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Africa-Press – Liberia. <\/strong><\/span>The company\u2019s road user permit was suspended after President Boakai threatened to order its closure last month because it has been extracting the nation\u2019s resources, damaging the roads, and leaving no benefits for the people.<\/p>\n

Monrovia, May 9, 2024:<\/b> Liberia\u2019s Public Works Ministry has suspended the road user permit (RUP- 220620-004) issued to Western Cluster Limited (WCL) for \u201cviolation of the terms of the permit.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Ministry announced the decision Wednesday, 8 May 2024, days after President Joseph Nyumah Boakai ordered the company\u2019s closure for extracting the nation\u2019s resources, damaging the roads, and leaving no benefits for the people.<\/p>\n

The Public Works Ministry said the RUP gave Western Cluster the right to commercially haul iron ore on the Freeport of Monrovia-Bomi Hills Road corridor.<\/p>\n

In the notice sent to the company through its country representative, the Ministry noted specifically that \u201cWCL persistently violated Section II (d)(e) of the permit.<\/p>\n

The Ministry accuses WCL of employing trucks longer than the permitted 34 feet in length and 8.5 feet in weight and carrying an axle load of about 40 tons\u2014far beyond the allowable 30 tons.<\/p>\n

The ministry further stated that it observed and documented Western Cluster\u2019s trucking of iron ore throughout the day and night, contrary to the limitation stipulated in the permit.<\/p>\n

It explained that the permit restricts the trucking of iron ore only between 7 pm to 6 am.<\/p>\n

The Ministry of Public Works further charged Western Cluster for non-compliance with Section III (a) of the permit, which requires the company to erect and install weighbridges at the point of departure and Klay junction, respectively.<\/p>\n

The ministry claims the company has failed to uphold this key transparency and accountability measure.<\/p>\n

Moreover, the ministry niched Western Cluster to its glaring failure to maintain and repair the referenced road corridor, thereby eroding pliability and posing challenges to other road users.<\/p>\n

The works ministry, however, recalls that before the issuance of this notice suspending Western Cluster\u2019s road user permit, a November 6, 2023 suspension was effected against these very violations.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat is even more frustrating is that the Ministry of Public Works on November 6, 2023, suspended the permit for similar violations, which suspension was lifted after WCL assured the ministry of curing these violations within the soonest possible time,\u201d the release said.<\/p>\n

The Ministry concluded that it had no option but to decide against WCL \u2018s lack of good faith in fulfilling its obligations until any\/all violations and defaults under this permit are cured.<\/p>\n

It cautioned that the company risks terminating its road user permit if Western Cluster fails to cure these stipulated violations within 60 days.<\/p>\n

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