By Alex Yomah
Sinoe County District 2 Representative, Samson Wiah, says he is troubled by the upsurge of lawlessness in the county, thus causing citizens including investors to live in fear.
Speaking to Fortune TV recently, the lawmaker attributed the lawlessness in that part of the county to the absence of law enforcement officers in his district.
He made specific reference to the Jaedepo Statutory District, a densely populated district that is without the presence of a glimpse of state security presence.
Representative Wiah, who emerged winner of the 2020 bye-election replacing the late Nagbe Sloh, further expressed how his people are frightened due to the lack of safety and protection resulting to unavailability of trained law enforcement officers; something he said has the proclivity to drive away investors.
“My people are peaceful but very vulnerable now due to the lack of State security’s presence and I am really worried,” he pointed out.
Jaedepo Statutory District including District 2 in Sinoe County like other districts across Liberia is heavily challenged especially with the lack of security presence, insecurity related issues, the increase in the crime rates and violence activities among the youths , hardship, poor healthcare facility as well as bad roads condition, among others, are pressing issues the people in rural Liberia are confronted with and those require urgent attention and interventions from both local and central government.
The lawmaker is however calling on authority to immediately consider his plight as a matter of urgency and to swiftly address the security situation in the county.
The lawmaker particularly emphasized that the Executive through the Police Inspector General, Patrick Sudue, should see the need to provide manpower mainly trained police officers in his district in order to help remedy the worrisome situation.
He then encouraged his people to always be law abiding other than engaging into violence which is not the best way out for maintaining and sustaining the peace process of the country.