The African Liberation League (ALL) standard bearer, Sara Beysolow Nyanti, urged residents of Grand Cape Mount County to support her candidacy for the President of Liberia in the upcoming October elections.
Aspirant Nyanti, who is also an international development expert, considers herself the most qualified of the 20 presidential aspirants vying for the presidency.
Nyanti, who is challenging other key politicians, including the Unity Party of Joseph Boakai, the Collaborating Political Parties of Alexander Cummings and the ruling Coalition for Democratic Change of President George M. Weah, made the remark recently, when she addressed residents of Madina, a community represented by 42 towns of the Monibah Clan.
Tonieh Manobah, Deemed Elder of Soe Town, presented Beysolow Nyanti to the community, and told the community about Beysolow Nyanti’s paternal grandfather’s roots in Soe.
Nyanti told the crowd that she is prepared to lead Liberia in resolving the challenges facing the nation and its citizens.
“I have come to greet you as your daughter,’’ she said. “They say, ‘’ if you do not know where you come from, you will not know where you are going.’ I am proud to know where I come from. Please forgive me because I never learned Vai, but the love in my heart is deeper than the language we speak every day.’’
Beysolow Nyanti was accompanied by her vice standard bearer, Simeon Moriba, a retired United Nations economist.
She told the citizens that she is prepared to transform Liberia through education and development, empowering women through business. “The Cape Mount you see today is supposed to be better than what it is,’’ she said. “The Liberia you see today is supposed to be better than this.’’
She said Liberia has the potential to be a great and prosperous nation, if it maximizes the resources to benefit all citizens, reduce poverty and focus on building the nation, instead of enriching a few.
“Leadership should not be determined by who comes from the largest county or the largest tribe, but it should be about who is able to lead the nation and help all Liberia reach its development potential. Our young people will attend school; they will receive a proper education,’’ she said.
To transform Liberia, Beysolow Nyanti said she and Moriba and the ALL cannot do it alone. It requires the collective effort of all Liberians, including Cape Mountaineers. “I am depending on you,’’ she said. “We want the whole of Cape Mount to come on our side.’’
Edwin Fahnbulleh, an elder of the Manobah Clan in Madina, welcomed Beysolow Nyanti and pledged his clan’s support for her candidacy.
“When I see women contesting for the presidency, I will always be happy,’’ he said. “When I started working in the Ellen government, I was making the highest salary, but that is not the case today. If I see this lady contesting, I will support her. I will carry this message to my people in the clan,’’ he said.
John Senwah, a youth advisor in Madina, said Beysolow Nyanti’s 20-plus years’ experience in the United Nations and around the world, is an asset to Liberia.
“I believe if she is given the opportunity to serve this country, we are going to be one of the best nations,’’ he said. “Today, we call Madam Nyanti a nation builder.’’
Madam Gbassa Manobalh of Manobah Clan gave Beysolow Nyanti her blessing.
Sando Fahnbulleh, a representative aspirant for Cape Mount District #2, urged citizens to seize the moment by voting for Beysolow Nyanti for the betterment of Liberia.
“My people, even if you have something in your mouth today that you’re holding tight, you need to drop it now and hold this woman very strongly, so that we can see her ascend to the presidency,’’ she said. “God has destined and truly chosen someone that will represent Cape Mount and our clan,’’ she asserted.
