, investment, and financing for equipment and machinery.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe program must be private sector driven to succeed while [the] government provides assistance and extension services,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Over the past few months, Liberia has been hit by food crises, dominated by the reported shortage of the nation\u2019s staple, rice, though the government here continues to deny it.<\/p>\n

Consumers and retailers have all been through difficulties purchasing rice, as dealers would demand customers to buy unwanted goods as a precondition to purchasing their staple food.<\/p>\n

For several weeks people desperately queued at stores to buy rice, but most of them would return home with disappointment.<\/p>\n

Mr. Cummings argued that there are plenty of databases to tap into.<\/p>\n

He recalled that Liberia once hosted the headquarters of the West African Rice Development Association (WARDA), which together with the Central Agricultural Research Institute (CARI), developed high-yield seeds.<\/p>\n

He noted also that the International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and other global institutions have also made commendable progress in the areas of rice production and other cash crops such as cocoa, coffee, and cashew, among others.<\/p>\n

He believes that the Liberian government only needs to demonstrate seriousness in engaging these institutions to achieve its goals and cannot continue to play with the lives of the people by fooling them about fake shipments of rice.<\/p>\n

Additionally, Cummings said the Legislature must assert its oversight to ensure that millions of dollars allocated for rice subsidy are properly accounted for.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur country is not poor, and our people are not lazy. Our soil is fertile, and our weather is favorable to growing what we eat and to export the surplus,\u201d Cummings suggested.<\/p>\n

He claimed that what Liberia lacks is determined, competent, serious, and responsible leadership that will make the right decisions.<\/p>\n

He said the country also lacks investments in the productive sectors.<\/p>\n

He accused the government of spending most of the national budget on enriching and caring for five politicians \u2013 the President, the Vice President, the Speaker, the Pro-Temp, and the Deputy Speaker, while the nation starves.<\/p>\n

Cummings lamented that hospitals are without beds and medicines and schools are struggling.<\/p>\n

From education, manufacturing, and communications to infrastructural development, he said he is engaged with international partners and industrialists who are prepared to invest in Liberia.<\/p>\n

However, the CPP leader stated that those international partners are concerned about the current climate of rampant corruption and abuses of power that have overtaken the Weah Administration.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese serious investors need a responsible and competent Liberian Government that can be trusted to stop the stealing, strengthen the justice system and improve accountability,\u201d Cummings said.<\/p>\n

The opposition leader lamented that the country is too rich for so many of its people to be so poor.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is why a Cummings Administration will stop the stealing, end impunity, improve accountability and guarantee the trust of the international community,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n

He vowed to do this because he needs to end the suffering of the Liberian people, unite the country, grow the economy, provide opportunities for the youth, ensure empowerment for women, and create decent-paying jobs for Liberians.<\/p>\n

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