{"id":44484,"date":"2023-09-27T16:49:05","date_gmt":"2023-09-27T16:49:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/liberia-i-am-the-best-among-them-pres-weah-tells-lofa"},"modified":"2023-09-27T16:49:05","modified_gmt":"2023-09-27T16:49:05","slug":"liberia-i-am-the-best-among-them-pres-weah-tells-lofa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/liberia-i-am-the-best-among-them-pres-weah-tells-lofa","title":{"rendered":"Liberia: \u201cI am the Best Among them.&#8221; Pres. Weah tells Lofa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Liberia. <\/strong><\/span>President George Weah has touched down in Lofa County to tumultuous reception, perhaps indicating that the narrative and long-held perception that the county is reserved for his arch-political rival has changed.<\/p>\n<p>Thousands of partisans, supporters, and citizens trooped and swelled towns and villages in the county, beginning from the border town of Beyan Town to Salayea and then Zorzor to welcome President Weah.<\/p>\n<p>Not only did the citizens of Salayea and Zorzor Districts express their loyalty and support to the President\u2019s 2nd term bid by coming out in unusual numbers, but they equally assured him of their unceasing and unflinching commitment to ensuring that he is reelected.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMr. President, we want to thank you for the many developments you are undertaking in our county and country,\u201d said the spokesman of the elders of Zorzor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou have proven to us, the people of Lofa County, that you are a good man, a man with a good heart. In 2017, we didn\u2019t vote for you, yet you are building our roads and employing our sons and daughters in your government ,\u201d he further asserted during the political rally in Zorzor.<\/p>\n<p>Also, the young people of Salayea and Zorzor, besides the pledge made by their fathers and mothers to support the president, showered praises on President Weah for a \u201cjob well done\u201d by taking burdens on their parents.<\/p>\n<p>Patrick Vesselley, on behalf of the young people (first-time voters), said they have resolved to reelect the President to build their road and develop the country, noting they are convinced he is the only one who has the political will and heart to do so.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMr. President, we want to inform you that we will not get tired of you because you are the one who is developing our county and country,\u201d Vesselley said and also encouraged the President not to be bothered by the gimmicks of his opposition opponents claiming to be rescuers, but instead they are \u201cresting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Addressing citizens of Salayea and Zorzor at the crowded political rallies, Weah prided his record on appointing sons and daughters of Lofa in his government despite the fact he didn&#8217;t get huge support in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>He thanked the people of Lofa County for the support rendered him then, which he said summed up the total votes he received nationwide to become president.<\/p>\n<p>Weah equally spoke of the importance of reelecting him so as to enable him to continue the road and other development projects.<\/p>\n<p>Compared with others in the presidential race, the CDC political leader told Lofans that he is the best among them, someone with the heart and compassion to develop the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am the best among them, I am a developer, and this is why I am developing the country,\u201d he told cheerful Lofans and added, \u201cI want to ask you, people of Zorzor and Salayea to vote for me, to reelect me so we can move the road to the next level.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am your brother, son, your family, I am one of you. You didn&#8217;t know me in 2017. You voted for me, and I have performed. So I am asking you to give me another six years so we can leave a legacy of development and prosperity,\u201d he disclosed.<\/p>\n<p>He informed Lofans that he had already secured the funds through the governments of the United Arab Emirates and Qatar to continue the next phase of the road.<\/p>\n<p>Following successful engagement with the people of Salayea and Zorzor, President Weah has move into Voinjama and other towns and cities to spread his agenda for more developments if given another six-year mandate on October 10.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\">Liberia<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Liberia. 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