SEGAL Receives Outstanding Service Honors

By Edwin G. Wandah
The Security Expert Guard of Liberia-SEGAL, on Friday, September 6, 2019, was awarded the highest service honors by the Society for the Promotion of Peace, National Reconciliation and Reunification-SRRNRR.
The Award, which is an outstanding service award, capturing SEGAL’s activities in the country, was the highest in recent times the Security Firm’s work in the country for the past 13 years.
Making the presentation on behalf of SRRNRR, the head of the Society for the Promotion of Peace, National Reconciliation and Reunification-SRRNRR, Teah J. Toby, lauded SEGAL for her numerous services to the Liberian nation through the protection of lives, properties and humanity.
Explaining in debt, some of the gains made by SEGAL over the years, most especially, in the promotion of lives and properties, Toby said, Liberians and foreign partners in the country need to see, giving them their flowers for their contribution and what they continue to do for the growth and development of the Liberian society.
He presented two honors, one; to SEGAL, for their work and performance over the years, while, SEGAL’s CEO, Momo T. Cyrus was decorated as the best Security expert in the country for his contributions and humanitarian services to the Liberian society through his kind heart and dedication.
Responding, Mr. Momo T. Cyrus lauded SRRNRR for the honors, and promised his company’s further supports to providing more supports in whatever way, most especially, looking at the urgent existing economic needs.
The SEGAL Boss further committed his company’s support in working with the Liberian Government in supporting the Pro-poor agenda for prosperity. “We are dedicated to serving the Liberian people; this is what we are called for; it is a value to shower down supports to a nation which we all love, cherish and stand to protect; we won’t relent to do our utmost as Liberia’s best private security firm,” he stated with pride and dignity.
“We have come to this society with excellence, commitment, diligence, and integrity; our work will speak for itself because over the past years, we have stood up for the excellence we hunger for. Liberia must remain the best place on planet, a place where we all can trust,” he averred.
He forwarded the awards to Dave S. Freeman, saying, those gallant men and women serving guards at night, in the sun, and rain, those men and women who commit their time and energy are the ones that deserve the award.
“Although, I am honored today along with my entity, but I also feel that these men and women I have mentioned, are the ones who deserve this honor; we are all proud of these people, they are the ones who make us proud; they are the ones who stand, putting their lives at risk for the safety of all of us where there is no or limited visibility of state security. These men of ours are serving with their entire might,” he stated.
For his part, the Administrative Manager of SEGAL, Marcus N.D. Kumeh thanked his Boss, Mr. Momo T. Cyrus, for the level of commitment he had received from him over the years, as well as the trust he (Mr. Cyrus) had reposed in him since he started working at the security firm. He further lauded SRRNRR for thinking about SEGAL by awarding them the finest and best security firm in the country.
“SEGAL’s aim of providing job opportunities in the country is to contribute to Government’s drive to have a working class, where Liberians will be employed at least and be able to put food on their tables for them and their families,” he stated.
“In essence, SEGAL is committed to providing jobs for our people, and to contribute to decent and productive living. We know that there is lot of goodwill out there, but we cannot receive it when we are not prepared,” he also intimated.
“SEGAL is not only putting uniforms on the men and women, but we are training them by professionalizing their skills so that they know how to protect, prevent, and serve,” he concluded.
Meanwhile, SEGAL’s Security Manager Dave S. Freeman and SRRNRR Program Officer J. Eddie Grant have separately committed their institution to serving humanity.
According to Mr. Freeman, Liberia is the only country we have, and it was important for all Liberians to rally the necessary supports needed to move the country forward, while, Mr. Grant called on the Government and international partners in the country to join SEGAL in its quest for a better nation.