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Monrovia – Accountability Lab in its commitment to promote integrity in Liberia’s public service sector has awarded five public servants the Integrity Icons of the Year 2022.
The Integrity Icon Awards is an annual event that recognizes and awards honest public servants who display integrity on their job.
This year marks the eighth edition of the Integrity Icon which is an eight-month-long program that focuses on a rigorous campaign to select dedicated individuals who are working in the public sector.
The campaign focuses on 35 integrity icons in different sections, ranging from health, education, security, engineers, judiciary, including the media.
The recipients of the 2022 Integrity Icons were Bendu Conneh, Moses P. Robert, Prince Z. Kurah, Alberta Doe and Arthur Gikely.
Speaking at the ceremony on December 8, 2022, the Executive Director of Accountability Lab, Lawrence Yealue said, since the launch of the program in 2015, the institution has honored 35 civil servants and public officials for being honest in their duties.
According to him, those individuals have helped to transform society by showcasing honest public servants in a country that is difficult to fight corruption.
He emphasized that people need to step up and be recognized for the invaluable work that they have done across the country as they contribute to nation-building through a transparent society.
“People need to be recognized for the invaluable work that they are doing across this country as they contribute to nation-building and a transparent society,” he said.
Making keynote remarks, the Swedish Ambassador to Liberia Urban Sjostrom said, though the awards might not come with immediate benefits, integrity remains what every public official must imbibe in delivering their jobs.
He stressed the need to build strong institutions that can stand and build on their mandate and carry out the cause for which they were established.
He further said corruption is possible in every society so if Liberia is to combat such, officials of government including the national legislature should now create a program to tackle corruption and embrace integrity.
Bendu Conneh, one of the recipients, who is a registered nurse assigned at the Liberia government hospital in grand Bassa County said that she felt overwhelmed to have received the award.
Said Conneh, “I never thought people were watching the little things I was doing.”
“I want to call on everyone in both private and public sector to perform their duties with honesty, and fairness because Integrity comes when no one is watching,” she added.